Lee Kin Mun, a.k.a.
Mr Brown (or mrbrown if one follows his site) is making the rounds here in
New Zealand media. This is very deserving for one of the best online
satirists I’ve come across and today, he featured
on Kathryn Ryan’s show on National Radio. His interview can be found
here.
He talks about the
mainstream media in
Singapore and how
censorship comes not through oppression, but exceptional caution. However, he does highlight problems where bloggers have been charged under Singapore’s
sedition laws; in his case, his humour has got him into trouble with the
Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts (MICA). He and others, he believes, find an outlet through the internet and on the
blogosphere.
I understand that he is venturing south to Wellington, so I hope our paths will cross again. For those new to Mr Brown, the radio interview is probably as good an intro as any to him and to the nature of the
mainstream media and censorship in Singapore.
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