Malaysia: Online News Site Barred From Party Convention

The Malaysian reports that popular Malaysian online site Malaysiakini is not being allowed to cover the ruling party UMNO's annual convention. “The ruling Umno began actively banning malaysiakini soon after the online media exposed the illegal logging by Umno Pahang of a vast swath of peat swamp forests in the state three years ago.”

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