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Stupidity Rules The Day In Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) — Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said today Malaysia has to classify web bloggers as professionals and non-professionals as a mechanism to prevent misuse of blog sites.

I am speechless. An Ingformayshun minister - nothing less than a minister comes up with an ludicrous idea like this. You gotta wonder about the calibre of people running things in Malaysia.

The minister said that during his recent visit to France, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nice-Matin Press Group, Michel Camboul, had mentioned the need for the French government to classify bloggers and expressed concern over blog sites having an impact on newspaper circulation and the buying of advertisements in newspapers there.

And where did he learn it from? Of all people, the French! What a bleeding waste of taypayer money!

link [via Darren aka Koolgeeek]

The French is good at screwing stupid Asians.

“..The Minister of Information, the Hon. Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin arrived in Paris on Monday, 16 April 2007 en route to Cannes to attend the “Television and Film Trade Market (MIPTV) 2007” from 16 to 20 April 2007. He was accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Zaiton Zainal Abidin; the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Information, YBhg Dato’ Siti Balkish Shariff and officials from the Ministry of Information….”

I wonder how much was the total sum spent on his trip out of the people’s money. I’d like to know if he paid for his wife’s air ticket.

http://www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/paris/news/530