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Malaysia's Internet Conundrum

Malaysia's Internet Conundrum

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Nov 17, 2012
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In August of 1996, when he launched the 50 km-long Multimedia Super Corridor between Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia’s new international airport in an attempt to lure high-tech startups to his country, then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad made a promise to prospective international investors that the Internet would remain forever free from political interfere…

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