Bersih 4 Sidang Media, Petaling Jaya 17/08/2015 <br /> <br />MCMC today announced plans to block websites that promoted and shared information on the August 29 to 30 rally that will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu. <br /> <br />It said the decision was made to block websites that "promote, spread information and encourage people to join the Bersih 4 demonstration", on grounds that this would "threaten national stability". <br /> <br />Bersih 2.0 resource coordinator Dr Wong Chin Huat added that MCMC's move was "like a colonising body to a colonised people" and sent the wrong signal to the Malaysian economy. <br /> <br />"The free flow of information is a prerequisite for a modern economy to operate. Malaysia is not China, which is so large it can afford to suppress its own media. <br /> <br />"What will you ban next, this is setting a bad precedent," Wong said, adding that people should be allowed access to information and to make their own informed decisions.
