Internet media barred from Umno


	Internet media barred from Umno

walski69

3-24-2009 5:30 AM

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politics, malaysia, umno, reform, general assembly, internet media, ban

walski69 says:

Is this a sign that UMNO, in reality, cannot and will not ever reform?

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<P>Umno, which started its general assembly today to plot the party's renewal 
under a new leadership, showed the first sign of its resistance to reform — it 
barred the internet media from covering the five-day event.</p> <P>No word was issued officially, but checks by the press corp and online media 
agencies with one another revealed that several news websites have been denied 
the red-coloured press tags required to cover the general assembly.</p> <P>The online media affected are <EM>Malaysiakini</EM>, <EM>The Malaysian 
Insider</EM>, <EM>Siasah</EM>,<EM> Merdeka Review</EM>,<EM> </EM>and <EM>The Nut 
Graph</EM>.</p> <P>The traditional print and foreign media, however, have been issued media 
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<EM>Malaysiakini</EM> that these media were considered "bloggers". He added that 
the decision to bar them was made by a higher party authority, believed to be 
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