Lawyer Hits Back What S Untrue Confusing About My Post

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Lawyer Shamsher Singh Thind has hit back at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), asking what was untrue and confusing about his blocked Facebook post.
He accused MCMC of untruth in claiming the post violated Meta’s guidelines, saying the social media platform only restricts posts in countries based on local law.
“What is the problem with my post here?
“What is confusing? My post was very simple,” he told Malaysiakini.
This comes after MCMC said that Shamsher’s Facebook post on May 26 related to the controversy surrounding Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd (Asia Mobiliti), a firm co-owned by Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh’s husband, had violated Meta community guidelines.
In a subsequent post yesterday, the lawyer referred to Teo, noting how she had defended Yeoh over calls for the latter to resign, and asked the deputy minister if she was using MCMC to silence critics of her colleague.
In a statement to Malaysiakini, the commission said the action was taken in accordance with the standard operating procedure based on complaints regarding the posting, which it claimed contained “untrue and confusing” elements.
‘I posed reasonable question’
Shamsher said that he had only asked a question and had not made any accusations in his post.
The question was reasonable considering Teo’s recent and publicly made defence of Yeoh, he added.
Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie ChingHe pointed out that his post would have been deleted and his account would have received a ban if he had truly violated Meta’s community guidelines, drawing on his previous experience of being banned on Facebook.
“You cannot say that I violated the law.
“The action taken by the MCMC to restrict my freedom of speech and expression, that is equivalent to me being punished,” he said.
Nepotism claims
Asia Mobiliti was appointed as one of the two companies to run the Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) programme, a bus-on-demand trial pilot project, for nine months.
Yeoh was accused of alleged nepotism in the matter.
Youth and Sports Minister Hannah YeohOn May 29, Teo reportedly said that calls for Yeoh to resign over the matter were “unfair”, adding that it was too early for the latter to do so.
Asia Mobiliti, whose other co-founder is director and former Malaysiakini CEO Pramesh Chandran, said everything was done above board and it is considering legal action against those casting aspersions about the appointment process.- Mkini

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