Ambiga: Crackdown on civil society groups coming?


Media reports alleging which polite multitude groups are reception unfamiliar funding in a plot to destabilise a supervision could be a preface to a crackdown upon them, pronounced Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan.

"Such adverse reports (asNew Straits Times'Sept 21 front page article) lay a groundwork for a crackdown upon polite multitude as can be seen from a persisting state nuisance debate against Suaram as well as a possible make use of of even some-more draconian measures," she said.

She was speaking at a corner press conference today alongside with member of Suaram, Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Lawyers for Liberty, Medeka Centre, as well as Southeast Asian Centre for E-Media (Seacem), who were also named in a article.

Seacem plan manager Sean Ang added, "We are really worried: Could this be a prelude?

"Could a supervision be building a context or justification for bigger things to come?" he asked, as well as forked to Singapore's policy of blocking unfamiliar funding for some NGOs as an example.

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