RAKYAT Malaysia mesti
belajar hidup dalam keadaan kurang kebebasan jika mahu membina Malaysia yang
lebih baik, kata bekas perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad hari ini.
"Kita mesti kurangkan
sedikit kebebasan kita, kawal diri dan kawalan kendiri," katanya dalam
sebuah acara di Kuala Lumpur.
Katanya, terlalu banyak
kebebasan menyebabkan lebih peluang untuk pihak tidak bertanggungjawab untuk
menyalah guna dan mengeksploitasi kebebasan, yang menyebabkan ketidakstabilan.
Bercakap dalam sesi
berkaitan politik Malaysia selepas pilihan raya umum ke-13, Mahathir menyebut
isu perkauman sensitif yang kerap dibangkitkan kebelakangan ini apabila
undang-undang seperti Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri tiada lagi.
Internet and social media sites are providing extremists with a potent vehicle for spreading their ideologies and drawing in recruits, officials and counterterrorism experts say, warning that greater awareness of digital-era threats is urgently needed.
ReplyDeleteTerrorist suspects Bayu Setyono and Firman Firmansyah were arrested in Solo, Central Java. With extremist groups becoming more fragmented and shadowy in nature, worries have increased over the dangers of "self-radicalisation" via the internet.
ReplyDeleteThe same month, at the International Conference on Terrorist Rehabilitation and Community Resilience in Singapore, combatting cyber-based threats was high on the agenda.
ReplyDelete"In many ways, the terrorists are very successful in cyberspace," Rohan Gunaratna, head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), told participants at the Singapore event, according to the Straits Times.
"It is very important for us to build in the next 10 years the capacities and capabilities to counter the increasing presence and the operation of these groups in cyberspace," he said.
ReplyDeleteMore than 10,000 extremist websites are known to be active in Southeast Asia, but only 100 sites have been launched to combat them, Rohan said.
The challenge of fighting digital extremism
ReplyDeleteIn Indonesia, the national counterterrorism agency is working together with Muslim community leaders and non-government organisations (NGOs) to prevent radicalisation of young people.
"We take precautions to gather a variety of information sources related to the growth of terrorism, including internet content, and informed the Ministry of Communication to block them," agency deputy head Agus Surya Bakti explained at a recent meeting in East Java on preventing terrorism.
ReplyDeleteHowever, efforts to track jihadist activity on the web remain in their infancy, and the challenges are significant.
ReplyDelete"There are many local NGOs working on deradicalisation efforts. However, they are not yet optimal. Combating terrorism through the internet, for example, is relatively new for those kinds of organisations. It is also expensive because it requires specific skills in technology," said Dhyah Madya Sri Ningrum, who heads Lazuadi Birru, an organisation that promotes deradicalisation.
Although countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia have been largely successful in breaking up key terrorist networks, shadowy cells continue to operate underground, often requiring little formal organisation. Citizens told Khabar they are concerned that anyone with a computer or mobile phone can use the web to seek out potential recruits.
ReplyDelete"We are living in a virtual era. The internet not only satisfies the curiosity but also triggers a wrong ideology. We need to be really careful," said Aisya Hamid, a Malaysian visiting Jakarta. "Cyberterrorism is not only an enemy of any government. This is the common enemy of the world – the world's threat."
ReplyDeleteBrainwashing via the internet
ReplyDeleteJakarta resident Lois Hariyanto told Khabar Southeast Asia that the internet provides opportunities for "self-radicalisation", in which lone individuals can become ensnared in a violent ideology as a result of their digital interactions.
Fadil Abdul Hamid, a 20-year-old Singaporean, is a recent example, Lois said. A part-time employee of the Singaporean Armed Forces (SAF), he was arrested in July 2012 for alleged terrorist activities.
ReplyDeleteAuthorities say he used the web to read jihadist propaganda and acquire information on bomb-making, while engaged in a dialogue with Muslim preacher Sheik Feiz Muhammad and Anwar al-Awlaki, an al-Qaeda leader and recruiter killed in September 2011.
Observers say communities and governments can counter the threat by making more use of the web for counter-radicalisation efforts. Islamic groups, meanwhile, can seek to properly explain the tenets of Islam, as opposed to the distorted versions promulgated by terror groups.
ReplyDelete"It is important to remember that material on the internet can win youths' hearts and minds and, therefore, can prevent them from becoming involved in any radicalisation through the internet," Lois told Khabar.
ReplyDeletejangan salah guna kebebasan yng diberikan.
ReplyDeleteSoal kebebasan media terutama dalam media sosial sekali ditekankan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Beliau berpendapat kebebasan bersuara mestilah berasaskan 'jati diri Malaysia'.
ReplyDeleteDatuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today said that a knowledge society must be equipped with admirable moral values and attitudes in a bid to shape a distinctive society and nation.
ReplyDeleteThe prime minister said having a knowledge society could also boost the performance and ensure prosperity in the country.
ReplyDeleteNajib said he agreed with the statement made by Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin on the importance of investing through knowledge.
ReplyDeleteMalaysia's 13th general election, the most intensely fought in its history, was over on May 5, but while many chose to move on, some are still dissatisfied with the outcome and continue to hold protest gatherings.
ReplyDeleteA series of demonstrations and protest gatherings had been organised since May 8, filled with fiery speeches that were seditious, slanderous, abusive and inciting by those with vested interest, in manipulating people's sentiments and emotions as though this is the new style of politics in Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteThe Dewan Rakyat sitting for the first session after the GE13 which is scheduled for this June 24 appears to be "meaningless" for the parliamentarians from the DAP-PKR-PAS opposition pact, as reflected by their bemusing "drama" recently, although they now hold 89 out of the total 222 seats.
ReplyDeleteThe question is whether with just seven more years before Malaysia achieves developed-nation status, the opposition's politics can be regarded as mature politics.
ReplyDeleteAssoc Prof Datuk Dr Samsul Adabi Mamat from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia said achieving developed-nation status would require a paradigm shift, for Malaysians to be more mature with all quarters practising the politics of balance and moderation.
ReplyDeleteprotest gatherings at various venues and street demonstrations were the opposition's way of political expression capable of influencing the public and at the same time, detrimental to the nation economically and socially, and development-wise.
ReplyDeleteMature politics is the politics of moderation and balance compared to extreme politics which can destroy the nation. The 'rakyat' (people) need to understand this
ReplyDeleteMinister of Infrastructure Development and Communications Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong said what had been done by the BN government for the past 50 years was real and genuine, and not empty promises as made by the opposition.
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