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Archive for the ‘Bloggers United’ Category

May 21st, 2007

Videos from BUM2007 gathering

I managed to shoot some videos of some of the blogger panelists at the BUM2007 gathering… however uploading had been quite slow so I posted what I have uploaded first especially for those who had missed the event for whatever reasons. Take note the videos do not contain full speech of each bloggers, nevertheless I […]

By CJCM -- 2 comments

May 20th, 2007

Engaging and embracing at the BUM2007 gathering, Lake View Club

Despite sustaining some injury on my ribs when I was doing a DIY project at home yesterday, I managed to attend the Blogger United Malaysia 2007 gathering held yesterday evening at the Lake View Club Subang Jaya.
I had fallen off the aluminium ladder and landed my ribs on a chair. The chair was badly […]

By CJCM -- 8 comments

May 3rd, 2007

Malaysian Government told by NUJM to recognize bloggers

National Union of Journalist of Malaysia has urged the Malaysian Government to recognize bloggers. This is something very encouraging for the Malaysia’s blogosphere. Bloggers in Malaysia, especially SOPO bloggers, have been at the loggerheads with the Government recently over what is claimed by the Government as irresponsible blogging by the online writers.
The timely call was […]

By CJCM -- 0 comments

April 10th, 2007

Is the blogger-bashing fever going to be over soon in Kuala Lumpur?

If what I read in the Associated Press is anything to go by, bloggers in Malaysia have every reason to believe so. Or at least there is a very dimmed light at the end of tunnel for blogging in Malaysia. I say dimmed light becasue you can never be sure of what can happen next. […]

By CJCM -- 0 comments

April 7th, 2007

National Bloggers Alliance…. blogging in Malaysia just got merrier

Thanks to NST and the four individuals that started the defamation suit against Jeff Ooi and Ahiruddin Attan aka Rocky. Thanks also to Tengku Adnan for calling Malaysian bloggers are liars over Nila Tanzil’s revelation of her experience with Malaysia Tourism Board. Thank you so much to Kementerian Dalam Negeri (Internal Affair Ministry)for issuing directive […]

By CJCM -- 6 comments

April 5th, 2007

Blogophobia continues in Kuala Lumpur… Malaysia is under ’siege’.

Blogophobia in Kuala Lumpur continues today with a new twist. Bloggers are so prominent these days in Malaysia that not only a Malaysian ministry had issue a gag order to national mainstream newspapers not to quote bloggers, one Malaysian Parlimentarian had suggested in today’s Parliment proceeding that Malaysian bloggers may have to register in the […]

By CJCM -- 0 comments

March 23rd, 2007

Bloggophobia in Kuala Lumpur… why?

Ever since Rocky and Jeff Ooi had been served with defamation suit by NST and four others, bloggers had been very much the talk of the town. It first started with the issue of bloggers being sued itself. Shortly after that Nila Tanzil had blogged about how she received shoddy treatment from Malaysian Tourism Board […]

By CJCM -- 3 comments

March 17th, 2007

Malaysiakini TV: Tengku Adnan is cornered on the blogger issue

This video from Malaysiakini TV shows the Malaysian Tourism Minister tried to clear the air over the “All bloggers are liar… ” issue as a result of Nila Tanzil’s sharing her unpleasant experience with Malaysian Tourism Board in Kuala Lumpur recently. The video was shot at the press conference after the National Press Club-Celcom […]

By CJCM -- 0 comments

February 20th, 2007

Happy birthday to Bloggers United

Thanks to News Straits Time and four others who had sued Jeff Ooi and Rocky for defamation, Bloggers United was born. Today Bloggers United is one month old. A one month old movement that had grown so fast it is now adopted by bloggers around the world. Rocky had reported that Malaysia Today is also […]

By CJCM -- 2 comments

February 4th, 2007

Malaysian blogger sued: Video coverages

Jeff Ooi and Ahirudin Attan continue to receive media attentions…. minus Malaysian mainstream media of course. There are now a few video coverages on the issue since the bloggers were sued by NST and the gang.
This video (in Malay language) is from TV PAS, an online media organisation owned by opposition party PAS.
On YouTube, […]

By CJCM -- 0 comments

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