Sunday, 21 September 2008

Resignation of 'law minister'

MSN's news article on the release of a politician and a Malaysian blogger, who were detained under the ISA, is a little misleading as it leaves out some very crucial information. The report claims that the "minister responsible for legal affairs resigned Monday over a series of arrests under the security law," which makes it sound as if he had to resign because people disagreed with his actions in using the ISA to detain these two, and a reporter who has already been released. In fact, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is a minister in the PM's department, who prior to becoming a minister, was an accomplished lawyer with his own legal practice, and became the de facto legal minister. Datuk Zaid resigned of his own accord, as he was against the use of the ISA in this regard, and was at odds with numerous other ministers over various issues and the changes (for the betterment of the country) that he was trying to effect.

Not sure how this report was given a 4.5/5 rating by 340 readers, as itcould very well give an erroneous impression to anyone outside Malaysia of the current situation within the country.

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