Well Done, Zaid : I agree with you that UMNO’s “Ketuanan Melayu” is a failure

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Yes. Zaid, I agree with you “[T]he Malays…are not under seige.The institutions are such that the Malays are effectively represented, and there is no way the interest of the Malays can be taken away other than through their own weakness and folly”.
I wish to add that the Malays in general are not the problem. We [...]

The Prime Minister and His Deputy must be made to face a Royal Commission of Inquiry

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Eurocopter scandal: No inspection done on choppers

Syed Jaymal Zahiid | October 30, 2008

Defence Deputy Minister Abu Seman Yusop received a beating from Pakatan Rakyat MPs today when he openly admitted that the multi-billion ringgit military helicopters did not undergo any physical inspection.

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Abu Seman, in his Budget 2009 winding-up speech, said the ministry’s technical committee had [...]

We can want a free and independent media and Mr. Cheek is off tangent.

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No ‘envelope’ journalism in Malaysia

S Pathmawathy | October 30, 2008

Malaysia does not practise ‘envelope’ journalism which is the norm in certain developing countries, claimed Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek today.
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Speaking to reporters at the launch of World Development Information Day in Kuala Lumpur, the minister also said that absolute freedom of the press does not [...]

Pesanan Hishamuddin Rais kepada Che Det dan UMNO

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Khamis, Oktober 30, 2008
STATISTIK EKUITI DAN BUMIPUTERA TIADA MAKNA
Tian Chua MP dan Hishamuddin Rais

Pembohongan ada pelbagai bentuk. Ada orang yang membuat janji tetapi tidak ditunaikan. Ada parti politik yang membuat manifesto pilihanraya tetapi sesudah menang dan berkuasa manifesto ini dilupakan. Ada menteri yang berjanji akan telus tetapi apabila berkuasa menjadi kukubesi. Ada menteri yang [...]

UMNO Proposes, Malaysians Pray and God Disposes

Najib the prince by Liew Chin Tong, MP for Bukit Bendera

source: The Malaysian Insider
October 30 — While premier-in-waiting Datuk Seri Najib Razak is a household name, few know what he stands for and what to expect of his premiership.
“The prince”, in its various meanings, perhaps offers a crude and simplistic insight into Najib’s possible [...]

Court throws out Munawar’s appeal: what is next in his quest for justice?

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October 30, 2008

The Federal Court today threw out an appeal by Munawar A Anees for his sodomy charge be remitted to the High Court so that he can argue his case.
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Chief Justice Zaki Azmi, who sat with Federal Court judges Nik Hashim Nik Abdul Rahman and Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, delivered an oral decision, stating that [...]

Anees Interview (Part 3)

9/11 a double-edge sword for Muslims

Steven Gan | November 23, 2006

The aftermath of September 11 has turned out to be a double-edged sword for the Muslim world, said Islamic scholar and author Dr Munawar A Anees.
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“The 19 hijackers who committed the ghastly terrorist act and allegedly professed Muslim faith gave a free-hand to Islamophobes in [...]

Anees Interview (Part 2)

Judge Dr M’s policies fairly: Ex-ISA detainee

Steven Gan | November 22, 2006

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For someone who was jailed at the behest of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, biologist and author Dr Munawar A Anees surprisingly harboured some grudging respect for the former prime minister.
Anees, 58, who was arrested under the Internal Security Act eight years ago possibly on [...]

Anees Interview (Part 1) starts

Q&A: Sukma’s discharge vindicates all of us

November 21, 2006

The following is the first of a three-part
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interview with Dr Munawar A Anees where he tells malaysiakini, among others, about the days leading up to his arrest.
Malaysiakini: What is the latest status with your legal cases in Malaysia?
Munawar A Anees: What the Malaysian judiciary has up [...]

Malaysiakini’s Steven Gan interviews Dr Munawar Anees (November 21, 2006)

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Munawar Anees’ mission to clear his name

Steven Gan | November 21, 2006

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exclusive The withdrawal of sodomy charges against Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja has given hope to another man who was caught in the 1998 purge against the then deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
“Sukma’s discharge vindicates Anwar and all others [...]

Good Drive, Chief Justice Zaki Tun Azmi, but what happens at the end of the 18th Hole counts.

New CJ vows action against errant judges

Andrew Ong | October 29, 2008

Newly-appointed Chief Justice Zaki Azmi has pledged to act against a “small” number of judges who have failed to perform their duties.
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“I will not hesitate to take stern and drastic action against this small group if the situation warrants me to,” Zaki said today [...]

Crafty Che Det remains a huge influence on UMNO

October 30, 2008
source: The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, October 30 — With a hit count reaching almost nine million in just one year, it would not be wrong to describe former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia’s most successful blogger.
His blog, chedet.com, routinely attracts hundreds of comments, and is frequently quoted by the mainstream media. [...]

Wake Up Badawi and revise the 2009 National Budget:We have No Confidence in Your Government

Fall in oil prices, Government must revise budget

Beh Lih Yi | October 29, 2008

Is there any immediate risk of the government running out of money?
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This question is increasingly being raised as the government’s revenue estimation in Budget 2009 may be significantly affected by the plunge in global oil prices.
In Budget 2009, tabled on Aug 29 [...]

Komen Nik Nazmi, ADUN Selangor Darul Ehsan tentang pentadbiran negara

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oleh Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad ADUN termuda Negeri Selangor dan Setiausaha Politik Tan Sri
Menteri Besar, Selangor Darul Ehsan

24hb. Oktober 2008

Bapa saya menyertai perkhidmatan kerajaan pada tahun 1958, selepas tamat belajar di Universiti Malaya (waktu itu di Singapura). Selepas tiga dekad dan melalui empat orang Perdana Menteri dari Tunku Abdul Rahman [...]

Che Det needles himself and his chosen one, Badawi via blog

Ex-leader uses blog to needle Malaysian government
By Seth Mydans

Sunday, October 26, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: In a vast office at the top of one of the world’s tallest buildings, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sits at a broad, glass-topped desk, scribbling his thoughts on a pad of unlined paper.
For 22 years Mahathir was the most powerful [...]

Anwar Ibrahim speaks to Bloomberg

October 29, 2008
Anwar Ibrahim speaks to Bloomberg TV

Audit underway into PKFZ scandal:Good News, but Follow-up Action vital

source:www.malaysiakini.com

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng | October 29, 2008

International accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has begun auditing the controversial government ’soft loan’ provided to Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), among other contentious issues.
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Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairperson Lee Hwa Beng told Malaysiakini that a six-member team led by a PWC senior manager has been conducting the probe.
“Auditing [...]