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<em>Uncommon Sense</em> with Wong Chin Huat: Who needs a Treason Act?
 
<em>Uncommon Sense</em> with Wong Chin Huat: Who needs a Treason Act?

Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: Who needs a Treason Act?

DOES Malaysia’s monarchy need special legal protection from insults or ridicule? The Nut Graph asks political scientist Dr Wong Chin Huat whether Malaysia needs yet another law to curb freedom of expression and what the impact would be.

Mengahwini dan mempoligamikan kanak-kanak – Malaysia boleh terima?

Mengahwini dan mempoligamikan kanak-kanak – Malaysia boleh terima?

10 June 2013

Asam Pedas oleh Norhayati Kaprawi

Amalan kahwin bawah umur tidak hanya lagi berlaku di Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia dan Pakistan tetapi sedihnya, di negara kita, Malaysia sendiri. Baru-baru ini budak 12 yang dakwa dirogol dikahwini dengan perogolnya sebagai isteri kedua. Bukankah tiba masa untuk Malaysia tidak lagi terima kes-kes seperti ini dan pelaku salah dijatuhkan hukuman di bawah undang-undang?

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BN’s challenge of legitimacy
Running as an independent in GE13

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Is the online media lopsided?

Is the online media lopsided?

03 June 2013

By Ding Jo-Ann

THE online media in Malaysia continues to be attacked, monitored and threatened purportedly because of its pro-opposition, anti-government stance. But is the online media’s reporting as biased and lopsided as the BN and its allies make it out to be?

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A minority government in power
Wins and defeats in GE13

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BN’s slim state victories

BN’s slim state victories

03 June 2013

By Refsa

BN may have won more states in GE13. But Refsa’s analysis shows that these states were won by minority votes and slim margins.

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BN’s challenge of legitimacy

27 May 2013

Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin

FROM the arrest of Opposition politicians and activists to heightened ethnocentrism and threats of violence to the excommunication of Malay critics, the BN seems to be on overdrive. And with its legitimacy in the balance, we can expect far more threats and repression for a while yet.

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BN’s challenge of legitimacy
Running as an independent in GE13

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Running as an independent in GE13

27 May 2013

Ampersand by KW Mak

THE 5 May general election saw a record number of independent candidates – 270 in all. KW Mak was one of them, running in the Bukit Gasing state seat against DAP’s Rajiv Rishyakaran, Gerakan’s Juan Sei Chang and fellow independent Simon Lee. He tells The Nut Graph of his experiences.

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BN’s challenge of legitimacy
Running as an independent in GE13

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Where does Malaysia go from GE13?

Where does Malaysia go from GE13?

20 May 2013

Work in Progress by Hwa Yue-Yi

SOME countries move from relatively democratic systems to more authoritarian ones such as Malaysia in the 1970s. Others from authoritarianism toward democracy. What can the experiences of these other countries tell us about where we go from GE13? And what choices lie ahead of those who want change?

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