PETALING JAYA, 24 Sept 2009: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is funding a Sarawak women’s group initiative to empower Penan girls. In a press release today, the Kuching-based Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) said it would launch the second phase of its programme, Empowering Rural Girls, next month. Community leaders, such as […]
Call for harsher syariah penalties
Translation by Ding Jo-AnnA CALL for stiffer penalties for syariah offences, and who Umno should field for the Bagan Pinang by-election were among the issues that occupied the Malay-language dailies today. Harsher penalties wanted Utusan Malaysia‘s Herman Hamid reported in Pinda Akta Mahkamah Syariah on the calls for harsher penalties for syariah offences. The Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) […]
“‘Third force’ trying to split MCA”
By Ding Jo-AnnPETALING JAYA, 23 Sept 2009: An unseen “third force” intent on destroying the MCA’s image and dignity is behind the reemergence of the sex video involving Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek. MCA central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said in a statement today that the recent circulation of the DVD was aimed at […]
WAO: No hidden agenda
By Ding Jo-AnnKUALA LUMPUR, 17 Sept 2009: The Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) has strongly denied any hidden agenda in calling for concrete action to be taken against the rape of Penan women and girls, as implied by Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil. In a statement today, the WAO stressed that it was part of its responsibility as […]
Increase in dengue, Chikungunya cases
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Sept 2009: A total of 478 cases of dengue fever were recorded by the Health Ministry from Sept 6 to 12, an increase of 68 cases or 17% from the previous week, which recorded 410 cases. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Marican, in a statement here, said nine states recorded an […]
Arrests of activists confirm colonisation of political violence
By civil society groupsWE the undersigned civil society groups strongly condemn the arrest of 15 Sarawakian civil rights activists by the police for attempting to hand a petition to Chief Minister Taib Mahmud on Malaysia Day over the displacement of indigenous people. After being held for seven hours without food and water by local police, they were charged […]
Citizens take charge
By Ding Jo-AnnCorrected on 18 Sept 2009 at 5pm The Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia core group KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Sept 2009: A group of citizens will be researching anti-terrorism laws in other countries to find ways to repeal the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Malaysia. The Anti-ISA Project, which was launched yesterday on Malaysia Day as part […]
Khir Toyo receives death threat letter
Khir Toyo SHAH ALAM, 17 Sept 2009: Selangor opposition leader Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo lodged a report at the Shah Alam district police headquarters today on an anonymous death threat letter he had received. He said he came across the two-page letter, handwritten in Bahasa Malaysia, when going through his mail at his […]
Jay Cee, the cow, speaks up
By The Fairly Current Show
MUCH has been written and debated about the Shah Alam cow-head protest. Members of the Section 19 and 23 communities, politicians, provocateurs, bloggers, the traditional and online media, the international media, concerned Malaysians, ugly Malaysians, beautiful Malaysians — they’ve all had their say. But one voice remains unheard. The most important voice. This week, The […]
Hishammuddin: Kamunting to stay to combat security threats
PUTRAJAYA, 16 Sept: The government will maintain the Kamunting detention centre as it is an important installation to combat any threat to national security, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters today. “Kamunting is there for a reason because it is to protect against threat to security. They (the current detainees) are a threat […]
