Sue Commenters !

General public web browsers who left comment on web sites are charged by court, faced jail terms and fine.  news from theStar

   

Some international citizens or aliens in the universe may find this amusing.  So perhaps I can help them understand a bit better ...

Malaysia is a beautiful country run by 5 lines of sentences called Rukun Negara or National Principles.  It is by these 5 principles that we live in peace and harmony.  Here are them in native language ( copied from wiki ):

• KEPERCAYAAN KEPADA TUHAN
• KESETIAAN KEPADA RAJA DAN NEGARA
• KELUHURAN PERLEMBAGAAN
• KEDAULATAN UNDANG-UNDANG
• KESOPANAN DAN KESUSILAAN

Translation ( also copied from wiki, I didn't type it )

• BELIEF IN GOD
• LOYALTY TO KING AND COUNTRY
• THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
• THE RULE OF LAW
• COURTESY AND MORALITY

OK, the reason I explicitly said I didn't type it is because you can get sued and executed for the transalation.  The correct translation for the 1st line should be Belief in Tuhan.  Wrongly assume GOD is Tuhan in ignorance is the Biggest offence in this country as you can see, the first and top of the 5 principles.  This offense implies that you, the ignorant, want to break the peace among the people in this country.

Getting back to these poor fellows who got sued for leaving humiliating message on sultan web site.  On the surface, they are violating the 2nd line of National Principles where we are suppose to be loyal to the king.

You may ask, is Sultan the same as King ?  Well, not exactly.  Sultan ( سلطان‎ ) is sort of like the king in a state. But since you can only have one king in a country, the Islamic states ultimate governor is called Sultan. Not all states in Malaysia have sultan. Sultan are found in these 7 states Johor, Kedah,Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Terengganu.

So Sultan is NOT the King? Well, not exactly neither. Every 5 years, the king is elected out of these sultans. So when you deal with sultans, you are either dealing with an ex-King or King-to-be.

So you do have King in Malaysia ? Well, still not exactly. We have Yang di_Pertuan Agong but you can savely assume he is the King of Malaysia (wiki).

Where was I ? Oh ya, the poor commenters.

So they run the risk of violating the 2nd principal of breaking the peace and harmony of this country by leaving such comments.  Since its a pretty serious offense, the only thing that can help them is the 1st principal I guess - Tuhan.  By the way, I cann't find Malaysia definition on Tuhan but you can get a similar one from Indonesia's way of definition here.

Not many people actually read the comments.  Now that it has become evidence, they are well hidden and protected for court cases.  So all of us still don't know what line NOT to cross.

What about democracy and freedom of speech you may ask ?  Well, we are still a democratic country where we have election.  So what about it ?  And freedom of speech, don't tell me you haven't heard the latest trend that total freedom is disasterous.  Most of the world greatest freedom nations are moving back to protectnism system only if they could.  It may not be right but more and more rulers agree.  Afterall, leaving a comment on a web site isn't exactly the same as 'speaking'.  We Malaysia is way ahead of the trend as a matter of fact, just like our 1997 recession fixxing methods are now used by the largest nations on earth now.  At least Tun Mahathir said so.

By the way, you cann't call our Ultimate Ruler 'agung' because agung are these drums ...

Other than that, Malaysia is a wonderful place.  Do visit us, bring a lot of money here and make this your second home.  You wouldn't regret the amusement you can obtain here.

We have great views ... ( below pic is cameron highland )

hot girls

and one great guy