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“Thorough- bred Malaysian”

By Gan Pei Ling

February 21, 2011

Lawyer. Activist. Trainer. Loyarburokker. Edmund Bon wears many hats in his quest to champion human rights. Bon is currently the Bar Council’s constitutional law committee chairperson. This is the committee that, since 2009, has been running the MyConstitution campaign to popularise the federal constitution among Malaysians. Bon and his contemporaries — Amer Hamzah Arshad, K […]

R Sivarasa (Subang) [Updated 5 Feb 2010]

By Deborah Loh

February 3, 2010

*Updated 4 April 2011 Updated 3:30pm, 5 Feb 2010 SUBANG Member of Parliament (MP) R Sivarasa’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: R Sivarasa Constituency: Subang Party: PKR (Opposition) Years as MP: 2008 Government position: None Party position: Central leadership council member* (following […]

Inquest called for death in police custody

By Zedeck Siew

June 25, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: The spouse of A Gnanapragasam wants the Home Ministry to hold an immediate inquest into his death while in police custody. “I am very unsatisfied with all that has happened to my husband,” said M Manamegala, Gnanapragasam’s spouse, in a memorandum submitted to deputy minister Jelaing Mersat in Parliament today. […]

PKR’s Thiruvenggadam replies to show-cause letter

By Deborah Loh

June 25, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 25 June 2009: Petaling Jaya city councillor A Thiruvenggadam said his expose on contracts between the Pakatan Rakyat state government and waste management company Alam Flora is a state government matter for which his party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), should not punish him. Thiruvenggadam today replied to a show-cause letter from PKR asking […]

Govt nearly defeated in Parliament

By Zedeck Siew

June 22, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 June 2009: History was almost made when a government motion on the DNA Identification Bill was one vote short of being defeated in Parliament today. A provisional amendment to Sections 2 and 3 of the Bill, proposed by the government, was passed by a sliver-thin one-vote majority. Forty-eight Members of Parliament (MPs) voted […]

No medical evidence Saiful Bukhari was sodomised

By Zedeck Siew

June 18, 2009

(Pic by Sanja Gjenero / sxc.hu) KUALA LUMPUR, 18 June 2009: A medical report by Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) has found no evidence of anal penetration of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, raising real doubts about the credibility of his sodomy charge against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The findings of the report, disclosed by Anwar’s lawyers […]

PKR supports waste audit committee

By R Sivarasa

June 15, 2009

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 […]

PKR’s constitutional changes “not reaction to complaints”

By Zedeck Siew

June 10, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 10 June 2009: The proposed amendments to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s constitution are not a reaction to recent complaints from the grassroots, R Sivarasa said today. “These amendments are not a reaction to things that have happened recently,” the PKR vice-president told a press conference at the party headquarters. “We began our discussions […]

Constitutional changes for PKR

By Deborah Loh

June 9, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 9 June 2009: Sweeping changes to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s constitution, including direct elections for the top leadership and a nine-year limit on the presidency, will be voted on this Saturday, 13 June, at a special congress. Another key amendment that will be put to a vote is a 30% quota for women […]

EC’s pondok panas ban “contradictory”

By Zedeck Siew

April 28, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 28 April 2009: The Election Commission (EC)’s decision to ban pondok panas or voters reference booths on polling day is unreasonable and contradicts the commission’s previous stance, according to Pakatan Rakyat (PR) representatives. “They are not following their own past stand,” said Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah at a press conference […]

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