- Egypt satirist faces probe for insulting president
- satirist who made fun of Mursi on tv investigated
- Bassem Youssef's case worries freedom of speech in post-Mubarak era
- mocked Mursi's repeated use of the word "love"
- love song, holding a red pillow with the president's face printed on it.
- accuses him of "insulting" Mursi and "undermining his standing".
- country's new constitution includes provisions forbidding insults.
- "criminal defamation now embedded in the constitution."
- criminal defamation cases bode ill for free speech in Egypt
- Mursi polarizing society by foisting divisive, Islamist-leaning constitution on the country.
- independent newspaper Masry al Youm also investigated
- paper's website saying Mursi was due to visit hospital
- presidency denied Mursi was due to visit hospital.
- his wife had gone to the hospital to visit a family member.
- editors had been summoned by the prosecutor for questioning next Saturday.
What a lark. A tv comedian made fun of Mursi's usage of the word 'love' and they are investigating him. An independent newspaper said the president was due to visit a hospital (when it was his wife visiting a relative) and the paper is being investigated.
In Malaysia, since the time of Dr Mahathir we have had had 'Maha Zalim' websites, Maha Firaun cartoons etc. No one has been jailed for the Mahazalim and MahaFiraun websites which came about as early as the 1990s.
These cartoons and images were oxymoron stupid. How can you call someone a firaun when he allows you to call him a mahazalim, mahafiraun or whatever else crap is in your head? None of these cartoonists were called by any investigators or prosecutors. They were not even called by their girlfriends. Ha ha.
In Penang Lim Guan Eng's Brownshirts, the Pasukan Peronda Sukarela have beaten up Press photographers who were reporting on a suicide case. Guan Eng has not yet lifted the ban on newspapers critical of the Pakatan from covering Penang State events. Lim Guan Eng has also passed an unconstitutional piece of State legislation which bans DAP members from party hopping.
The talk on the ground in Penang is that this unconstitutional law was passed (obviously) because there are real fears that more DAP and Pakatan MPs may jump ship. There is also suggestion of infiltrators and spies being placed inside the Pakatan especially inside the PKR who may embarrass the party later. There is also talk that TWO civil society crackpots are actually "planted". Alamak !
There are no bans on any of the Opposition media or Opposition Blogs covering any Government events. Opposition party organs like Harakah, Suara Keadilan and the Rocket are free to write anything they want. You can buy these newspapers at any newstands. But the PAS is aware that the sales of the Harakah have dropped. Newsagents now have unsold copies of the Harakah which they return to the distributor.
So this is the similarity and the difference between Malaysia and Egypt.
In Malaysia the BN Government does not restrict any of the Opposition media from saying what they want to say in their media. In Malaysia it is the Pakatan Rakyat which has banned newspapers from covering their events, they have passed unconstitutional laws banning party hopping. The DAP is also famous for its gag orders.
This is the same in Egypt from before and until now under the jihadists. Serupa saja.