PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) endorses the Selangor government‘s effort to set up an audit committee to monitor the implementation of waste management contracts, and the steps taken towards a more transparent and accountable tender system for future contracts. However, PKR is also mindful that over the years, contracts have been monopolised by a handful of […]
Letters to the Editor
MCA: Importance of public sentiment
By Lee Wei KiatTHE opinion poll, Whether MCA should quit Barisan Nasional on the personal blog of MCA president Datuk Sri Ong Tee Keat was conducted over a year ago in the aftermath of the political tsunami that swept Malaysia in the last general election, even prior to his election as party president. This was part of the […]
PAS should accept diversity
By Ivy JosiahIS PAS ready for non-threatening, open dialogue with dissenting voices within civil society? The recent resolution by PAS to investigate and possibly ban the women’s rights group Sisters in Islam (SIS) suggests that PAS needs a reminder to react democratically to opposing views. This is not an unfamiliar call that civil society and political parties […]
Domestic violence is a crime
By Tony PuaTHE Indonesian and international press have been extensively covering the story of the teenaged US-Indonesian model, Manohara Odelia Pinot, who has returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of a Malaysian prince, following her dramatic escape with the help of the Singapore police. Manohara has claimed […]
Invoke Judges’ Code of Ethics
By AliranJUSTICE is becoming a rare commodity in our courts when judges of questionable ability sit in judgment. This situation raises serious concerns regarding the appointment of judges and their elevation to the bench. In the recent cases involving the Perak crisis we wonder whether the Federal Court judges and the Court of Appeal judges who […]
Consider single women’s housing needs: WCI
By Angela M Kuga ThasIN an article by Tim Leonard in theSun on 14 May, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) was reported to be studying several measures to solve the problem of excess units in the [Public Housing Project] (PPR) that have no takers. We would like to encourage [DBKL] and other authorities in other cities and states in […]
Religion and human rights
By Ambiga Sreenevasan, Andrew Khoo and Zarizana Abdul AzizON Tuesday, 28 April 2009, The Star published an article by Dr Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad under the column IKIM’s Views on the question of religion and human rights in Malaysia. We the undersigned wrote a rebuttal. The Star has chosen not to publish our rebuttal. We would appreciate the opportunity of presenting a different […]
Pertinent questions affecting Sivakumar and Ganesan
By Mohamad Hafiz HassanTHE debate on the legality of the removal of V Sivakumar as speaker of Perak state legislative assembly (“LA”) has raised a number of pertinent questions. This is the first and most crucial question: at what point did the first meeting of the second session of the 12th state LA on 7 May (7 May […]
“Speaker Sivakumar not lawfully removed”
By Tommy ThomasSivakumarI AM asked to advise V Sivakumar, the speaker of the legislative assembly of the state of Perak, on the constitutionality of his purported removal on 7 May 2009. It is common ground that the legislative assembly was summoned that day by His Royal Highness, the sultan of Perak (HRH) pursuant to Article 36(1) of […]
Criminal justice system is the foundation of social order
By Ragunath KesavanIT is very clear, from the comments reported in the press in recent days, that the minister for home affairs, the inspector-general of police and the minister in the prime minister’s department, among others, have wholly misconstrued the position of the Malaysian Bar in respect of the arrests of Fadiah Nadwa Fikri (secretary), Murnie Hidayah […]
