Posted on 19 September 2011 As if Earth Matters by Gan Pei Ling.
A person was killed and four were injured in a French nuclear waste treatment plant on Sept 12, 2011. This piece of news drew my mind to the fact that debate over nuclear waste treatment and disposal in the light of Malaysia’s own nuclear plans, is still lacking. More often, worries are focused about potential [...]
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Posted on 20 September 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
WHAT has the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Selangor government achieved after two and a half years in power? If one relied on traditional media reports or Umno’s “Save Selangor” roadshow, the answer may well be, “Not very much”. But the reality is much more nuanced, as demonstrated in the book The Road to Reform: Pakatan Rakyat [...]
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Posted on 20 August 2010 Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin.
AND so Perkasa has made the news again. And this time by its own doing, not because a media bent on sensationalism tried to cultivate the Malay nationalist group in order to increase readership. In the latest of Perkasa moves, its Petaling chairperson, Zainal Abidin Ahmad, lodged a police report against a Protestant church in [...]
Tags: Allah, Arabic, Babe, Christian, Constitution, Ibrahim Ali, Jacqueline Ann Surin, Perkasa, Ramadan, Shah Alam, Shape of a Pocket, Umno, Zainal Abidin Ahmad, baitullah, exposed nipple, freedom of association, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, islam, kaabah, muslim, play, power, public space, sedition, sensitivities, solat, sultan, theatre
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Posted on 13 July 2010 By Deborah Loh.
The Securities Commission’s investigation of the Kenmark scandal exposes flaws in the Securities Commission Act 1993. More on this issue in Found in Quotation.
Tags: BK Sidhu, Deborah Loh, Found in Quotation, Habhajan Singh, Investigating OFficer, Kenmark, Lim Chee Wee, Malaysian bar, Masjaliza Hamzah, SC, SCA, Section 134, Securities Commission, Securities Commission Act 1993, Tharminder Singh, The Malaysian Reserve, Zarinah Anwar, abuse, centre for independent journalism, cij, human rights, interrogation, journalism ethics, journalists, penal code, power, press freedom
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Posted on 05 July 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
THIS week, The Nut Graph asks political scientist Wong Chin Huat to comment on Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Azmin Ali’s supposed party tussle with Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. TNG: What is the significance, if any, of Azmin Ali replacing Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim as PKR Selangor chief? Does this indicate that [...]
Tags: Azmin Ali, Ding Jo-Ann, Dr Syed Husin Ali, Khalid Ibrahim, PKR, PKR vice-president, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Selangor, Selangor Menteri Besar, Shah Alam, Umno, Wong Chin Huat, Zaid Ibrahim, cow head, federal territories, interview, position, power, q&a, reform, rent-seekers, state contracts, uncommon sense
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Posted on 18 June 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
HOW is our media measuring up to its role? If some newspapers’ treatment of what constitutes news is anything to go by, it is clear that some among the Malaysian media are not only unprofessional. They are also causing harm to vulnerable groups. Without a doubt, there is evidence that some media are targeting the [...]
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