You’d think that the idiots at Umno would have learned from their mistakes that cost them the two-thirds majority during the General Elections.

Unspun thinks RPK does rant and rail a bit but sedition? The punishment, as Gilbert and Sullivan would say, does not ft the crime.

Sue him for heaven’s sake but not sedition. Its like using a hammer to kill a fly and people don’t like hammerheads.

clipped from chunwai08.blogspot.com

RPK case – the political cause and cost




Perception is everything in politics. For the Barisan Nasional, the public perception against the government is that the sedition charge is a form of persecution against blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin for his daring comments. He is a hero who dare to face the might of the government, even at the risk of being jailed. Fresh from the heavy electoral defeats in five states, the public opinion against the BN can be politically costly. In fact, it can ill afford such sentiments at this point. RPK has the public on his side.
It would be more appropriate, even more effective, for the aggrieved parties to file civil suits against RPK. Freedom of the press does not mean freedom to slander or libel, his detractors are saying. Sue him for defamation and libel then. It is more difficult to prove the sedition charges against him, in fact.
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