Re: [sangkancil] rumour-mongering and the ISA
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Dear,..dear,...
Cant we stop this!! You are inviting more response...that's how this
rumour began anyway!!!It looks as if you are not satisfied that we want
to put a stop at this rumour-mongering and avoid any trouble at Chow
Kit!!
regards,
abusakti.
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>
>coupla questions about this ballyhoo:
>
>- completely objectively, we have no proof that the friday
>riots/disturbances did happen or that it did not. i too trekked to chow
kit
>on friday evening. everything was completely quiet but i wasn't there
the
>whole day.
>
>there seems to be witnesses on both sides: on the "yes" side, it would
seem
>motives for "rumour-mongering" would be again "foreign elements jealous
of
>our success", on the "no" side, it would seem motives for rumour
stymieing
>could be that shopkeepers don't want their business affected while of
>course, the government doesn't want anyone to panic.
>
>thus, why is everyone immediately concluding that nothing happened or
that
>nothing was planned to happen?
>
>- even if someone were to start rumours knowing that they were untrue,
>would that be amountable to ISA? I'm not sure about the legalese
involved
>but would this be comparable to libel or would the legislation have to
be
>redrafted again to account for rumour mongerers? and if it has to,
would
>this be somewhat against human rights?
>
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