Posted on 28 April 2012 By Ding Jo-Ann.
ON 28 April 2012, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) will hold its third major demonstration in the city known as Bersih 3.0. Despite the government’s efforts at electoral reforms, the movement remains unsatisfied. What really is Bersih 3.0’s purpose?
Tags: Bersih, Bersih 2.0, Bersih 3.0, DBKL, Ding Jo-Ann, Election Commission, Emergency Ordinance, KTM stations, Najib Razak, parliamentary select committee, uncommon sense, voters, Wong Chin Huat
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Posted on 28 April 2012 By Koh Lay Chin.
TV personality and producer Joanne de Rozario has fond memories of the Malaysia she grew up in, and big hopes for the country she thinks it could be. She often wishes she could mark “human” when asked to tick her race in official forms.
Tags: Aishah Sinclair, Dutch, Found in Malaysia, Joanne de Rozario, Laya Project, May 13, ntv7, Portuguese, The Breakfast Show, The Link, University Hospital
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Posted on 23 April 2012 Holding Court by Ding Jo-Ann.
THE Security Offences (Special Measures) Bill (Sosma), passed by the Dewan Rakyat on 18 April 2012, will repeal the Internal Security Act (ISA) once it comes into effect. The ISA has long been criticised for allowing preventive detention for indefinite periods without trial. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the reform, including the rescinding […]
Tags: Ding Jo-Ann, Holding Court, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Internal Security Act, ISA, Najib Razak, Peaceful Assembly Act, Security Offences Bill, SOSMA, UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel
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Posted on 23 April 2012 By Gan Pei Ling.
IT has been almost six months since the Court of Appeal in a landmark ruling declared it unconstitutional to prohibit university students from supporting or opposing political parties under the Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA). On 9 April 2012, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin finally tabled amendments to the UUCA, Private Higher […]
Tags: Bersih, Gan Pei Ling, Higher Education Ministry, Hishamudin Yunus, Khairy Jamaluddin, Khaled Nordin, student activism, UUCA
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Posted on 16 April 2012 Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin.
IF we were to believe everything the Barisan Nasional (BN) is saying about Bersih 3.0, the movement for free and fair elections is indeed problematic in several ways. According to BN elected representatives, the planned 28 April 2012 sit-down protest at Dataran Merdeka, known as Bersih 3.0, is “unnecessary”. It has been hijacked by, or […]
Tags: Barisan Nasional, Bersih, Bersih 3.0, Election Commission, gerrymandering, Hishammuddin Hussein, Jacqueline Ann Surin, Najib Razak, Pakatan Rakyat, Shape of a Pocket
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Posted on 16 April 2012 Asam Pedas oleh Norhayati Kaprawi.
TIDAK memahami sesuatu tidak bermakna benda itu salah. Mungkin cara pandang kita yang perlu diubah dan beralih sedikit agar dapat melihat kedudukan perkara dari perspektif yang berbeza. Baru-baru ini, satu kumpulan balet asing tidak dibenarkan membuat pertunjukan. Walaupun Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan berkata dia sendiri gemar menonton balet, namun dikatakan mengikut pegawainya yang bertangunggjawab meluluskan […]
Tags: Asam Pedas, ballet, Guinness, Guinness Book of World Records, Gus Dur, Hudud, islam, mini-skirt, Norhayati Kaprawi, poligami, tutu
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