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
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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
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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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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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Running as an independent in GE13
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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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Running as an independent in GE13
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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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