'Bloggers must be fair'

2008/03/30, NSTonline, local news

'Bloggers must be fair'

JOHOR BARU: Bloggers who criticise the government should be brave enough to post responses from the government.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said government leaders trying to respond directly to allegations in the blogosphere about their performance and private lives had been rebuffed.

"The bloggers irresponsibly erase our comments to prevent the public from reading our explanations on issues raised by them.

"I therefore challenge these bloggers to face the truth by posting our comments instead of giving one-sided commentaries on issues and misleading the public."

Khaled said criticisms by bloggers could appear as the truth to the public, especially the younger generation.
"This will cause them to hate the government if these criticisms are repeated by the bloggers," he said after opening the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Johor Jaya 1 yesterday.

Khaled said the time had come for the authorities to keep bloggers in check.