Lim Guan Eng buat laporan polis terhadap 3 blog pro Umno

Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng membuat laporan polis terhadap tiga lamanweb pro-Umno kerana didakwa telah memfitnah anaknya dengan dakwaan dia mencabul rakan sekelasnya.

Dakwaan tersebut, termasuk dakwaan bahawa anak Lim dipaksa berpindah ke sekolah lain, dan dakwaan bahawa ketua menteri itu telah membayar RM200,000 kepada pihak tertentu bagi menutup kes tersebut, di mana Lim telah menafikan sekeras-kerasnya.

Dakwaan yang dibuat pada bulan Oktober tahun lepas, telah
terbukti tidak benar apabila "mangsa' dakwaan tersebut - bekas pemain catur kelahiran Hong Kong, Anya Corke (kanan) - tampil menafikan tuduhan itu.

Anya didakwa menjadi mangsa dakwaan itu apabila gambarnya telah digunakan dalam lamanweb-lamanweb berkenaan yang menuduh anak Lim dengan dakwaan salah laku seksual.

Lim berkata, Timbalan Ketua CID negeri, Naser Salleh telah menasihatkan beliau supaya membuat laporan terhadap Umno-online, blogger Papagomo dan Pisau.net supaya tindakan selanjutnya boleh diambil terhadap ketiga-tiganya.

Menurut Lim lagi, Naser telah memaklumkan kepadanya bahawa arahan meminta Lim membuat laporan tersebut "datang dari atas".

"Beliau membuat temujanji untuk berjumpa dengan saya pada 12 Januari di pejabat saya. Jadi mengikuti nasihat beliau saya telah membuat laporan itu pada hari yang sama," kata Lim kepada pemberita di Komtar.

Menurut Lim, dakwaan-dakwaan tersebut masih ada di lamanweb-lamanweb berkenaan walaupun terbukti tidak benar.

"Mereka enggan memohon maaf atau menarik balik tuduhan mereka itu," katanya.

Menurut Lim, sehingga semalam, polis masih menyiasat perkara itu dan belum ada tangkapan dibuat setakat ini.

Beliau melahirkan harapannya supaya polis akan melakukan seperlunya dan menangkap mereka yang terbabit melakukan fitnah jenayah itu. - Malaysiakini

Rais Yatim wajar hadir 'Asean Blogger Conference'

Oleh: MUTALIB M.D

SEKALIPUN Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Utama Mohd Rais Yatim telah memfailkan saman terhadap saya berhubung dakwaan Sabahkini.net bahawa beliau terlibat dengan Seksyen 376 Kanun Keseksaan yang dianggapnya sebagai fitnah, namun saya amat gembira jika beliau menghadiri Persidangan Blogger Asean hari ini (Ahad).

Sebagai Blogger Profesional, saya tidak kisah atau terkilan jika Rais dijemput untuk menjadi moderater bagi sesi pleno forum yang bertajuk ‘Parameters-The Fine Between What’s Allowed and What’s Not’ kerana saya rasa Rais wajar berdepan dengan para Blogger termasuk saya, kerana itu tugas beliau sebagai Menteri yang menjadi ‘Penyibuk’ kepada Blogger selama ini.

Mengikut program yang terdapat dalam jadual, saya akan menjadi panel untuk membincangkan tajuk di atas yang dipengerusikan oleh Datuk Zaini Hassan (Timbalan Ketua Pengarang Utusan Malaysia); namun saya tidak gentar jika Rais hadir bersama peguamnya (atau ditemani Peguam Negara) sekalipun untuk menjadi moderator atau peserta.

Bagaimanapun saya tetap dengan keputusan saya untuk tidak melayan sebarang saman yang beliau failkan sehinggalah polis menyelesaikan siasatan ekoran laporan polis yang dibuat oleh ‘Chegu Bard’ yang mewakili Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM).

Blogger dibebaskan selepas 4 tahun dipenjara

Egypt blogger released after 4 years in jail

November 17, 2010

CAIRO, Nov 17 – An Egyptian blogger has been released after serving four years in prison on charges of insulting Islam and the president, a human rights group and an interior ministry source said today.

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil, 26, known as Kareem Amer, was in bad health and was beaten by security officers before his release yesterday.

A Cairo-based source from the Interior Ministry confirmed Amer had been release yesterday but denied the blogger was beaten by officers.

A student at the state-run religious al-Azhar University, Amer was arrested in 2006 on charges of insulting Islam and President Hosni Mubarak in his blog posts. He was sentenced to four years in prison and expelled from the university.

“Kareem was released yesterday morning and his health is bad but he is safe now,” Gamal Eid, head of ANHRI, which represented Amer at court, said.

“He was detained for 11 days beyond his court sentence and beaten by officers who did not give any reasons,” Eid added.

The first blogger to face trial in Egypt for online content, Amer was first released on November 5 from Alexandria’s Borg el-Arab prison where he stayed for four years.

But he was immediately re-arrested by state security for 11 days without charge and beaten, ANRHI said.

“His situation has gotten worse after he was detained despite completing his sentence,” said Eid.

The Interior Ministry source said there had been orders to re-arrest Amer after his release on November 5 but did not elaborate.

Amer was unavailable for comment but Eid said the blogger would speak to the media in a few days.

International human rights groups had protested Amer’s detention beyond his court-sentence and called for his release.

Human rights organisations have accused Egyptian police of frequent brutality against detainees.

Egyptians say security forces act with impunity under an emergency law allowing indefinite detention and curbs on anti-government activity or forums. The government says the emergency law is aimed at dealing with drug and terrorism cases.

Amnesty International called on Egypt yesterday to launch an immediate probe into allegations Alexandria police tortured a 19-year-old detainee to death.

In July, two policemen from the same police station went on trial charged with the illegal arrest and torture of anti-corruption activist Khaled Said, who died in their custody. – Reuters/TMI