KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Aug 2009: Raja Dr Nazrin Shah today said that Islamic countries must entrust the country’s governance only to those who are “really qualified and capable”. The Raja Muda of Perak said the continuity of Islamic countries also depended on governments that could ensure fair distribution of wealth, a legal system based on […]
Archives for August 2009
MCA presses British govt on Batang Kali massacre
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Aug 2009: The MCA wants the British government to continue its investigation and to have a fair inquiry into the Batang Kali massacre, vice-president Datuk Seri Liong Tiong Lai said today. The party would take up the case with the British High Commission and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, he told reporters at the […]
Tee Keat lodges report on RM10m allegation
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Aug 2009: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today lodged a police report against Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing over the latter’s claim that he gave Ong RM10 million last year for the party’s activities. At a press conference at the MCA headquarters here, […]
Seven more A(H1N1) deaths today; total 51
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Aug 2009: Seven more deaths relating to Influenza A(H1N1) were confirmed today, bringing the death toll in the country to 51. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the seven deaths were from the high-risk group who had high blood pressure, heart disease, low immunity or congenital disease. They were aged […]
Teoh may have been dragged, inquest told
SHAH ALAM, 13 Aug 2009: Political aide Teoh Beng Hock might have been dragged before he was found sprawled facedown and dead on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam here on 16 July 2009. Investigating officer Chief Inspector Mazli Jusoh, 31, from the Selangor police headquarters’ forensic branch, told the inquest into Teoh’s death […]
DAP and PAS patch up over beer sales
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 13 Aug 2009: Members of the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) appear to have patched up over the beer sales dispute. Additionally, the coalition’s national leadership has adopted the Selangor menteri besar’s decision to let convenience stores in Shah Alam self-regulate on the sale of the alcohol. Ronnie Liu The two executive councillors at […]
Seksualiti Merdeka: Independence and rights
By The Fairly Current Show
SEKSUALITI Merdeka is an annual sexuality rights festival featuring a programme of talks, lectures, forums, workshops, theatre and music performances, interactive installations and film screenings. Launched in 2008, the festival aims to underscore the fact that even after 52 years of independence, many of us are still not free to be who we are. The […]
Politicising personal morals
By Deborah LohOF all the things to politicise out of Teoh Beng Hock‘s death, why touch his fiancée and his unborn child? This is what has happened, after it emerged that Soh Cher Wei was two months’ pregnant and wanted to register Teoh as her child’s father. Wanita MCA then issued a public statement asking the National […]
Learning to be “unproper”
By Claire BrownellIVY Josiah is not the type of person to keep silent in the face of injustice. As the executive director of the Women’s Aid Organisation, she’s been at the forefront of the struggle to reform domestic violence laws and create shelters for battered women. Because of her outspokenness, Josiah is also often at the forefront […]
Promoting Rosmah
By Shanon ShahRosmah Mansor (Source: upsi.edu.my)MANY Malaysian political blogs have already started to sneer at Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor‘s official website. This is, perhaps, not surprising. After all, her husband, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, had to deal with highly acidic public opinion even before he assumed office in April 2009. There are valid questions about […]
