Time to keep your own counsel Clive

This was the headline in today's New Straits Times, delivered to my hotel room in Kuala Lumpur this morning:

ACTION AGAINST 'FLAMING' BLOGS
'This is not to destroy freedom of speech in the blogosphere. It is to put a stop to the freedom to lie, to abuse and slander people.'

Some extracts from the article:

The government will act against bloggers who belittle Islam or the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (monarchy). 'The government doesn't want to be seen as impotent or weak. The time has come to act against these people.'

'We want blogs to be clean, a place to obtain accurate information, a reference point for honest opinion, not a platform to abuse and slander people,' says a minister in the Prime Minister's department.'

Thought you'd be interested. And if you expect me to comment on all this then be reasonable - remember I'm still in the country.