Malaysia drops project to censor the internet...

The Government has cancelled its controversial plan to install filters at the country’s Internet gateways after a public hue and cry.

Malaysia will use existing laws to prevent Internet abuse instead of putting in place the special filter to limit web use, confirmed Information, Communications, Culture and Arts Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

He said there were sufficient laws to nab those responsible for “negative practices.”

“We will not filter the Internet but Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin (Tun Hussein), (Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department) Datuk Seri Nazri (Aziz) and I have been tasked to look for instances of sedition, fraud and child pornography. More...

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