Bloghead: Sedition Edition

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Meanwhile, outside the subordinate courts

Fiona Xie was photographed outside the subordinate courts on Monday, the same day the two bloggers/forummers were charged with sedition. One of Mr Miyagi’s operatives (court reporting section) caught up with her and asked her some searching questions: MMO: Hello there, Miss Xie! Nice top you’re wearing! FX: … MMO: Sorry about your wallet. FX: […]

Laws of our land Part IV: Racism & Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act

In between having to work, I thought idly about why the prosecutors chose to charge the two bloggers/forummers under the Sedition Act. One of the first thoughts that came to mind was ‘what about the Religious Harmony Act’? (The other thought was, ‘wah lao, now damn crowded, better wait until 2pm to have lunch). At […]

TODAY: What’s ‘sedition?’ debate goes online

Excerpt: Bloggers react to news of charge against 2 for ‘racist rants’ TWO bloggers were charged on Monday under the Sedition Act for allegedly racist comments made on an online forum and on a website. Naturally, this has sent ripples through the blogging community. Read more at TODAYonline. (PDF version here). Technorati Tags: blog, sedition, […]

Laws of our land Part III(a): Matters sub-judice

The New Paper: Simply electric! Lordy, this matter has consumed me. But before I go further, there’s one thing that I have to be mindful of when discussing the case. Channelnews Asia called the other night to tell me that the names of the offending websites had been taken down from their news article. I […]