Internet Abuzzed At Least 3 Malaysian Bloggers Threatened with Law Suits and Legal Action to Silence Them

Cuit Sikit posted:

Beberapa blogger dilaporkan akan mendapat surat saman atau menghadapi indakan undang-undang yang sedang dirangka oleh konco-konco Khairy Jamaluddin.

Tahniah kepada Sheih dan rakan-rakan bloggers. Atas nama sokongan, blog ini akan turut meletak ikon ini. Blog Cuitsikit menyokong usaha ini sungguhpun tidak dapat menyertai mereka. Blog ini ingin kekal sebagai anonymous bagi memastikan maklumat mengalir macam selalu.

Nuraina Samad posted on her "3540 Jalan Sudin Blog" :

"....... Two very well-known bloggers are being sued for libel by a newspaper, its deputy chairman, CEO, GEIC and its former GE.

Kickdefella is also been threatened with a lawsuit. The two -- Rocky (Rocky's Bru) and Jeff Ooi (Screenshots) -- face court action that will be set in motion this month, I am made to understand.

All I can say is that they all must have spooked some people or made some people very very very angry.And these angry people are hitting back....

...Some people say that the authorities are coming down (hard) on bloggers, seeing that some blogs have grown in popularity and are already influential.

These popular blogs happen to be pretty critical of certain political leaders, corporate figures and high profile individuals.

These three guys are immensely popular. We open their blogs to read and see their postings. We tell them they are doing a good job...."

We thank Rocky for posting scoops that the mainstream media follow up on but don't care to admit. Jeff for his critical analyses and Sheih for his creative talents.

We tell them "keep on blogging", "don't stop".And they keep on blogging, in their names.

But do we fear for them?

Today, these three are being threatened with lawsuits that, in the short term, are aimed at silencing them and in the long term, possibly, bankrupting them."

Rocky Bru sensed it :

"..... Something's brewing. Sheih the "Poster Boy", the one who created Kickdefella, has made a statement: Bloggers United. No Fear.".

Kamaluddin Blog posted (11 Jan 2007):

"... Blogers Malaysia Terus DiUgut !

.... , Saya mendapat informasi bahawa seorang bloggers yang terkenal tanah air telah diugut buat kali kedua, blog beliau KickDeFella setelah beliau menarik balik segala poster poster yang di edit dengan gambar gambar Perdana Menteri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badwi di blog lama beliau setelah menerima ugutan dan amaran dari sekutu sekutu yang mengikut arus AAB.

Setelah senyap untuk beberapa ketika beliau telah mengembalikan paparan Poster poster tersebut di blog baru beliau KickDeFella Return Of The Prodigal Son

Hari ini beliau telah menarik kembali semua poster dari papar susulan dari berita yang kedengaran bahawa dua blogers telah mendapat writ saman dari sebuah firma guaman.

Dua blogers tersebut ialah Rocky's Bru dan ScreenShots sehubungan dengan itu beliau telah menerima email daripada satu persatuan memberi amaran kepada beliau.

Saman tetap akan dikeluarkan kepada mereka mereka yang melawan arus dan blogers yang menaikkan sentimen berbaur melawan arus AAB.Diharap dengan berita ini kita sebagai bloggers yang melawan arus tidak akan berputus asa dan berhenti dari melawan mereka yang mempunyai agenda tersendiri.

Wallwahualam.Kalabu MaLami