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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

CSM: Civil society groups to hold PC tomorrow

to express Solidarity with Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin who has been charged under the Sedition Act in connnection with a Post he wrote on his webblog malaysia-today.net.

Al civil society groups are invited to send their representatives to attend to Press Coneference at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur. The details below:



Date: Wednesday, 7th May 2008
Time: 11 a.m.
Venue: Conference Hall, 1st Floor, KL and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, 1 Jalan Maharajalela, 50150 KL

Contact person: Press liaison Miss Liew Hui Mei (016-976 4653)

Press conference jointly organized by:
Dr Lim Teck Ghee,
Director,
Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI)

Ahirudin Attan
President, Interim Council
National Alliance of Bloggers

Wong Chin Huat
Chairperson,
Writer Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI)

Gayathry V.
Executive Director
Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)

Ser Choon Ing
Chairman of Civil Rights Committee
KL and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

DESIDERATA: Posted by YLChong who also does freelance editorial work for the Centre for Policy Initiatives,
and who of course PR-es about any Bloggers' Dos and Happenings for Free because he believes in the cause of promoting a robust, healthy Fifth Estate:)

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