KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Oct 2008: NTV7 is hoping to meet the Film Censorship Board this week to seek clarification over the banning of an Edisi Siasat Mandarin episode. At the same time, three newspapers that submitted their appeals after being issued show-cause letters by the Home Ministry on 12 Sept have yet to hear what […]
Bar Council: Use money for DNA databank for crime prevention instead
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Oct 2008: Instead of building a DNA databank, the Bar Council wants the government to use the monies that would be allocated for it under the DNA Identification Bill 2008, on crime prevention. Malaysian Bar vice-president Ragunath Kesavan said the Bar Council was concerned about the need for such a Bill at […]
Abdullah to announce in the next couple of days if he will defend Umno presidency
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Oct 2008: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he will announce in the next couple of days (7 Oct or 8 Oct) whether he will defend the post of Umno president at the party elections in March 2009. “You wait la! Why are you so impatient?” the prime minister told reporters when […]
Salleh appeals to home minister to resolve citizenship problem in Sabah fast
KOTA KINABALU, 6 Oct 2008: Former Chief Minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak has appealed to Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and the National Registration Department (NRD) director-general to come to Sabah to hold “special closed-session meetings” with those having genuine citizenship problems as soon as possible, to solve the problem once and […]
China posts round-the-clock inspectors in dairy factories
BEIJING, 6 Oct 2008: China has deployed five thousand inspectors for round-the-clock inspections of dairy factories across the country, in efforts to clean up a scandal over melamine-tainted milk which has triggered a rejection of its dairy-linked products at home and abroad. Wang Yong, the new central quality watchdog chief, vowed to make “substantial change” […]
Contentious issues blocked
Translation by Ng Boon HooiFROM 27 Sept to 3 Oct 2008, the Chinese-language media looked at the banning of a TV programme, the teaching of maths and science in English, and the Internal Security Act (ISA). In a Merdekareview.com exclusive report on 1 Oct, the online news portal reported that one of Edisi Siasat Mandarin‘s programmes was axed — […]
Miseducating Malaysia
By Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj(© sxc.hu) THE Barisan Nasional (BN) government is currently in the process of moving a bill to amend the Education Act 1996. Upon reading the parent Act (something that one has to do if one wants to debate the amendments), I was surprised to find out how authoritarian and undemocratic the parent Act really is. […]
National service or national slaughter?
By Hafidz Baharom(Source: scottthong.wordpress.com) I HOPE everyone has had a wonderful holiday. I wish everyone Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Please forgive my transgressions as I offer forgiveness, too. While we’re all still probably feasting on Aidilfitri specialties, I’m sure Jane Lim’s family is not exactly in a celebratory mood. If you missed the news on 23 Sept […]
Temple issue still burning bright
Translation by Sevan DoraisamyTHE temple demolition in Ampang continues to steal the spotlight in the week of 27 Sept to 3 Oct 2008 in the Tamil dailies. Besides that, the ongoing demand to seek the release of the five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention, and the tussle between Hindraf and the […]
A world of financial turmoil
By Sim Kwang YangStormy skies above the New York Stock Exchange building (© Cheryl Casey / Dreamstime) BY a vote of 228 to 205, the US Congress defied the White House on 29 Sept 2008 by voting against a US$700 billion rescue package to bail out near bankrupt American financial institutions. It is interesting to note that two-thirds […]
