KDN censors The Economist
Censors have blacked out parts of an article in the latest edition of The Economist which had called Putrajay's handling of the Bersih rally overzealous, even as the Najib administration struggles to deflect the barrage of criticisms in the international media about the government crackdown.
Among the parts blacked out are mentions of the heavy-handedness of the police and the accusation that the government withdrew its offer to protesters to use a stadium for the rally.
The article titled Taken to the cleaners; an overzealous government response to an opposition rally chronicles the chaos on July 9 when police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse the tens of thousands who took to the city's streets here to demand electoral reforms.
Although the full article is available online, the Home Ministry still inked out four lines in the article, one of which notably reported on the death of one man during the rally - from The Malaysian Insider