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83. “ Anti – 100 Storey Tower Group Calls for ‘ Cake-Party, ’ ” Malaysiakini, November 15, 2010,
http://malaysiakini.com/news/148257 . The Malaysian Police Act, 1976, sec. 27, requires gatherings of fi ve or more persons to obtain police permits.
84. Aidila Razak, “ When Eating Cake Is a ‘ Suspicious ’ Activity, ” Malaysiakini, November 16,
2010, http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/148415 ; Lee Long Hui and Lee Weng Keat, “ Utar
Warns Students over Anti-tower Cake Party, ” Malaysiakini, November 18, 2010, http://www
.malaysiakini.com/news/148399 .
85. See the national register established by Section 4(1), Malaysian National Registration Act,
1959. See also Regulation 3, Malaysian National Registration Regulations (Amendment 2001),
requiring every person to register and obtain his/her identity card.
86. Postpaid mobile phone users would already have to register with mobile phone companies.
Prepaid users were required to register under the Ministerial Direction on the Registration of
Subscribers of Public Prepaid Cellular Services, Direction no. 1 of 2006, under CMA 1998.
87. “ Cabinet: Cybercafes not Subjected to Restrictions, ” New Straits Times , March 18, 1999, 5.
88. Recently, the government has announced its intentions of installing more CCTV cameras to
deter crime. See “ CCTV Cameras to Be Fixed Nationwide to Fight Crime, ” Malaysiakini, December
22, 2010, http://malaysiakini.com/news/151486 .
89. Jun E-Tan and Zawawi Ibrahim, Blogging and Democratization in Malaysia: A New Civil Society
in the Making (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2008), 44.
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83. “ Anti – 100 Storey Tower Group Calls for ‘ Cake-Party, ’ ” Malaysiakini, November 15, 2010,
http://malaysiakini.com/news/148257 . The Malaysian Police Act, 1976, sec. 27, requires gatherings of fi ve or more persons to obtain police permits.
84. Aidila Razak, “ When Eating Cake Is a ‘ Suspicious ’ Activity, ” Malaysiakini, November 16,
2010, http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/148415 ; Lee Long Hui and Lee Weng Keat, “ Utar
Warns Students over Anti-tower Cake Party, ” Malaysiakini, November 18, 2010, http://www
.malaysiakini.com/news/148399 .
85. See the national register established by Section 4(1), Malaysian National Registration Act,
1959. See also Regulation 3, Malaysian National Registration Regulations (Amendment 2001),
requiring every person to register and obtain his/her identity card.
86. Postpaid mobile phone users would already have to register with mobile phone companies.
Prepaid users were required to register under the Ministerial Direction on the Registration of
Subscribers of Public Prepaid Cellular Services, Direction no. 1 of 2006, under CMA 1998.
87. “ Cabinet: Cybercafes not Subjected to Restrictions, ” New Straits Times , March 18, 1999, 5.
88. Recently, the government has announced its intentions of installing more CCTV cameras to
deter crime. See “ CCTV Cameras to Be Fixed Nationwide to Fight Crime, ” Malaysiakini, December
22, 2010, http://malaysiakini.com/news/151486 .
89. Jun E-Tan and Zawawi Ibrahim, Blogging and Democratization in Malaysia: A New Civil Society
in the Making (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2008), 44.