FOR the week of 9 to 15 March 2009, the Chinese media highlighted Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam being barred from the Umno party polls; trouble brewing within the Chinese education movement in the run-up to its annual general assembly; and the EPF declaring a 4.5% dividend for 2008. Ali RustamTurmoil within Umno was spotlighted in […]
Upholding Umno
Translation by Zedeck SiewWITH Umno elections around the corner, much of the traditional Malay-language press spent time ruminating on the party general assembly that will be held from 24 to 28 March 2009. From 16 to 22 March 2009, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam’s inability to contest in the party polls dominated the news; interviewers quizzed Datuk Seri […]
IGP’s defence
Translation by Sharmila Valli NarayananFOR the week of 16 to 22 March 2009, the Tamil press gave wide coverage to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan’s interview in the Tamil dailies. The Tamil press also highlighted the displeasure of some Indian Malaysians over the nomination of S Manikumar as the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate for […]
Cuti-Cuti Malaysia revised!
By Zedeck Siew(Pic by Flydime / Flickr) PLANNING a weekend holiday recently caused me to correspond with a travel agency. (The agency shall remain nameless, just in case.) At their request, I sent my bank details to them via the antiquated method of facsimile. When their faxed reply came in, I found myself reading a Ministry of […]
Zulkifli Noordin’s jihad
By Shanon ShahPARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament (MP) Zulkifli Noordin recently tried to move a series of constitutional amendments that would elevate the status of Islam in the country’s administration. We know what he is asking for, but do we actually know why he is doing it? The Nut Graph spoke exclusively to Zulkifli via […]
Divided over unity
By Zedeck Siew“Most importantly, the people must be united. It has to take precedence over party interest. Let us sacrifice some of our rights sincerely for the sake of saving our country” PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, who called for the formation of a national unity government as a way out of the current political […]
Zulkifli moves to amend Federal Constitution
By Shanon Shah(Zulkifli image source: zul4kulim.blogspot.com; al-Quran pic by Crystalina / Flickr) PETALING JAYA, 23 March 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament (MP) Zulkifli Noordin has tried to move four motions in Parliament to amend the Federal Constitution regarding the status of Islam. The first motion is to amend Article 3(1) to: “Islam is the […]
Renegotiating “sacred contracts”
By Deborah LohCorrected at 12.50pm on 20 March 2009 (highway pic © drouu / sxc.hu) WHEN toll concession agreements were declassified in January 2009, it was a milestone for the nation because for the first time ever, these contracts could be scrutinised. To the credit of the DAP, its politicians spent hours copying the agreement by hand […]
Lights out for the world
By Cindy Tham(Pic by raja4u / sxc.hu) DON’T be alarmed if some of your neighbours’ homes and landmarks like the KL Tower stand in darkness for one hour from 8.30pm on Saturday, 28 March 2009. In other cities across the globe, there will be a similar lights-out at the respective local time. They’re all participating in Earth […]
“I don’t feel deculturalised”
By Zedeck SiewGURMIT Singh, 66-year-old environmental activist, says, “There’s never been any stage of my teen or adult life when I wasn’t part of some organisation.” A prominent student leader in the 1960s and 1970s, Gurmit is former secretary-general of the National Human Rights Society of Malaysia (Hakam). He got into environmental advocacy in 1974, long before […]
