20Sep2009:22:00
Raja Petra’s Malaysia Today website suffered a second day of access problems Saturday, after the Federal Government tacitly admitted that he had indeed revealed Cabinet secrets, and reacted strongly by ordering a police investigation into the exposé of government documents on the controversial Port Klang Free Zone.
On Saturday, Malaysia Today’s home page was not directly available until late in the day. I finally got the home page loading directly at approximately 16:12, although access through an online proxy had been intermittently possible from about 14:30 Saturday. A mirror site « http://mt.harapanmalaysia.com/ » was also not available.
The site had similar problems the previous day, Friday, when the Prime Minister tacitly acknowledged that the documents could be genuine.
Najib said … the government was not denying the public its right to information on the PFKZ but the disclosure of the confidential paper breached the Official Secrets Act.
“Cabinet papers are classified under the OSA and it is illegal for anyone to reveal them. The police will have to look into this.”
NST Online | Cops to probe cabinet paper leak (19 September 2009)
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20090919081039/Article/index_html
The police also tacitly admitted the papers were genuine by saying they were looking for the source of the leak.
Police have summoned several individuals to record statements on the posting of the Cabinet Paper.[The deputy IGP] said police were investigating how the Cabinet Paper which involved the Official Secrets Act (OSA) could be exposed online. “We are investigating to find out who is responsible for exposing information on the Cabinet Paper.”
Cops look for source of PKFZ paper leak
[Added at 21:00] The government action has brought stern criticism from opposition strongman Lim Kit Siang, who questioned whether access to Malaysia Today had been blocked as a result of the PKFZ revelations, and condemned the Attorney-General for not prosecuting two former ministers implicated in the PKFZ debacle.
Although Malaysia Today appears to have been blocked, the images are already available elsewhere on the Internet.
» Warga Marhaen blog reproduces RPK’s article on Tuesday, with the first set of a four-page Treasury memorandum to the Cabinet.
» National Express Malaysia blog reproduces RPK’s article on Thursday, containing the second set of an 18-page Treasury memorandum.
Both sets are marked “RAHSIA” — and Raja Petra warned readers on Tuesday, probably tongue in cheek, not to print out the images as it might render them subject to investigation.
[Added at 21:00] In addition, Raja Petra published on Wednesday the images of a four-page memorandum from Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy to then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, accompanied with a commentary by Lim Kit Siang urging the government to bring all involved to book, and quoting former Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin as saying the PKFZ debacle provided the best opportunity to prove the government’s commitment towards eradicating corruption.
Raja Petra also accused the Cabinet directly of allowing the PKFZ disaster to happen.
What happened was exactly what the Cabinet wanted to happen. And that is why no action is being taken with regards to the RM12.5 billion disaster. It was no disaster. The Cabinet knew all along what was going on. And the Cabinet approved it.
That is why those behind the PKFZ scandal are not scared. They did not do anything wrong. They did not commit a crime. They just did what the Cabinet knew all along they were doing and with the full permission of the Cabinet.
The Secret Cabinet Papers
Besides the PKFZ disclosures, Raja Petra, who has gone into self-exile, also published two videos, available on his website and at YouTube, relating to the Altantunya Shaaribuu scandal.
Resources
» Malaysia Today by online proxy
» RPK’s Cabinet secret I by online proxy
What the public was not told
» RPK’s Cabinet secret II
What the Cabinet hid from the public
[Added at 21:00]
» RPK’s answer to Lim Kit Siang
Four-page Chan Kong Choy memo
» Cabinet secrets I mirror:
Warga Marhaen
» Cabinet secrets II mirror:
National Express Malaysia
» Online proxy service at http://zend2.com
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uppercaise 
the more they hide the more the thrill to find out..like kids been not allowed to watch porno….it be more challenged
I call this “SIDE EFFECTS”. Thank God the internet age came about very strongly upon the Malaysian Rakyat, within the last 10 years. My urnest request to Almighty is put the whole cabinet behind bars.
Outcome of it will be,, a wonderful peace loving Malaysia.
Just stumbled on your blog via MT. Have a feeling we’re acquainted, if only because I’m not exactly a spring chicken myself. Great to see a veteran journo bring his experience and insights to the blogosphere where you can’t be sacked 🙂 Keep up the fine work and every good wish to you.
thanks. as winston churchill said, some chicken, some neck…
By driving RPK underground, things have become even worse for BN. RPK has already been hit with so many charges that a few more charges don’t make any difference. On top of that he has to go underground. So now he can get even more daring in exposing the crap that the BN government is hiding from us. And trying to block MT will only make the readers more determined to reach the MT site. I suggest MT post hot articles into Facebook too, knowing that the umno cybertroopers will try to block the site and hack the site each time a hot article appears.
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