Tag: censorship

Applying the Sri Lanka Genocide Model in Gaza 4

~ The Koboi Project

A significant aspect of the Sri Lanka Genocide model (for an explanation of this term, see Applying the Sri Lanka Genocide Model in Gaza 2) is the suppression of news and expression in the media. I will go into the similarities of censorship in the wars in Sri Lanka and in Gaza later but, in the present post, I would like to address a suppression I have just experienced on Facebook. My previous WordPress post, titled Applying the Sri Lanka Genocide Model in Gaza 3, was originally headed by the image of a Tamil Elam flag. This is very similar to the LTTE flag but it is not the same; the difference being in inscriptions in Tamil and English. This difference is explained clearly on Tamilnation.org as follows, “The Tiger symbol of Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) created in 1977, was designated as the National Flag of Tamileelam in 1990 differentiating it from the LTTE’s emblem by leaving out the letters inscribing the movement’s name. The Restructure site explains further, “Yes, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam created and use the Tamil Eelam flag. It makes sense since they support the Tamil Eelam. However, not everyone who supports the Tamil Eelam supports the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The Liberation Tigers of Eelam supporters are a proper subset of Tamil Eelam supporters.”

When I re-posted my WordPress post on on Facebook, I received a warning about posting offensive material, and my post was blocked. I have also had many Facebook privileges removed for a period of one month as some kind of penalty. In this context, it is important to note that, while the LTTE is a proscribed organization and that it would be reasonable for their flag to be prohibited on Facebook, the Tamil Elam flag is different from the LTTE flag, and its display is permitted in many nations around the world that have prohibited the LTTE. Canada, where I reside, is a case in point, as here it is not only legal but also promoted by representatives of different levels of Canadian government.

The scene pictured above is of the Tamil Eelam National Flag Day being celebrated in Brampton Ontario in Nov 2023. Brampton Mayor Patrick Broey, who officiated at the ceremony at the town hall where the Tamil Eelam flags were flown, said, “Today and every day, we celebrate the resilience of the Tamil community and the contributions that Canadian Tamils have made in enriching our communities in Brampton and across the country. We will never forget the atrocities and human rights abuses of the Tamil genocide. We celebrate the resilience of the Tamil community.” Other government representatives who made statements of support on this Tamil Eelam National Flag Day include,  Shaun Collier, Mayor of Ajax;  Jagmeet Singh, Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP); Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament for Brampton North; David West, Mayor of the City of Richmond Hill; Iqra Khalid, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erin Mills; Shaun Chen, Member of Parliament for Scarborough North; Shafqat Ali, Member of Parliament Brampton Centre: Logan Kanapathi, Member of Provincial Parliament for Markham-Thornhill; and Elizabeth Roy, Mayor of the City of Whitby.

Image: https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/tamil-eelam-flags-fly-high-canada-and-uk

Image: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fzjmyfgv6buu51.png

Image: https://i1.wp.com/www.errimalai.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ltte-flag-1.jpg

https://tamilnation.org/tamileelam/defacto/flag.htm

https://restructure.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/tamil-eelam-flag-versus-tamil-tiger-flag/

|https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tamil-flags-flown-at-protest-legal-toronto

https://www.tgte-homeland.org/2023/11/18/tamil-eelam-national-flag-day-to-be-observed-around-the-world-on-november-21st-tgte/

Forms of Government 4

~ The Koboi Project

4. Infocracy: A form of government based on the control of information. We have moved from the age of state controlled media to an era of oligarchic media cross interests. We have also moved from broadcast media to social media -Facebook, Google, Amazon, cyber troopers, bot farms ……

9 Duchamp

~ The Koboi Project

Keling Maya: Post-traditional Media, Malaysian Cyberspace and Me, presented at the Aliran Semasa Symposium, 2013, at the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

This is the first Malaysia and earliest known Southeast Asian Internet art work. It was launched in 1996 and was revived in 2008 for the relocations exhibition (a two-man show with Hasnul Jamal Saidon), ISEA Singapore curated by Roopesh Sitharan. It is no longer online.

0 Performance
1 Keling Maya
2 Cyberspace
3 Model
4 Heterotopia
5 Rajinikanth
6 Heroes
7 Telinga Keling
8 Keling Babi
9 Duchamp
10 MGG Pillai
11 Pantun
12 Praxis
14 Post-tradition
15 Philosophia Perennis

Politik Penyuntingan (2014 – 2020)

~ The Koboi Project
After Zunar, 2014 re-presented in Index Magazine Online.

2014 – Zunar Published the source cartoon for this image to celebrate 57 years of Merdeka.

2020 – Zunar clarified the difference between a ‘reference to’ and a ‘manipulation of’ an image in the context of the Jata Negara controversy. Also in this year, the Minister for Communications and Multimedia announced, quite unthinkingly, that the requirement for a licence in order to produce distribute or exhibit films (arising from sections 21 and 22 of the Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Act 1981) would apply to personal social media. 

Bebas!
Penyuntingan berkarya …
Penyuntingan diri kerana takut gagal,
atau kerana berani berjaya;
Penyuntingan penaja ataupun penyelaras,
Penyuntingan kerajaan;
Penyuntingan adab,
Penyuntingan kerana maruah,
kerana agama bangsa;
Tapi Tuhan nampak segala yang ada di dalam hati …
So jangan tertekan oleh saudara seperjuangan;
Jangan berdiam …
Bebas!
Kerana yang di dalam adalah apa yang ada!

Filem
Penyuntingan Penggambaran,
Penyuntingan Pembahasan,
Penyuntingan Pengertian,
Penyuntingan  Pendirian,
Penyuntingan  Pertimbangan,
Penyuntingan Pemimpinan.
Tammat

Source Image: https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2018/07/malaysian-cartoonist-zunar-cleared-of-sedition-charges/

https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/zunar-image-book-cover-not-222000429.html

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-filming-licence-social-media-multimedia-minister-12956526?fbclid=IwAR2yw0HhiMb6h2CktoJ9XbJJCy8TMv2IlEi-1vZAKwdxpH0LRy8-3k_D0hQ

http://www.agc.gov.my/agcportal/uploads/files/Publications/LOM/EN/Act%20244%20-%20Perbadanan%20Kemajuan%20Filem%20Nasional%20Malaysia%20Act%201981.pdf

Politik Identiti (1996 -2020)

~ The Koboi Project
After cover of a book by Lat titled Dr.Who?!, 2020 from a thesis fragment found online.

1996 – Pop star M. Nasir gets boycotted by state owned media for being kurang ajar or kasar towards the sitting Prime Minister in asking, audaciously, “Siapa Mahathir?”

2004 – Esteemed Malaysian cartoonist Lat launches his 27th book titled titled Dr Who?!: Capturing the Life and Times of a Leader in Cartoons. Epitomizing the notion of halus, Lat was able to get Mahathir himself to launch the book. Surely, the latent reference to M. Nasir’s earlier question was heard by Malaysians even at the time!

2020 – M. Nasir’s alleged insult has now become a genuine question on every Malaysian’s mind! Who is he really? What does he stand for … does he stand for anything beyond Machiavellian self-interest?

Source Image: Click to access Pages_from_nor_amriah.TGB050030.part2(Chapter_4).pdf

https://www.malaysiakini.com/hiburan/405711

Parodists and Patriots 3

~ The Koboi Project

1. The question of artistic intention.
2.The question of artistic license.
3. The question of interpretative license.
4. The question of interpretative intent.

https://www.therakyatpost.com/2020/07/01/rebirth-reformasi-resistance-and-hope-in-new-malaysia-cover-issue-mistake-or-intentional/