DUNGUN Member of Parliament (MP) Matulidi Jusoh’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions.
Archives for June 2010
No reply for 9 June 2010
By Koh Lay ChinTHE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Wednesday, 9 June 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. Name: Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri Constituency: Bagan Serai Party: Independent (formerly PKR but quit party […]
Married but busted for khalwat
By Shanon Shah
WHEN moral policing in Malaysia makes the headlines, it’s often for the wrong reasons. Take the Federal Territories Islamic Department’s raid on Zouk nightclub, Kuala Lumpur, in 2005, which created an international uproar. Or in 2007, when Amnesty International appealed on behalf of Ayu, a transsexual woman assaulted by Malacca’s Islamic law enforcers. More recently, […]
Sex, honestly
Sideways by Deborah Loh
WAS it wrong for award-winning school teacher Alias Ismail to be so upfront about his sex life? When asked for the secret of his career success, he credited reading a book with his wife, having a good conversation, and then having sex before going to sleep. Every night, apparently. Was it shameful for the 42-year-old […]
“Segregation drives me nuts”
By Nick Choo
FILM and television producer Lina Tan graduated with a Mass Communications degree in 1991. She has worked in production houses in Malaysia and Singapore, and has produced for, among others, the Disney Channel and AXN. In 1999, she founded Red Communications, under which she has produced and directed many local TV commercials and programmes. She talks to The Nut Graph in the Red Communications office in Petaling Jaya on 13 May 2010.
How to respond to fatal shootings
By Ding Jo-AnnStep 1: Blame the victims “The sixth ship, the largest, which had hundreds of people on it, not only did not co-operate in this effort [to search the cargo] peacefully, they deliberately attacked the first soldiers that came on the ship. “[The soldiers] were mobbed. They were clubbed, they were beaten, stabbed. There was even […]
No reply for 8 June 2010
By Koh Lay ChinTHE following Member of Parliament (MP) has not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Tuesday, 8 June 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. His responses will be updated if and when he replies.
Strengthening Dewan Negara
By Gan Pei Ling
THE Dewan Negara, or Senate, has long been perceived as a “rubber stamp” of the Dewan Rakyat or Lower House in Malaysia. In a Westminster parliamentary democracy, the Senate is meant to provide checks and balances on the Lower House. Indeed, healthy democracies thrive because of checks and balances. That the Dewan Negara in Malaysia […]
JHEOA denies conversion activities
By Ding Jo-Ann
PETALING JAYA, 9 June 2010: The Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli (JHEOA) has denied allegations that a hospital in Gombak has been involved in the conversion of Orang Asli to Islam.
Syed Hamid Albar (Kota Tinggi)
By Koh Lay ChinKOTA TINGGI Member of Parliament (MP) Tan Sri Syed Hamid Syed Jaafar Albar’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions.
