Letters
by frustrated scholar
I am writing as a Malaysia JPA (Public Service Department) Scholarship holder.
But, the problem is, I am also an Active Blogger on blogspot.com, touching mainly on socio-political issues.
To be frank, I have been very much careful in my writings by not touching religions and names and by remaining neutral politically.
Yet, my fear is imminent.
My dilemma stems from a recent incident happened to one of my fellow scholar (of batch 2007) from my institution.
She is a blogger herself, and apparently she went ‘over-the-line’ by attacking senior lecturers and institution administration on her blog.
Consequently, her blog attracted attention from both students and administrators and the news went to as far as our sponsor, the JPA.
She faced the institution’s internal disciplinary hearing and was subsequently suspended by the institution late last year and currently, she is pending decisions from the JPA on whether she will continue her scholarship or face termination.