Shirin Ebadi (© Shahram Sharif; source: Wikipedia.org) KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Oct 2008: The Foreign Ministry has instructed local organisers of a dialogue on peace to withdraw their invitation to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi. The ministry said it was “unwise” to invite Ebadi to speak because she is seen by the Iranian government as promoting a […]
Archives for October 2008
Halting the decline
By Deborah LohHow severely are the streets of Malaysia paved with dirty money? (© Stephen Finn / Dreamstime) PERCEPTION, it is said, is everything. And when it comes to corruption in the government, Malaysia just cannot seem to shake it off. Despite strides taken to cut bureaucracy and increase transparency in government services, the country’s overall score […]
Clericalism versus religion
By Aloysious MoweI GAVE a presentation a couple of weeks ago on some of the problems associated with so-called Islamic finance and its roots in the shariah. After the session, a professor of political science said to me: “It’s such an insoluble problem. I don’t know how Islam can resolve the issues and difficulties in its law […]
The embarrassment of injustice
By Jacqueline Ann SurinHOW many times and just how hard do Malaysians have to try to meet Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to raise legitimate concerns about government action? And what price do Malaysians, who will not toe the government line by speaking up against injustice, have to pay for trying to meet the self-professed “Prime Minister for […]
Rubbish!
By KW MakIN this exciting episode of Ampersand, I shall talk about waste management, the local authority, and how our tax money is being used to get the dirty job done (pardon the pun). Charming… (© John Nyberg / sxc.hu) For the longest time, solid waste removal was a job handled by the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council […]
Judge cancels gag order on media
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) – Sessions Court Judge SM Komathy today reversed her earlier decision to prohibit the media from reporting the contents of three exhibits produced in preliminary proceedings of the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial. She issued the gag order yesterday following the application by Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Mohamed […]
Najib to contest Umno presidency
KUALA TERENGGANU, 9 Oct 2008: Deputy Prime Minister and Umno Deputy President Datuk Seri Najib Razak today offered himself as a candidate in the contest for the Umno presidency at the party elections in March next year. “In accordance with the decision of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (who is not seeking re-election […]
October 2008
The message of Deepavali for Malaysia Corrected on 28 Oct 2008 at 12.45pm We had mistakenly put up a photo and identified the person in it as Toh Puan Umasundari Sambanthan. The photo has been replaced with the correct one. We apologise for the mistake. Deconstructing the social contract Corrected on 24 Oct 2008 at […]
Muhammad also eyeing Umno No 2 post
SHAH ALAM, 9 Oct 2008: Umno information chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib today offered to contest the party deputy president post at the Umno elections in March 2009. Muhammad said his decision stemmed from his desire to assist the Umno president to restore and strengthen the party which struggled for the interests of the […]
New Chief Justice must be independent of political alliances
By Ng Boon HooiKUALA LUMPUR, 9 Oct 2008: The person picked to be Chief Justice must be widely perceived to be above and independent of any political alliances or influences. With the present Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad set for compulsory retirement on 18 Oct 2008, the Malaysian Bar, in a statement released today, said it is […]
