THE recently unveiled website of Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor was designed to gift Malaysians with the opportunity to get to know our dear first lady better: “As a wife, I always accompany the Prime Minister to official functions … We feel that it is a very good idea so that people will be able […]
What happens under arrest
By Deborah LohCorrected at 8:45pm, 11 Aug 2009 SIVARASA Rasiah was a human rights lawyer before he entered politics and was elected as the Member of Parliament for Subang in the March 2008 general election. Hence, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president is no stranger to the criminal justice system — and to being arrested himself. On 1 […]
NGOs support DPM’s “traitor” statement on Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Aug 2009: About 200 people from 70 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) gathered outside Menara Dato Onn here today, supporting Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s statement that labelled Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim a traitor. The Peninsula Malay Students Federation (GPMS) and Umno Youth carried banners displaying the […]
Number of A(H1N1) deaths rises to 32 (Updated 7:30pm)
Updated 7:30pm, 10 Aug 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Aug 2009: Six more deaths from Influenza A(H1N1) were confirmed today, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 32. Director-general of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said in a statement today that 203 new cases were reported, all of them locally transmitted […]
Punish parents of juvenile delinquents: Murugiah
PUTRAJAYA, 10 Aug 2009: Parents of juvenile delinquents should be held accountable and punished for crimes committed by their children, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T Murugiah said today. He said this would act as a deterrent to ensure the parents monitored their children’s movements to prevent them from falling into bad […]
Demonising demonstrations
By Deborah Loh“Demonstrations are done out of desperation and selfishness. The majority of the people are uneasy with such action …The majority of the people are rational and want important and basic matters to be made a priority by the government.” HOME Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, calling the 1 Aug 2009 anti-Internal Security Act (ISA) protest […]
What’s wrong with the ISA?
By Deborah LohPolice and water cannon during the 1 Aug anti-ISA rally (Pic courtesy of Merdeka Review) MOB rule. “Ini bukan budaya kita”. Public nuisance. The 20,000 who marched on 1 Aug 2009 in Kuala Lumpur against the Internal Security Act (ISA) have been labelled these. Whether or not one agrees with using street protests as a […]
Storm in a beer mug
By William JK Leong(lusi / sxc.hu) STATE PAS commissioner Datuk Dr Hassan Ali recently criticised DAP member Ronnie Liu for disputing the Shah Alam Municipal Council’s seizure of beer sold by a convenience store. Hassan said Selangor PAS supported banning the sale of alcoholic drinks in convenience stores in Muslim-majority areas, and that PAS would come out with […]
Upholding the Child Act
By The Fairly Current Show
THE recent anti-Internal Security Act (ISA) rally on 1 Aug 2009 saw tens of thousands of Malaysians take to the streets of Kuala Lumpur to object against the law which allows for indefinite state detention without trial. The rally saw what was likely to be the largest number of arrests at a single event in […]
Raja Nazrin: Democracy does not mean mob rule
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Aug 2009: “Democracy does not mean anything goes. It certainly does not mean mob rule,” the Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah said. He said in any functioning democracy, there were rules as to how society was to be governed, and in Malaysia, the rules were enshrined in the country’s […]
