Posted on 08 August 2011 Holding Court by Ding Jo-Ann.
IT was troubling to read Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s reasons for the release of eight immigration officers detained without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Hishammuddin said he decided to release the eight, detained “in connection” with human trafficking activities, because they showed “remorse” over their mistakes. He also considered their wishes [...]
Tags: Australia, Ding Jo-Ann, Emergency Ordinance, Hishammuddin Hussein, Holding Court, Home Ministry, Najib Razak, Police Act, United Nations (UN) refugee convention, asylum, censorship, court, freedom of information, human rights, internal security act (ISA), law, refugees, rights
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Posted on 18 July 2011 By Ding Jo-Ann.
PRIOR to 25 June 2011, all seemed to be going relatively well for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s administration. The Barisan Nasional (BN) government was hard at work improving public perception, with extensive media coverage on government programmes such as the Government Transformation Programme and Economic Transformation Programme. There were talks of a possible [...]
Tags: Bersih 2.0, Ding Jo-Ann, Election Commission, Hishammuddin Hussein, Najib Razak, Senator McCarthy, Solidarity Union, Wong Chin Huat, uncommon sense, yellow t-shirts
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Posted on 04 July 2011 By Gan Pei Ling.
Waging war against the king. In cahoots with foreign conspirators. Possible communists. Planning to overthrow the government. Illegal T-shirts. Bersih 2.0 seems to embody many evils to the authorities, who have arrested more than 100 in attempts to stop Bersih’s 9 July 2011 march. But have the authorities gone overboard in demonising the rally? What about Malaysians’ constitutional right to freedom of expression and right to peaceable assembly?
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Posted on 30 May 2011 By Ding Jo-Ann.
*Corrected on 31 May 2011, 10.30am: This was earlier published as “partly free”. THE Barisan Nasional (BN) government is hardly an exemplary proponent of press freedom. Its wide ownership and control of much of the Malaysian press probably contributed to Malaysia’s “not free”* rating in a recent survey by Freedom House, a global press watchdog. [...]
Tags: Barisan Nasional, Ding Jo-Ann, Hishammuddin Hussein, Max Weber, Pakatan Rakyat, Umno, Utusan Malaysia, Wong Chin Huat, cow-head protests, government, media, uncommon sense
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Posted on 21 March 2011 By Jacqueline Ann Surin.
YET again, in the tussle over “Allah” and Malay-language Bibles, the Umno-led Barisan Nasional government shows how unclear it is about what it means to respect the religious rights of non-Muslims.
Tags: Alkitab, Allah, Barisan Nasional, Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM), Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing, Bishop Ng Moon Hing, CFM, Christian Federation of Malaysia, Chua Soi Lek, Elizabeth Wong, George Chan, Hishammuddin Hussein, Home Ministry, Idris Jala, Jacqueline Ann Surin, KDN, Kuching Port, Nazri Aziz, PKR, Publications Control and Quranic Text Division, SUPP, Sarawak, Tony Pua, Zaitun Ab Samad, bible, catholic herald, censorship, discrimination, loh seng kok
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Posted on 07 February 2011 Holding Court by Ding Jo-Ann.
CAN the Malaysian government actually be thinking of imposing more controls on our already overly-regulated right to freedom of expression? There’s a myriad of laws available to arrest, charge, fine and jail Malaysians for speaking their minds in ways the government disapproves of. But apparently, these controls are still not enough. On 24 Jan 2011 [...]
Tags: Ding Jo-Ann, Egypt, Hishammuddin Hussein, Holding Court, Mahmood Adam, Nazri Aziz, PPPA, censorship, control, facebook, law, license, sedition act
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