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during its privatized state. DDoS attacks began on September 7, 2010, after his posting of another
story on corruption involving the prime minister on September 5, 2010. Malaysia Today was
inaccessible for 24 hours on September 7, 2010, and was intermittently inaccessible for seven
days until September 14, 2010. See Malaysia Chronicle, “ Fears for RPK ’ s Safety as Attacks on
Malaysia Today Continue, ” September 14, 2010, http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/2010/09/
attacks-on-malaysia-today-continue.html .
20. Raja Petra, “ The Attacks, ” http://www.malaysia-today.net/archives/27311-the-attacks-on
-malaysia-today-udpated-with-chinese-translation .
21. Neville Spykerman, “ Cyber Attack: Anwar ’ s Blog Latest to Be Hit, ” Malaysian Insider, September 10, 2010, http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/fmt-malaysia-today-not
-accessible-after-attacks .
22. “ Bloggers May Have to Reveal Identities, ” Malaysiakini, April 5, 2007, http://www
.malaysiakini.com/news/65558 .
23. T. H. Tan, “ Sintercom Founder Fades Out of Cyberspace, ” Straits Times , August 22, 2001. Note
that Sintercom has since reemerged as Newsintercom, but its reincarnation is hosted abroad and
run by anonymous administrators.
24. “ Zam Recommends Labels for Bloggers, ” Malaysiakini, May 5, 2007, http://www
.malaysiakini.com/news/66854 .
25. Niluksi Koswanage and Royce Cheah, “ Update 1 — Malaysia Plans Internet Filter, Tougher
Controls, ” Reuters, August 6, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/08/06/malaysia-internet
-idUSSP39843320090806.
26. Jeff Ooi, “ Bloggers Legal Fund Being Finalised, ” Screenshots, January 24, 2007, http://
asiancorrespondent.com/6403/bloggers-legal-fund-being-fi nalised/ .
27. Joyce Tagal, “ A Resounding NO to Police State, ” Malaysiakini, July 20, 2007, http://
malaysiakini.com/news/70200 .
28. Examples of these routing-round posts include “ Three Ways to Access Blocked Malaysia
Today, ” Liewcf.com, August 28, 2008, http://www.liewcf.com/3-ways-to-access-blocked-malaysia
-today-3835/, and “ How to Access Malaysia Today by Proxy and Beat the Block, ” Uppercaise, September 20, 2009, http://uppercaise.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/proxy-bookmarks-for-malaysia
-today/ .
29. Jeff Ooi, “ Register the Bloggers? NAB and BUM, ” Screenshots, April 6, 2007, http://
asiancorrespondent.com/6201/register-the-bloggers-nab-bum/ .
30. Jeff Ooi, “ MarinaM on Blogging 101 for Lame Politikus, ” Screenshots, May 9, 2007, http://
asiancorrespondent.com/6107/marinam-on-blogging-101-for-lame-politikus/ .
31. “ Nazri Warns Bloggers Face Harsh Laws, ” Malaysiakini, July 25, 2007, http://malaysiakini
.com/news/70375 . (It was alleged that the government was “ looking at formulating new laws to
allow it to monitor and act against offending bloggers. ” )
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during its privatized state. DDoS attacks began on September 7, 2010, after his posting of another
story on corruption involving the prime minister on September 5, 2010. Malaysia Today was
inaccessible for 24 hours on September 7, 2010, and was intermittently inaccessible for seven
days until September 14, 2010. See Malaysia Chronicle, “ Fears for RPK ’ s Safety as Attacks on
Malaysia Today Continue, ” September 14, 2010, http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/2010/09/
attacks-on-malaysia-today-continue.html .
20. Raja Petra, “ The Attacks, ” http://www.malaysia-today.net/archives/27311-the-attacks-on
-malaysia-today-udpated-with-chinese-translation .
21. Neville Spykerman, “ Cyber Attack: Anwar ’ s Blog Latest to Be Hit, ” Malaysian Insider, September 10, 2010, http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/fmt-malaysia-today-not
-accessible-after-attacks .
22. “ Bloggers May Have to Reveal Identities, ” Malaysiakini, April 5, 2007, http://www
.malaysiakini.com/news/65558 .
23. T. H. Tan, “ Sintercom Founder Fades Out of Cyberspace, ” Straits Times , August 22, 2001. Note
that Sintercom has since reemerged as Newsintercom, but its reincarnation is hosted abroad and
run by anonymous administrators.
24. “ Zam Recommends Labels for Bloggers, ” Malaysiakini, May 5, 2007, http://www
.malaysiakini.com/news/66854 .
25. Niluksi Koswanage and Royce Cheah, “ Update 1 — Malaysia Plans Internet Filter, Tougher
Controls, ” Reuters, August 6, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/08/06/malaysia-internet
-idUSSP39843320090806.
26. Jeff Ooi, “ Bloggers Legal Fund Being Finalised, ” Screenshots, January 24, 2007, http://
asiancorrespondent.com/6403/bloggers-legal-fund-being-fi nalised/ .
27. Joyce Tagal, “ A Resounding NO to Police State, ” Malaysiakini, July 20, 2007, http://
malaysiakini.com/news/70200 .
28. Examples of these routing-round posts include “ Three Ways to Access Blocked Malaysia
Today, ” Liewcf.com, August 28, 2008, http://www.liewcf.com/3-ways-to-access-blocked-malaysia
-today-3835/, and “ How to Access Malaysia Today by Proxy and Beat the Block, ” Uppercaise, September 20, 2009, http://uppercaise.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/proxy-bookmarks-for-malaysia
-today/ .
29. Jeff Ooi, “ Register the Bloggers? NAB and BUM, ” Screenshots, April 6, 2007, http://
asiancorrespondent.com/6201/register-the-bloggers-nab-bum/ .
30. Jeff Ooi, “ MarinaM on Blogging 101 for Lame Politikus, ” Screenshots, May 9, 2007, http://
asiancorrespondent.com/6107/marinam-on-blogging-101-for-lame-politikus/ .
31. “ Nazri Warns Bloggers Face Harsh Laws, ” Malaysiakini, July 25, 2007, http://malaysiakini
.com/news/70375 . (It was alleged that the government was “ looking at formulating new laws to
allow it to monitor and act against offending bloggers. ” )