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Remembering colonialism

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | June 13, 2011 6 Comments

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 June 2011: The Malay peninsula was colonised exactly 500 years ago this year, and its significance in our history should be marked in some way by universities and scholars, lawyer Tommy Thomas said. “We should be having public seminars and academic conferences to remember and discuss this aspect of our history on […]

New York Times admits mistake

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | June 7, 2010 26 Comments

PETALING JAYA, 7 June 2010: The New York Times (NYT) has retracted its statement that an advertisement in its paper, congratulating Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor for an award, was placed by the Malaysian government. NYT director of public relations Abbe Serphos said in an e-mail sent out on 1 June, “In our internal systems the […]

Reporting on Sibu

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | May 18, 2010 35 Comments

Investigating frontpage stories after the Sibu by-election… (© clarita | morguefile.com) (Corrected at 5.55pm, 18 May 2010) THE day after Sibu fell to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in a closely-watched and fought by-election, what kind of frontpage stories greeted Malaysians in the press? With some newspapers relegating the news of the week to a second […]

JHEOA involved in Orang Asli conversion

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | May 4, 2010 19 Comments

Colin Nicholas PETALING JAYA, 4 May 2010: The Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli (JHEOA) has been involved in the Islamisation of Orang Asli for decades, said Centre for Orang Asli Concerns coordinator Dr Colin Nicholas. “One of JHEOA‘s main objective is to convert Orang Asli to Islam. They don’t say it openly but their budget […]

Suhakam denied shooting guidelines

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | April 30, 2010 13 Comments

PETALING JAYA, 30 April 2010: The police have denied the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) a copy of its written guidelines on the use of firearms despite requests following a shooting that happened last year. “The police have told us that there are written guidelines. However, it is a very confidential document,” Suhakam commissioner Datuk […]

Challenges ahead of Malaysia

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | April 9, 2010 3 Comments

DATUK Seri Najib Razak has marked his one year in office. Since becoming prime minister, much has taken place under his administration, from the propagation of 1Malaysia to economic measures such as the New Economic Model. His one year as premier has also been marred by the rising tide of racial and religious tensions. What […]

Direct BN membership

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 15, 2010 3 Comments

WILL direct membership into Barisan Nasional (BN) really help boost support for the ruling coalition? Or are there more pitfalls than advantages? Politicians from various parties have weighed in, and while it is viewed as a workable strategy, the move could potentially harm BN’s internal cohesiveness. Drawing more support from outside the coalition through this […]

Drawing the line in PKR

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 22, 2010 4 Comments

Saifuddin Nasution PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) clearly has problems. No less because of its poor candidate selection process for the 2008 general election. Even as PKR formalises its union with Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners DAP and PAS, it finds itself at odds with certain party members whose aspirations may not be in line with PR’s […]

Ahmad Ismail = Guan Eng & Anwar?

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | December 15, 2009 9 Comments

“I don’t see anything wrong in allowing Ahmad to come back and serve the party. “Even Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Guan Eng have served jail sentences before returning to contest and being elected as member of parliament and chief minister respectively. “Ahmad has been penalised and the party felt that his suspension should […]

Hasan Ali — PR member?

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | September 25, 2009 16 Comments

On Selcat “Our aim is to restore confidence among the public and there is a need for an independent committee to probe into the misused state allocations. But there is an oversight in the formation of Selcat, as it is simply not seen as independent, all because the seven panel members are politicians.” Selangor PAS […]

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