"These days I am often asked, “Am I afraid of being seditious again?” My reply, is: “Absolutely not!”
In this country, one does not know where to draw the line. You are seditious, just as long as you offend the 'right' group. It does not really matter what you say.
The double standards in prosecution under the Sedition Act are aplenty. I need not regurgitate the examples.
Whatever the authorities or the powerful do to journalists, whether it is murder, jail time or questioning for hours, it is to stop us from doing our duty, to prevent us from being documenters of history, or participants in the democratic struggle of our nations.
When I chided a top politician (in my Facebook) for sometimes treating us just like stenographers, many of my peers were angry with me.
Indeed, the truth hurts. But this is what we have become - as most of our daily work entails processing statements, rewriting stories, repeating remarks in a press conference when we are not allowed to ask questions - or, do not get answers when asking questions.
Detention has united us
We have to fight this sad state of affairs. We must be united in this, not just accept our fates or become the stenographers that politicians love us to be."
From: http://m.malaysiakini.com/news/277756.html
Roy Ngerng