LAST Saturday, 3 Oct, Malaysians from all walks of life irrespective of age and race took part in a gotong-royong at Bukit Gasing, jointly organised by Friends of Gasing Hill and the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ). The event was directed by Petaling Jaya executive councillor Derek Fernandez, and was aimed at planting 350 trees […]
Letters to the Editor
Ministry responds to Tracking Rais
Information, Communications and Culture MinistryNote from The Nut Graph Surprise! The government has actually responded to a column published in The Nut Graph. The Information, Communications and Culture Ministry responded today to Tracking Rais, which took a critical view of some of minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim’s public statements. The article, written by Deborah Loh in her column, […]
What the task force omitted
by Penan Support GroupPenan children (all pics courtesy of Sofiyah Israa) The Penan Support Group (PSG) would like to acknowledge the important role played by the Jawatankuasa Bertindak Peringkat Kebangsaan bagi Menyiasat Dakwaan Penderaan Seksual terhadap Wanita Kaum Penan di Sarawak (the task force) in the mission to ascertain and establish that the reported rapes of Penan women […]
Making Sarawak’s interior safer
By Sarawak Women for Women SocietyTHE Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) welcomes the proposals emerging to tackle the issue of sexual abuse in the interior of the state. All the recommendations from the Penan task force, the Sarawak Women and Family Council and the Sarawak Teacher’s Union will go a long way towards securing the safety of the girls. […]
Govt has failed indigenous peoples
By Ragunath KesavanTHE Malaysian Bar is disappointed at the government’s continuing lack of political will to promote and protect the welfare and rights of indigenous peoples throughout Malaysia. The government’s inaction makes a mockery of its vote in favour of adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 (“the UN Declaration”). Most recently, the […]
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 […]
Outraged by inaction over plight of Orang Asal
By the Joint Action Group for Gender EqualityFOLLOWING the release of the task force report confirming allegations of sexual abuse of Penan women and girls, we greet Malaysia’s 46th birthday with a renewed sense of outrage. We are gravely disturbed not only over the Penan girls and women whose rights were violated, but also over how their situation reflects the overall state […]
Hopes for Malaysia Day
By Ineza RoussilleI WAS one of those who visited the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Section 19, Shah Alam on 4 Sept. The visit, comprising a small group of about 30 Malaysians, was initiated as an act of solidarity with the Hindus on the receiving end of the now infamous cow-head protest a week earlier. We brought […]
How many task forces are needed?
By Tony PuaDATUK Seri Najib Razak‘s “performance now” government is fast becoming a farce with the set up of another “high-powered” task forces to investigate the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal. The new task force comprising the chief secretary to the government, the treasury secretary-general, the Attorney-General, and officials from the transport and finance ministries […]
to revile; to revere; to respect
By Katrina Jorene MaliamauvHere is land. Go pray on it. Here is land. But remember; I do not want to see your crosses, I do not want to hear your church bells; Shut the lid on that age old organ, And turn your trumpets in. Keep your deities away from me, Lest my eyes fall upon its evil; […]
