You knew this would happen sooner or later someplace in the world:
A major newspaper company has sued two Malaysian bloggers for defamation, an unprecedented move that the opposition warned Thursday is aimed at stifling dissent.
The New Straits Times, one of the country's largest media groups, filed suits against Jeff Ooi and Ahiruddin Attan over a series of postings on their respective websites attacking top officials of the company.
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Details of the suits are still unknown, but it is believed to be related to issues surrounding the departure of former New Straits Times group editor Brendan Pereira.
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The suit comes on the heels of recent warnings from the government that it would take action to control bloggers who spread "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" as one deputy minister termed it.
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