Withdraw Section 233 (1)(a) of Communication and Multimedia Act 1998 Charge on Blogger

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According to the news report from Malay Mail on 1st September 2010, (http://www.mmail.com.my/content/48211-blogger-hassan-skodeng-face-charge-tomorrow), Blogger 'Hassan Skodeng' whose real name is Irwan Abdul Rahman, is expected to be charged under Section 233 (1)(a) of Communication and Multimedia Act 1998, for improper use of network facilities or network service by making, creating, soliciting and initiates transmission of any content that is obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with malicious intent.

We, the undersigned, would like to appeal to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Kementerian Penerangan Komunikasi Dan Kebudayaan(KPKK) to drop the charges alleged against him.

His blog, nose4news.wordpress.com, is just a portal of some humorous pieces created to entertain his readers. We, the public feel, that he has no malicious intention to damage Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)'s reputation nor to affect the said company's business in Malaysia and the act of charging him is against the interest of the public who feels that it's a case of a conglomerate bullying an individual who's livelihood as an editor/writer could be severely jeopardised if this is brought upon him. The perception of the public towards TNB will be marred by what we see as ruthless and inflexible. As the sole provider of electricity in Malaysia, TNB should have taken this satirical blog as a way to gain good publicity and build goodwill to the customers instead bringing a lawsuit upon the blogger.

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  • YeoWai
  • anthraxxxx
  • Sam
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    • wake up MALAYSIA
  • Nathaniel Tan
  • Adrian Yeo
  • Syed Ahmad Jamal Al-Idrus
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    • The charges against the blogger are ridiculous, as the piece, as with other pieces on his site, are clearly marked "satire". Going through with this charge will only ridicule the nation in the eyes of the world.
  • S.Murugessan
  • Kavilan Nakaswaram
  • Suresh Ramasamy
  • ravi shankar
  • Sharizal Shaarani
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    • Its satire! If like that even P Ramlee's Bujang Lapok will have to be banned for spelling UMNO in jawi as UNTA
  • Suanie.net
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    • Satire existed before electricity. Therefore, satire wins! On a serious note, this comment box is inequipped to list how obscene the charges against said blogger is. There is no way TNB can come out of this without looking really bad, creating serious negative vibes about the company and the people behind it.
  • Marcus Desmond De Silva
  • Joshua Ong
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    • TNB made a wrong move there when the decision was made to charge the mentioned blogger. Not cool.
  • joshuatly
  • Serge Norguard
  • Abd Mutalib Mohamed
  • Muzaffar Mustapa
  • lance cheang
  • Subashini Navaratnam
  • Yvonne Ho
  • Ng Chek Siang
  • Toh Ee Fei
  • Marise Abraham-Lee
  • Anis Mawarni Arham
  • Niraj Sanghvi
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    • Kuburkan!!!!
  • FalisaAbuBakar
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    • Please stop this embarrasingly un-intelligent proceedings
  • Pamela Lim
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    • The plaintiff is totally uncool for not taking satire at its funniest.
  • Eric Ho
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    • This is the joke of the day
  • Tan Joo Lee
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    • It's a sad day when Malaysians can't laugh at themselves.
  • christina orow
  • farhanzahari
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    • it is just a joke.. pls dun take it seriously.. protect the freedom of speech.. please.warning will do. tq.. 1malaysia 1word 1objective 1love
  • Nuraidila Abdul Razak
  • Rocky's Bru
    • Comments
    • IDIOTS
  • Lim Hui Sim
  • Fiona
  • Ahmad Rahimi bin Ramli
  • Amir Hafizi
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    • no comments (and that's no joke)
  • Elle Cheong
  • Nigel Tee
  • Ahmad Kamal Abu Bakar
    • Comments
    • Gila!
  • Joyce Lee
  • Aysha Abdul Razak
  • Aneel David Kannabhiran
  • Gina Shaik Daud
  • Mat Cendana
    • Comments
    • Can the authorities use their `kepala' as in `mind' instead of the `kepala lutut'?
  • Jailani Harun
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    • BODOH PUNYA KERJA!
  • yeop zarul
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    • pendakwaan terpilih...itu yg tak puashati...
  • adam
  • Fabian Nesan Selva
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    • FOOLS!