I can confirm that I commented in Malaysiakini under their post headlined, 'PSC Chair slammed for pro-Lynas remarks' and it was not published. There were only 13 comments and it remained at that number, which is unusual. Though there was a notice:
the fact that there are now fewer comments shows that Mkini is now more careful, having to apologise to ex-SC Chairman and her husband for an article which was not checked for accuracy.
In case, they are wondering about my 3-year subscription, it was a gift from my daughter, Cheng, in Maastricht. So in their record, there was no payment received from me, the user. But I still think this was not the reason for not publishing my comment.
Update on my comment:
I missed the vital point on Lynas is suing a news portal and others...
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/4/20/nation/20120420205053&sec=nation
This is more likely to discourage Mkini, especially when Nades of The Sun was ordered to pay half a million in damages in another case.
Update:
Steven Gan takes my complaint seriously...
"As a rule, Malaysiakini does not censor comments posted by our subscribers unless they violate the terms of use as stated in our website - 'Please note that foul language will not be tolerated. Comments that include profanity, personal attacks, and anti-social behaviour such as "spamming" and "trolling" will be removed.'
If you can send me the pseudonym which you use to post comments in Malaysiakini, I will personally investigate the matter."
"Yes, there could be a number of reasons why your comment did not go through. Should you have further problems, please do not hesitate to shoot me a note. "
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the fact that there are now fewer comments shows that Mkini is now more careful, having to apologise to ex-SC Chairman and her husband for an article which was not checked for accuracy.
In case, they are wondering about my 3-year subscription, it was a gift from my daughter, Cheng, in Maastricht. So in their record, there was no payment received from me, the user. But I still think this was not the reason for not publishing my comment.
Update on my comment:
I missed the vital point on Lynas is suing a news portal and others...
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/4/20/nation/20120420205053&sec=nation
This is more likely to discourage Mkini, especially when Nades of The Sun was ordered to pay half a million in damages in another case.
Update:
Steven Gan takes my complaint seriously...
"As a rule, Malaysiakini does not censor comments posted by our subscribers unless they violate the terms of use as stated in our website - 'Please note that foul language will not be tolerated. Comments that include profanity, personal attacks, and anti-social behaviour such as "spamming" and "trolling" will be removed.'
If you can send me the pseudonym which you use to post comments in Malaysiakini, I will personally investigate the matter."
"Yes, there could be a number of reasons why your comment did not go through. Should you have further problems, please do not hesitate to shoot me a note. "
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