59. Geoffrey Cain, ‘‘Bloggers the New Rebels in Vietnam,’’ San Francisco Chronicle, December
14, 2008, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/14/MNJ814GR9H.DTL&type=
printable.
60. Law on Information Technology (No.67/2006/QH11), http://vbqppl4.moj.gov.vn/law/en/
2001_to_2010/2006/200606/200606290015_en/lawdocument_view.
61. Article 6(1), Decree No. 97/2008/ND-CP of August 28, 2008, on the Management, Provision
and Use of Internet Services and Electronic Information on the Internet, http://www.mic.gov.vn/
lawfiles/31236373.PDF (accessed May 25, 2009).
62. Article 9, Law on Information Technology; Article 12(2)(c), Decree on the Management, Provision and Use of Internet Services.
63. Articles 3.1, 4, Circular No. 07/2008/TT-BTTTT of December 2008, guiding a number of contents of the Government’s Decree No. 97/2008/ ND-CF of August 28, 2008, on the Management,
Provision and Use of Internet Services and Information on the Internet regarding the supply of
information on blogs, http://www.mic.gov.vn/lawfiles/23434370.pdf (accessed May 25, 2009).
64. Article 16(4), Law on Information Technology.
65. Article 16(3), Law on Information Technology.
66. Article 6, Circular No. 07/2008/TT-BTTTT of December 2008.
67. For example, on October 13, 2008, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leader Chee Soon Juan
and his sister were ordered to pay more than SGD 600,000 in damages for defaming Mentor Minister Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in a 2006 SDP
newsletter likening the conduct of government officials to another corruption scandal involving
the National Kidney Foundation. Zakir Hussain, ‘‘PM, MM Get $950k Damages; Amount Determined in Part by ‘Egregious’ Conduct of the Chees,’’ The Straits Times, October 14, 2008.
68. Article 108B, Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007, http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/
html/homepage.html.
69. Inter Press Service, ‘‘Singapore: State Sues Blogger for Criticizing High Court Judge,’’ June 7,
2008.
70. Urban Rant Blog, ‘‘Singapore Courts Grant Arrest Warrant Without Bail For Insulting a
Judge,’’ June 2, 2008, http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/05/singapore-judge-belinda
-angs-kangaroo.html.
71. Article 228, Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007, http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/html/
homepage.html.
72. Zakir Hussain, ‘‘Gopalan Nair Jailed 3 Mths,’’ The Straits Times, September 17, 2008, http://
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=97420.
73. Lee Glendinning, ‘‘Malaysian Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin Goes on Trial over Sedition
Charges,’’ Guardian, October 6, 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/06/malaysia
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14, 2008, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/14/MNJ814GR9H.DTL&type=
printable.
60. Law on Information Technology (No.67/2006/QH11), http://vbqppl4.moj.gov.vn/law/en/
2001_to_2010/2006/200606/200606290015_en/lawdocument_view.
61. Article 6(1), Decree No. 97/2008/ND-CP of August 28, 2008, on the Management, Provision
and Use of Internet Services and Electronic Information on the Internet, http://www.mic.gov.vn/
lawfiles/31236373.PDF (accessed May 25, 2009).
62. Article 9, Law on Information Technology; Article 12(2)(c), Decree on the Management, Provision and Use of Internet Services.
63. Articles 3.1, 4, Circular No. 07/2008/TT-BTTTT of December 2008, guiding a number of contents of the Government’s Decree No. 97/2008/ ND-CF of August 28, 2008, on the Management,
Provision and Use of Internet Services and Information on the Internet regarding the supply of
information on blogs, http://www.mic.gov.vn/lawfiles/23434370.pdf (accessed May 25, 2009).
64. Article 16(4), Law on Information Technology.
65. Article 16(3), Law on Information Technology.
66. Article 6, Circular No. 07/2008/TT-BTTTT of December 2008.
67. For example, on October 13, 2008, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leader Chee Soon Juan
and his sister were ordered to pay more than SGD 600,000 in damages for defaming Mentor Minister Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in a 2006 SDP
newsletter likening the conduct of government officials to another corruption scandal involving
the National Kidney Foundation. Zakir Hussain, ‘‘PM, MM Get $950k Damages; Amount Determined in Part by ‘Egregious’ Conduct of the Chees,’’ The Straits Times, October 14, 2008.
68. Article 108B, Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007, http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/
html/homepage.html.
69. Inter Press Service, ‘‘Singapore: State Sues Blogger for Criticizing High Court Judge,’’ June 7,
2008.
70. Urban Rant Blog, ‘‘Singapore Courts Grant Arrest Warrant Without Bail For Insulting a
Judge,’’ June 2, 2008, http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/05/singapore-judge-belinda
-angs-kangaroo.html.
71. Article 228, Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007, http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/html/
homepage.html.
72. Zakir Hussain, ‘‘Gopalan Nair Jailed 3 Mths,’’ The Straits Times, September 17, 2008, http://
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=97420.
73. Lee Glendinning, ‘‘Malaysian Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin Goes on Trial over Sedition
Charges,’’ Guardian, October 6, 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/06/malaysia
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