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June 18, 2008

Pakatan Rakyat States Boycotting Utusan??!?

Election's over and stuff. Results have been discussed to death.
The thing is, politics in Malaysia doesn't seem to change anyway. I read this piece of news in the star today,
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/6/19/nation/21587399&sec=nation
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/arkib.asp?y=2008&dt=0528&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=politik&pg=po_08.htm&arc=hive
Basically, Opposition parties are starting to become what they sought to change.
Yes, we all know the perspectives people have on Utusan on it being pro-government and stuff. The thing is, it seems that the Opposition are just doing what the Government has done before to Harakah and the rest. The thing is, even Harakah is freely distributed these days. So it doesn't seem to make any sense for the Opposition to now ban newspapers of their choice. What happened to democratic principles they were championing. If people feel something is good or bad, they will make the choice of buying or not. The same argument goes for all newspapers and also blogs for that matter. I thought the Opposition loved the fact that there is free flow of information on the net and that people will ultimately judge on their own what is good or bad. By doing this, the only conclusion I can come to is that they are turning into nothing more than the next Barisan (not in the good sense).

PS: People would note that I can be a bit biased towards Utusan for obvious reasons but still, the point stands.