Updated 9:13pm, 3 Dec 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Dec 2008: Deputy MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was quizzed by the police this morning and gave them a statement in regard to his comments on Malay supremacy (ketuanan Melayu) recently. He said he gave the statement at the Sunway police station at 9.15am. […]
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An inconvenient thought
By Andrew Khoo(© Jerome Bei / sxc.hu) IN Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (not to be mistaken with Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 911), fire fighters are tasked with starting fires, not putting them out. More specifically, fire fighters are agents of the state charged with the burning of books. The destruction of knowledge. Books that would […]
Police unbiased in arrests of protestors: Syed Hamid
PUTRAJAYA, 26 Nov 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar came to the defence of the police today, saying they were unbiased with regard to two public gatherings in Kuala Lumpur 23 Nov. Syed Hamid said the police were impartial when they detained several supporters of an anti-ISA campaign in Ampang Jaya, Ampang, while […]
Police practising selective persecution, says M’sian Bar
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 24 Nov 2008: The police acted unjustly when they detained one group for illegally gathering in public but did not arrest another, said the Malaysian Bar. Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said both groups were exercising their right to freedom of assembly as enshrined in the Federal Constitution. One assembly was held to […]
Police deny ignoring Penan sexual abuse cases
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Nov 2008: Police refuted claims that they are turning a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse involving Penan women. According to CID director Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin, the police had investigated eleven reports of alleged rapes in the Baram area since 1995. He said only one report involved a Penan girl and […]
Penan task force completes investigations
By Khairil AnharKUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: The special task force set up to probe the allegations of sexual abuse of Penan women is expected to return tomorrow after a five-day fact-finding mission to Sarawak. The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry’s public relations officer Julina Johan said: “The task force was sent to the Baram district […]
Ronnie Liu files motion to set aside warrant of arrest
SHAH ALAM, 13 Nov 2008: Selangor Local Government, Research and Development Committee chairperson Ronnie Liu today filed a notice of motion to set aside the warrant of arrest issued and served on him yesterday. The motion was filed on his behalf by his counsel Gobind Singh Deo at the Shah Alam Hight Court at about […]
Fear
By KW MakSupporter wearing a “Free RPK” t-shirt. THE arrest of 23 people who participated in a peaceful candlelight vigil on the night of 9 Nov 2008 in Petaling Jaya has resulted in uproar and indignation. The vigil was meant to protest against the Internal Security Act (ISA) and to commemorate the first anniversary of the Bersih […]
Syed Hamid defends police action at Bersih gathering
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Nov 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar today defended police action at the illegal gathering in Petaling Jaya yesterday where 24 people, including three opposition leaders, were arrested. He said the police were only doing their job in ensuring that public order was maintained. “In that situation, the police had […]
Stop harassing lawyers, says Malaysian Bar
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 6 Nov 2008: The Malaysian Bar has called for the police to stop harassing lawyers by calling them in for questioning in relation to their cases. Its president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said lawyers must be free to act for their clients without fear or favour. The independence of the Bar is critical to […]
