‘The pen is mightier than the sword,' may sound like an old idea but not in the cyber world. Malaysiakini is proof. Its news and views are more positive as a catalyst for change than pointless saber-rattling. The offending weapon has since disappeared but the online grows from strength to strength.

Many Malaysians will celebrate Malaysiakini' s 10th Anniversary, if not at its forthcoming dinner, at least in spirit wherever they may be. They believe in press freedom and consider the online daily its champion.

Today countless people all over the world are still prisoners of conscience, and do not have the freedom that those who live in free societies take for granted.

Into such a place Malaysiakini was born 10 years ago.

The lamp of media freedom...