Bloggers Alert: Save Nanyang Siang Pau from becoming UMNO's sacrifice!

According to the news reported on Merdekareview and Malaysiakini, Nanyang Siang Pau is likely to become the sacrificial lamb to UMNO representatives’ inflammatory speeches in its General Assembly recently. While it is perfectly legal for the UMNO politicians to perform seditious stunts, it is "sensitive" for the fellow Malaysians to register their comments to the seditious speeches.

Remember the nude-squat gate? The moral of the story is the same: the power-that-be can do things outside legal bounds, while it is an offence for the media to report it. It concurrs with the Chinese adage that "a province official is allowed conflagration, but a commoner is prohibited of lighting lamps".

Its cover story last Sunday (19/10/2006), “UMNO representatives’ seditious speeches slammed by Chinese associations and parties”, has irked the UMNO senior politicians. The Cabinet meeting today (22/11/2006) will determine the fate of Nanyang Siang Pau.

( Read the relevant news reports : http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=3001 ;
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/59869 ; http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/59910 )

We call upon all bloggers to express support on this cause:

1. Write a brief blog post, making your stand on issue of press freedom and news censorship.



2. Paste this yellow ribbon sticker image (the symbol of the campaign for press freedom in Malaysia, adopted since May 2001) icon at prominent places on your blog, eg. Sidebar. Please add phrases like “Support Nanyang Siang Pau” at the‘alt’attribute within the < img > html tag. This would allow the readers to read the “Support Nanyang Siang Pau” message when they point the mouse cursor at the yellow ribbon icon.
   
   ( The URL of the Yellow Ribbon sticker image can be retrieved from:
   http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6138/917/320/yellow_ribbon.jpg )
   



3. Email this news to your friends and ask them to do the same.

Remember we can make a difference. Nanyang is now being abducted to the back lane, the thugs hope that no one pays notice or cares to intervene. If we freedom-loving citizens of Malaysia and the world do, and we walk into the back lane for her rescue, the thugs will have no choice but to flee. Please save Nanyang Siang Pau from UMNO’s assault! We have enough victims of the thuggery.