Anwar, with his wife, former Permatang Pauh MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (left) and daughter, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, speaks to the media on the day of his swearing-in at Parliament, 28 Aug 2008 (Pic courtesy of Merdeka Review) IT appears fairly safe to say that from the Merdeka weekend […]
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Race for national unity
By Ooi Ying NeeFlags are unfurled, but are we any closer to achieving national unity? UNITY has been the main theme for at least 10 Merdekas since 1970, and this year’s tagline — Perpaduan Teras Kejayaan — continues this trend. After all, it was unity — the coming together of the races — that brought Malaya its independence […]
Anwar’s imminent road trip
By Khairil Anhar, N Shashi Kala and Zedeck SiewCorrected on 27 Aug 2008 at 3.00pm Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) supporters wait for the results of the Permatang Pauh by-election to be announced; 26 Aug 2008. De facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would win by a majority of 15,671 votes over the Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah (Click on photo […]
V for Victory
By Danny Lim and Ng Boon Hooi(From left) PKR vice-president Azmin Ali, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, his wife and PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, and PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa celebrate Anwar’s victory in the Permatang Pauh by-election (Click on photo to view video) THE minute polling […]
Having the kuih and eating it
By Shanon Shah(Pic © Andrew Koh / 123rf) “WE cannot afford to lose the plot again,” warns PAS central working committee member Dr Dzulkefli Ahmad. This is an important caution, not least because of the dizzying developments currently changing the landscape of Malaysian politics. Consider the past two months. A second round of sodomy allegations against Datuk […]
Permatang Pauh: The end game
By N Shashi KalaA banner in front of the Permatang Pauh PKR headquarters IT has been a long, bruising battle, filled with attacks and parries of increasing intensity that seem straight out of Sun Tzu’s fabled Art of War. Every day has brought new, sometimes disturbing developments in the campaigning for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election The voters […]
Voices from the heartland
By Danny LimA girl hurries away with a goodie-bag filled with toiletries from the Umno bilik gerakan in Kampung Penanti EVERY morning I wake up at six in Mengkuang Titi, Permatang Pauh, travel the 2-3km to the coffeeshops near the Kubang Semang police station by seven to count the increasing number of police officers dozing off in […]
MCA: MIA
By Ng Boon HooiUpdated on 22 Aug at 7.40pm MCA booths, such as this one in Kampung Sungai Semambu, are few and far between in Permatang Pauh IN the week since the start of the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign on 16 Aug 2008, various Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians have dropped by to endorse candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar […]
Anwar’s freedom run
By Danny Lim and Ng Boon HooiPKR Merdeka-themed banners and slogans dot Seberang Jaya THE de facto PKR leader is pulling out all the stops to ensure his campaign theme, Merdekakan Rakyat, will be his own redemption. He has been portrayed as a man in a hurry, a BN star turned rebel who stands on the cusp of a new wave […]
The bane of book banning
By Ooi Ying NeeTHE day Norani Othman found out her book was banned by the Malaysian government, she knew she had “arrived” as a scholarly writer. The Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia sociology professor had not expected that Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism — the book she contributed chapters to and edited — would be banned, but […]
