ZaidPARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is under attack yet again, this time for characterising the Selangor sultan’s “decree” for mosques not to be politicised as a “personal opinion”. It all started when Selangor executive councillor in charge of religious affairs Datuk Dr Hasan Ali delivered a pro-Pakatan Rakyat sermon at a mosque during […]
Archives for May 2010
Punjabi party wants in
By Deborah LohTHE little-known Parti Punjabi Malaysia (PPM) got a spot in the newspapers recently when it elected its first woman president, Dr Susheel Kaur, a senior consultant in social impact studies and population geography. The 24-year-old party has been trying to join the Barisan Nasional (BN) for the last 10 years. PPM represents less than 2.5% […]
The majority’s wishes
By KW MakTHE Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) recently received a memorandum from the All Petaling Jaya, Selangor Residents Association Coalition (Apac). Apac has demanded that MBPJ does not take action to tear down the boom gates and barricades that have sprung up all over PJ. (Pic by cjung / sxc.hu) The time frame given to MBPJ […]
Mohd Nasir Ibrahim Fikri (Kuala Nerus)
By Koh Lay Chin(Source: parlimen.gov.my) KUALA Nerus Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Mohd Nasir Ibrahim Fikri’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Datuk Mohd Nasir Ibrahim Fikri Constituency: Kuala Nerus Party: Umno Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Kuala Nerus division chief Umno […]
Rosmah ad placed on govt’s behalf
By Koh Lay ChinPETALING JAYA, 11 May 2010: A recent two-page spread in the New York Times, costing thousands of US dollars and featuring the prime minister’s wife, was placed on behalf of the Malaysian government. In an e-mail response to questions from The Nut Graph, the New York Times said: “The advertisement was placed by an ad […]
No replies for 7 May 2010
By Koh Lay ChinTHE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project as of Friday, 7th May 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. (Pics source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Abdul Latif AhmadConstituency: Mersing Party: UmnoYears as MP: […]
Criticising the monarchy
By Shanon Shah“Because the Rajas so easily handed over Singapore, Penang and Pangkor to the colonialists and then the Malay states, the People (“rakyat”) could no longer accept a system that only gives power to the Rajas and the People are not given any role in the country’s politics.” FORMER Umno president and Prime Minister Tun Dr […]
Strengthening PKR
By Ding Jo-AnnTHE knives have been out for Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) since its candidate Datuk Zaid Ibrahim lost the Hulu Selangor by-election to the MIC’s P Kamalanathan. Analysis and commentaries have emerged calling PKR the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s “weakest link”. There have also been “unnamed sources” citing internal bickering, a weak election machinery, and lack of […]
A tale of two shootings
By Ding Jo-Ann(Malaysia and UK maps: Wiki commons; gun: svilen0001 @ sxc.hu) MALAYSIA is facing yet another fatal police shooting, this time of 15-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah. The reactions and responses to Aminulrasyid’s case remind me of another fatal shooting which took place in London in 2005. However, the reactions and responses to the London case were markedly […]
No replies for 6 May 2010
By Koh Lay ChinTHE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project as of Thursday, 6th May 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. (Pics source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Rohani Abd KarimConstituency: Batang Lupar Party: PBBYears as […]
