On 28th August 2009, some 50-odd Shah Alam residents protested the relocation of a Hindu temple from nearby Section 19 to their neighbourhood in Section 23. During this protest, they carried - and stepped on - a cow's head, an important religious symbol for Hindus. This entire episode was videoed by online news site Malaysiakini, which they later posted on their website. Related to this, Malaysiakini had covered the press conference of Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein, where the Home Minister defended the actions of the protesters. Subsequently, Malaysiakini was investigated by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for these two videos, which were thought to contain 'offensive contents with the intent to annoy any person, especially the Indians'. At time of writing, MCMC has again visited Malaysiakini, this time demanding Malaysiakini to surrender the original tapes of the two events. To learn more about the 'whats' and 'whys' of the MCMC (somewhat in relation to this matter), we speak with Sharil Tarmizi, who is the Chief Operating Officer of the MCMC. Don't forget to watch Part 1 with Steven Gan, co-founder and editor-in-chief of online news site Malaysiakini!

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65.2 Sharil Tarmizi

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Fahmi Fadzil
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Mark Teh
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Akashdeep Singh,
Aaron Chung, Fikri Fadzil
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Akashdeep Singh
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Zalee (Kino-i)
Web
Adam William
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Hardesh Singh
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Elaine Pedley,
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Amir Muhammad

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Synopsis

On 28th August 2009, some 50-odd Shah Alam residents protested the relocation of a Hindu temple from nearby Section 19 to their neighbourhood in Section 23. During this protest, they carried - and stepped on - a cow's head, an important religious symbol for Hindus. This entire episode was videoed by online news site Malaysiakini, which they later posted on their website.

Related to this, Malaysiakini had covered the press conference of Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein, where the Home Minister defended the actions of the protesters.

Subsequently, Malaysiakini was investigated by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for these two videos, which were thought to contain 'offensive contents with the intent to annoy any person, especially the Indians'. At time of writing, MCMC has again visited Malaysiakini, this time demanding Malaysiakini to surrender the original tapes of the two events.

To learn more about the 'whats' and 'whys' of the MCMC (somewhat in relation to this matter), we speak with Sharil Tarmizi, who is the Chief Operating Officer of the MCMC.

Don't forget to watch Part 1 with Steven Gan, co-founder and editor-in-chief of online news site Malaysiakini!

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