Background Malaysia has a long history of state censorship and tight media controls. All four major newspapers are pro-state, and any oppositional and independent media outlets face the possibility of harassment by police, extended legal wrangling, detention, and imprisonment for publishing speech critical...

The Straits Times reports: "Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading 'disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies' on their websites." ...