Transcription of RTM's 'Blog' featuring RPK

Based on my post yesterday, RPK wasted his time on RTM1, NewsKini has quoted my blog as saying, "RTM TV1 try [sic] to bully RPK." While I do not agree that my posting be summed up as such (my original words were "bully out an admission from [RPK]", which holds a different meaning to "bully RPK"!), nevertheless I feel it best to provide a transcription to ensure the accuracy of the quoted parts. This transcript is based on the recordings uploaded by Hanief. The transcription, translations and emphases are mine:

[Part 1/3, starting from 02:42. Observe how the statement in red is suddenly arrived at.]

Hasshim Abu Hanifah (host): Baik, ah. Raja, ya? Saya nak tanya. Ini julung kali Raja berada di televisyen? Atau...

(Hasim Abu Haniffa: Ok, uh. Raja, yes? I have a question. This is your first time being on television? Or...)

Raja Petra Kamaruddin: Kali pertama.

(Raja Petra Kamaruddin: First time.)

HAH: -- kali pertama, ya? Jadi, apakah Raja berasa... kondusif?

(HAH: -- first time, yes? So, do you think [this forum is] conducive?)

RPK: [...] Oleh kerana saya dijemput, kalau saya tak datang, mungkin orang kata saya sombong. Jadi saya datang --

(RPK: [...] As I was invited, if I didn't show up, some people might say I'm snobbish. So I came --)

HAH: Jadi, jelas sekarang ini ada keterbukaannya di media-media, seperti di media televisyen ini.

(HAH: So, we clearly observe that there is an openness of the media nowadays, such as [now showing on] television.)

[Skip a little...]

HAH: S-saya percaya ini antara langkah-langkah awal kerajaan yang begitu toleran dan memberi kebebasan dalam bersuara. Tak begitu?

(HAH: I-I believe this is among the initial steps of our government, being so tolerant, in allowing freedom of speech. Isn't that so?)

[Skip to 05:02. The host's stuttering is because he interrupts RPK from completing his answers.]

HAH: Baik. Jadi baik, saya... kita kita kita teruskan kepada... Apakah Raja sekarang tidak merasakan bahawa kerajaan ini sudah cukup terbuka?

(HAH: Good. So... good. I... we we we continue on to... Do you not agree, Raja, that our government is already sufficiently open?)

[Skip to 06:16, again RPK is interrupted.]

HAH: Saya saya saya percaya, sekarang... Saya mungkin rasa bersetuju juga... Tapi dalam soal sekarang... Keterbukaan kerajaan sekarang ni sudah jelas. Ya? Dari satu per satu... umpamanya selepas, sebaik sahaja Pilihanraya Umum yang ke-12 baru-baru ini. Nampaknya, kerajaan telah menubuhkan pelbagai suruhanjaya, umpamanya Suruhanjaya Kehakiman, Suruhanjaya Anti-rasuah dan sebagainya. Takkah... Raja, tidak melihat perkara ini?

(HAH: I I I believe, now... I may agree with you on that [answer to previous question]... But the issue now is... The government's openness is clear. Yes? From one [incident] to another... such as immediately after the recent twelfth General Elections. We see that the government has established numerous commissions, for example the Judicial Commission, the Anti-Graft Commission, etc. Didn't you... Raja, are you not aware of this?

[Skip to 08:17. The host is still harping on the same topic!]

HAH: Mungkinlah Raja, ya? Saya lihat begini pulak. Selain daripada komisyen-komisyen ini, bagaimana pula kalau kita beralih kepada media, umpamanya? Media, sekarang, begitu cukup terbuka. Bermakna keterbukaan kerajaan kepada media sendiri untuk menyuarakan apa saja pandangan media. Umpamanya, akhbar politik begitu banyak sekarang ini. Ada Harakah, ada Keadilan, ada Rocket, dan sebagainya. Jadi, apakah ini satu benda yang baru bahkan laman-laman blog umpamanya, begitu banyak sekarang!

(HAH: That might be so, huh? I look at it another way. Apart from these commissions, let's talk about the media, for a change. The media nowadays is extremely open, meaning the government is open in allowing the media to voice out their own opinions. For example, there is an abundance of political newspapers nowadays. We have Harakah, we have Keadilan, we have the Rocket, etc. Isn't this a new phenomenon, just like blog sites for example? [There are] so many of them, so much freedom of speech!)

That's it, I'm too tired from the repetition. You know when sometimes if you repeat a word to yourself again and again, it eventually sounds like nonsense? I now no longer comprehend the word 'open'.

Watch the full recording of RPK's Blog segment on Youtube.

Read also: Other viewers' comments on Malaysia Today.