(Updated at: 4.35pm) KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Sept 2008: Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) today, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said. He said Raja Petra, 58, was picked up at his house in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, at 1.10 pm under Section 731 of the Act. Raja Petra […]
Umno needs to address internal problems: MPs
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Sept 2008: Sabah Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Anifah Aman said Umno’s leadership must "do something" about the party’s internal problems rather than worry about whether any of its MPs are going to cross over to the Pakatan Rakyat. "What is happening now is that Umno leaders seem to be more preoccupied […]
Najib leaves it to Umno members to decide on transition date
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Sept 2008: Deputy Prime Minister and Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he would leave it to Umno members to decide when the transition of power within the party should take place. "As everybody knows, the transition plan was decided upon in July by the prime minister and myself and […]
Cultivating fear
By Jacqueline Ann SurinLAST week, in the middle of yoga class, our petite instructor interrupted our asanas to tell us she’d heard there was trouble on the streets. “Go home straightaway after class. Don’t stay out tonight,” she warned, adding something or other about those who lived in Chinese neighbourhoods. Earlier that Friday of 5 Sept 2008, an […]
Heroes and villains
By KW MakCRIME is at an all-time high, but no one seems to be doing anything about it. My friend who lives in Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya laments that snatch thefts occur daily in the streets leading to the LRT station there. What she finds incredulous is that there are no police personnel in the area despite […]
Civic affection
By Aloysious Mowe(Ahmad Ismail image courtesy of Merdeka Review) WATCHING the baying crowd of Republicans at their party convention in St Paul, Minnesota, as they rapturously applauded the sneering, hate-filled speeches of leading figures such as Rudy Giuliani and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, I found it hard to doubt the truism that the United States is more […]
To jump or not to jump?
By Tricia YeohDon’t voters have a say if MPs jump from one party to another? AS 16 Sept 2008 looms ever nearer, this seems to be the main question on all minds: will the current government be toppled? Investors, business managers, civil society, politicians, and Malaysians at large are understandably concerned over the increasingly tense political situation […]
The race to end poverty
By Ng Boon Hooi and N Shashi KalaFor the urban poor in Klang Valley, home is the longhouse and squatter settlements. See also No Place Like Home and Housing Woes IT is seemingly hard to tell who is poor these days. Walk into a temporary longhouse settlement in the Klang Valley and you are likely to see children of all races playing […]
Justifying 16 Sept
By Zedeck SiewThe venue of the second post-Permatang Pauh forum (See also 16 Sept: D-Day?) AS the main auditorium of the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) emptied on the evening of 11 Sept 2008, a straggling audience member supplied Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah with a slice of trivia. “916”, shorthand for […]
Built-and-sell concept to be fine tuned further
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Sept 2008: The build-and-sell concept for housing projects in the country will be fine-tuned further to encourage greater participation from developers. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said the concept, which has been implemented since last year, had received a lukewarm response from developers and the government was […]
