(Laptop image by Manu Mohan / sxc.hu; artwork by Scott Feldstein @ Flickr) KUALA LUMPUR, 16 June 2009: Pornographic websites are among 38 “offensive” sites which government servants are blocked from accessing. In addition, a 2003 government circular to civil servants warns them against downloading or uploading material that may disparage the government’s image or that […]
Teresa Kok
Trouble in PPP
“I have my job to do and I don’t have a choice about this. He (Kayveas) is my boss and mentor, and he groomed me. I am always grateful to him.” Senator and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) supreme council member Datuk T Murugiah, pledging allegiance to party president Datuk M Kayveas. Murugiah pooh-poohed the rumoured […]
Obligations of media and govt
WHILE the 12th general election had opened up some democratic space in the realms of media and freedom of expression, we are now watching it quickly disappear. The government’s censorship of the name of a certain murdered Mongolian looks absurd, as does the seizure of DVDs produced by the opposition. The fact that politicians choose […]
Karpal pleads not guilty to sedition (Updated 3:51pm)
(Updated 3:51pm, 17 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 17 March 2009: DAP chairperson Karpal Singh pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to sedition. The senior lawyer is alleged to have uttered seditious words during a media conference relating to the Sultan of Perak at his office at Messrs Karpal Singh and Co in […]
Teresa Kok sues govt and police
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 March 2009: Seputeh Member of Parliament (MP) Teresa Kok Suh Sim today filed a suit against Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and three others claiming that she was wrongfully arrested and detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) last year. She filed the suit through Messrs SN Nair and Partners […]
PKR’s Elizabeth Wong resigns (updated 8.27pm)
Updated on 17 Feb 2009 at 8.27pm PETALING JAYA, 17 Feb 2009:Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has asked Selangor state executive councillor Elizabeth Wong, who has offered to resign following the release of her nude photographs, to go on leave. “I told Eli (Elizabeth) that we are prepared to defend her […]
Do boycotts work?
AS the attacks on Palestine intensified before an uncertain ceasefire took place, one other clarion call, apart from the call to stop Israel, was to boycott American products and the US dollar. No less than former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has lent weight to this rally. Placard in a demonstration in Seattle, Washington (© […]
Teresa sues Khir Toyo, Utusan for RM30 mil
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Dec 2008: Seputeh Member of Parliament Teresa Kok Suh Sim has filed a suit for RM30 million against Datuk Seri Mohamad Khir Toyo and Utusan Melayu Sdn Bhd over the issue of the ‘azan’ (call for prayer) at the Kinrara mosque recently. The writ of summons was filed at the Civil High […]
Teresa Kok files RM30 mil defamation suit
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Dec 2008: Seputeh Member of Parliament Teresa Kok Suh Sim today filed a RM30 million defamation suit against Malaysian Press Institute chief executive officer Datuk Chamil Wariya and Utusan Malaysia Sdn Bhd over an article published in the Malay daily on 12 Oct 2008. The writ of summons was filed at the […]
“Utusan will become very irrelevant”
JOURNALIST Said Zahari was a seminal force in Utusan Melayu during its heyday as an independent publication. He led the paper’s 1961 strike in protest of a takeover bid by Umno, which resulted in him being banned from entering Malaysia. The ban was only lifted in the 1980s. A consummate man of letters, Said has […]
