THE Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) recently received a memorandum from the All Petaling Jaya, Selangor Residents Association Coalition (Apac). Apac has demanded that MBPJ does not take action to tear down the boom gates and barricades that have sprung up all over PJ. (Pic by cjung / sxc.hu) The time frame given to MBPJ […]
No replies for 7 May 2010
By Koh Lay ChinTHE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project as of Friday, 7th May 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. (Pics source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Abdul Latif AhmadConstituency: Mersing Party: UmnoYears as MP: […]
A tale of two shootings
By Ding Jo-Ann(Malaysia and UK maps: Wiki commons; gun: svilen0001 @ sxc.hu) MALAYSIA is facing yet another fatal police shooting, this time of 15-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah. The reactions and responses to Aminulrasyid’s case remind me of another fatal shooting which took place in London in 2005. However, the reactions and responses to the London case were markedly […]
Strengthening PKR
By Ding Jo-AnnTHE knives have been out for Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) since its candidate Datuk Zaid Ibrahim lost the Hulu Selangor by-election to the MIC’s P Kamalanathan. Analysis and commentaries have emerged calling PKR the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s “weakest link”. There have also been “unnamed sources” citing internal bickering, a weak election machinery, and lack of […]
Criticising the monarchy
By Shanon Shah“Because the Rajas so easily handed over Singapore, Penang and Pangkor to the colonialists and then the Malay states, the People (“rakyat”) could no longer accept a system that only gives power to the Rajas and the People are not given any role in the country’s politics.” FORMER Umno president and Prime Minister Tun Dr […]
No replies for 6 May 2010
By Koh Lay ChinTHE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project as of Thursday, 6th May 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. (Pics source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Rohani Abd KarimConstituency: Batang Lupar Party: PBBYears as […]
Malay? Chinese? Just Nancy!
By Koh Lay Chin(All pics below courtesy of Nancy Shukri) NANCY Shukri is the Member of Parliament for the Batang Sadong constituency in Sarawak and Wanita Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu secretary-general. Formerly the political secretary to Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, she was active in the Sarawak Federation of Women’s Institute (SFWI) and various non-governmental […]
Diverting Aminulrasyid’s shooting
By Deborah Loh“People are angry when a member of public is shot but the same can’t be said when police are shot. They have no sympathy at all. Is there a difference between the life of the public and police [officers]?” HOME Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, asking the public to be fair to the police following […]
The public’s demands
By KW Mak(Pic by leocub / sxc.hu) AFTER the March 2008 general election, a smartly dressed couple approached a Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Member of Parliament (MP). They told the MP that their son had scored 10 As for his PMR exams, and they expected the MP to purchase a laptop for him. The MP’s reply was […]
Mohd Hayati Othman (Pendang)
By Koh Lay Chin(Source: parlimen.gov.my) PENDANG Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman Constituency: Pendang Party: PAS Years as MP: Since 2004 Government position: None Party position: Pendang welfare committee chairperson Kedah welfare bureau […]
