Lil Hummingbird dropped by this morning.
“Can you get through to Malaysia Today?”, he asked.
Tried to get into MT.
“Can’t”, I replied.
“Had dinner with an UMNO snitch last week. He warned me this was going to happen. He said that Malaysiakini was not the real target of MCMC, but Malaysia Today, as there are people in government who are shitting bricks about what RPK is going to reveal through his series of videos starting 10th September. Also, given the all-important impending Bagan Pinang by-election, the last thing they want is RPK raking up all the dirt on the government and on UMNO. They’re looking for any excuse to justify blocking certain news portals and blogs. But if they can’t find any excuse, they’re going to do it on the quiet”.
Tried to get into Malaysiakini and could not. Got into Malaysianinsider and Staronline with relative ease.
“Can they do this on the quiet?”, I asked.
“Where have you been? Of course they can, you dumbass lawyer!”.
Tried again and this time, managed to get into both M-Today and M’kini, but it took an awfully long time. Again, got into Malaysianinsider and Staronline almoost instantaneously.
“The clampdown on the internet may just be starting. And that, dumbo, may be a sign of other things to come.”
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