FOR the past few weeks, several organisations, associations and poor people have come to my office seeking assistance. Most of the assistance they seek is monetary [in nature]. As a ruling party assembly[person], I have the privilege of offering my help by utilising my constituency development fund. [The use of this] fund [is also what […]
Archives for July 2009
Tan Boon Wah sues MACC for illegal detention
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 July 2009: Kajang Municipal Councillor Tan Boon Wah today sued the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and two others for allegedly detaining and interrogating him in an unlawful manner last week. Tan, 39, filed his writ of summons through Messrs Karpal Singh & Co at the registration office of the High Court Appellate […]
Amend law on birth registration
By Datin Paduka Chew Mei FunSHARING in the grief of the fiancé and family over their tragic loss of Teoh Beng Hock, Wanita MCA calls on the government to register Teoh as the father of [his unborn child] upon [his or her] birth. Wanita MCA also wants the government to amend the existing law which necessitates the physical presence of […]
Death by detention
By Daniel ChaiTHE Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) Youth refers to the articles, commentaries, joint statements and various public responses recounting the shocking death of a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) witness, Teoh Beng Hock, under dubious circumstances. This tragedy yet again adds another nauseating leaf to our country’s lack of a credible and transparent system of […]
The language of equality
By Wong Chin Huat(Background pic by Sophokles; Queen Elizabeth I pic public domain. Source: Wiki commons) NOT surprisingly, the debate on the reversal of the English for Teaching Science and Mathematics (known by its Malay acronym PPSMI) policy is largely framed as a zero-sum choice between English and the so-called “mother tongue” languages. Many opponents of the reversal […]
Suicide attacks solve nothing
By Azril Mohd AminUS army personnel inspecting the remains of a bomb site in Kabul, Afghanistan (Pic by Army.mil @ Flickr) The following is the edited text of a speech delivered by the Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (Abim)’s outgoing vice-president, Azril Mohd Amin, at the International Summit of Religious Youth Leaders on Disarmament for Shared Security held at […]
MACC
By The Nut Graph teamTHE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has come under considerable flak this past week, most severely with the death of Selangor state government aide Teoh Beng Hock. On 16 July 2009, Teoh was discovered dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam, after a gruelling interrogation lasting more than 10 hours until 3.45am at […]
40 more to be called on in Teoh investigation (Updated 6.30pm)
Updated 6.30pm, 21 July 2009 PETALING JAYA, 21 June 2009: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today that police would call on 40 people to assist in the investigations into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock, 30, at Plaza Masalam on 16 July. Teoh, who was the aide to Ean Yong Hian […]
Perak sultan: Courts cannot find fault with transparent govts
IPOH, 21 July 2009: So long as any government or authority administers in accordance with the law in an open and transparent manner, no court can find fault with that government or authority, the sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, said today. However, he said, this would not be the case if there were judges […]
Suhakam also investigating Teoh’s death
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 July 2009: The Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) will investigate thoroughly the 16 July 2009 death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock at the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office. Suhakam commissioner Datuk N Siva Subramaniam said the investigation would also cover complaints from individuals of being injured during a 17 July […]
