Chronology of #stop114a Campaign Date Description Comment 18/4/2012 Nazri Aziz tabled the amendment in Dewan The amendment was passed after 2nd Rakyat. James Dawos Mamit supported the and 3rd reading. motion. 9/5/2012 Dewan Negara passed the amendment. 22/5/2012 Nazri Aziz said the new Evidence Act is fair and Appeared in mStar Online at internet users should be more careful and http://mstar.com.my/cerita.asp?sec= responsible. mstar_berita&file=/2012/5/22/mstar_ berita/20120522124153 25/5/2012 Kathleen Tan spoke to Suaran Singh Sidhu, a property lawyer, on the amendments to the Evidence Act on BFM Radio’s Current Affairs programme. 26/5/2012 Lim Guan Eng said Evidence Act amendment Available at facilitates selective prosecution. http://www.malaysianmirror.com/me dia-buzz-detail/136-letters-to-the- editor/57810-evidence-act- amendment-facilitates-selective- prosecution 31/5/2012 CIJ Malaysia launched an online petition against the amendment at www.tinyurl.com/stop114a 1Million Malaysians against Evidence (Amendment) (No2) Act 2012 Facebook page was launched. 6/6/2012 First press release of the update on the petition. Over 1600 signatures collected. Amnesty International UK wrote about the Written by Billy Briggs campaign on their blog at http://www2.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/journalist-and- human-rights/malaysia-censorship Marina Mahathir wrote about the chilling effects of Appeared in The Star at the new amendments in her column. http://thestar.com.my/columnists/stor y.asp?file=/2012/6/6/columnists/mus ings/11415707&sec=musings 11/6/2012 Ads for #stop114a public forum appeared in Mkini 12/6/2012 CIJ Malaysia organized a public forum titled Speakers: Asohan, Jac sm Kee, Jeff Section 114A Evidence Act: Crime-busting or Sandhu, Foong Cheng Leong Online Control? At KL Selangor Chinese Moderator: Jac Ann Surin Assembly Hall 13/6/2012 PSA Video about #stop114a was published on Youtube at www.tinyurl.com/stop114avideo 14/6/2012 VK Liew said technology capable of tracking hackers should be developed to help the accused persons charged under Evidence Act. 15/6/2012 IFEX promoted the campaign on their website at http://www.ifex.org/malaysia/2012/06/15/evidence _act/ 16/6/2012 Khairy Jamaluddin said he is against the new Appeared in Mkini at provisions that place the burden of proof on http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/2 netizens. 01025. 20/6/2012 Jac Kee was interviewed by Capital FM about the campaign Second press release of the update on the petition. Over 2400 signatures collected. 23/6/2012 – CIJ promoted the petition during the KL 24/6/2012 Alternative Bookfest 2012 at Central Market. 25/6/2012 CIJ went to Parliament to submit the petition to Nazri Aziz but he was not available. 26/6/2012 New date for petition handover to Nazri’s deputy Brief meeting with VK Liew prior to VK Liew. handover at Parliament lobby, 4pm. VK Liew described the concerns over Section Appeared on Mkini at 114A as ‘misplaced fears’ http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/2 01945 28/6/2012 Briefing for Opposition MPs hosted by PAS’ Attended by Nurul Izzah, Fong Po Kamaruddin Jaafar (Later Sivarasa took over) Kuan, Sim Tong Him, Hee Loy Sian, Syed Shahir, Ooi Heng, Fahmi Fadzil Pakatan Rakyat issued a statement against Section 114A .