In certain sectors, such as the largely foreign-owned electronic industry of dissent extends to detention of politicians, journalists, lawyers and other opponents of the regime. Under Amendments to universities and Colleges Act which prevents students from taking part in political activity, university lecturers can be sacked and students expelled if found to have links with opposition parties. Professionals can barred for the same reason and under amendments to the Societies Act, companies can be excluded from government business. Under former prime minister Mohamad Mahathir the state n the power of the country's judiciary to oppose the government. In 1988 six justices of the Supreme Court (were suspended). eventually forcing three off the bench, including the Lord President, the country's chief tice 1990:211). The Lawyers Committee for Human RIghts LCHR) report said that "the cumulative effect of the government actions has been to deprive the nation's judiciary of its independence in matters affecting state power. These actions, in conjunction with the government's 1987 crackdown on opposition politicians, social and political activists and the press, have greatly weakened the rule of law in Malaysia' CHR 1990:4). The judiciary has become an extension of UMNO and was used to jail Mahathir deputy Anwar Ibrahim in 1999 on trumped-up charges of sodomy and corruption. In 2007, Anwar released a 2002 recording of the then third-ranking judicial official in charge of senior judges in Peninsular Malaysia making arrangements appoint senior judges friendly to the government and its cronies, such as th gambling tycoon Vincent Tan (Saleh 2007). Under the PPPA legislation, the government silences dissent under the clause that it is "prejudicial to, or likely to be prejudicial to public morality, or security'. The government controls the press, and TV and radio are propaganda tools for the government. In 1987, the arrest of 106 dissidents, the government closed three newspapers, leaving Malaysians with only government-approved information as a source about national affairs. The situation improved with the arrival the World Wide Web and public access to the Internet. Bloggers ar becoming a major source of news by anti-government groups and NGOs, Resistance forces have found new ways to bypass a controlled s media, criticize government and publish sensitive information about political dealings. These media outlets, however, are now closely itored by the authorities. Cybercafes need a license to operate and to register all users, and the information is then passed on to the n recent years the government has censored and sabotaged many resistance websites.