Bloggers must be responsible so do mainstream medias

Bloggers must be responsible for what they write on the Internet as there are laws on defamation and sedition, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
The Prime Minister said these laws were enforceable and bloggers must bear in mind that they could not hide or take advantage of the Internet to do something that was against the law.
“They cannot hope to cover themselves or hide from the laws,” he told Malaysian journalists at the end of his three-day working visit here yesterday.
He said bloggers, just like newspaper journalists, must be responsible for what they wrote or risk facing legal action from others

Bloggers to set up legal fund to protect their interests
KUALA LUMPUR: A legal fund will be set up soon as a means to provide financial assistance for bloggers who face legal action such as the defamation suits taken by the New Straits Times Press (M) Sdn Bhd (NSTP) against bloggers Jeff Ooi and Ahirudin Attan.
Speaking at a press conference held by the Centre of Independent Journalism (CIJ) here, Ooi said the legal fund, an initiative by fellow bloggers, will be managed by those with a good reputation.
“The proceeds would not only be used to protect bloggers against suits but also to provide training workshops in the field of investigative journalism for bloggers – subject to the approval of the trustees.”
According to Ahirudin, possible trustees for the fund include the former Prime Minister’s daughter Marina Mahathir and former NSTP group editor-in-chief A. Kadir Jasin.
On Thursday, the court is to hear an inter-parte application for an injunction on Ahirudin, while Ooi’s inter-parte application hearing will be on Jan 30.

ok now what about nstp kalimUlar oopss sorry kalimullah , how many times had he lied in nst, regarding the meeting of pak lah and TDM in japan etc. sarawak tribune had been ban for the prophet cartoon but nst escape only with warning, WHY?????? Because nst is above the law and they belong to media prima which are trying to monopolized the whole media industry so that it's easy for them to fool the "rakyat".Thank GOD the merger between nst and utusan did not happen.we cant be relying on manstream media anymore, alternative media will give us some true picture although not all are reliable.we have to be smart to judge the news nowadays.