Avoid Lying: New Year Resolution
Yes, my fellow Malaysians, you have done it. You truly deserve this Malaysiakini recognition as newsmaker of 2008. Congratulations, but let us not rest on our laurels.
Because of you, politics of our country can never be the same again. You have overcome fear of intimidation, marched with Anwar Ibrahim, Ustaz Haji [...]
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What now, Malaysia?
December 30, 2008
How many shocks will it take for Barisan Nasional to realise that its days are numbered, unless it makes itself relevant to Malaysians?
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Only true-blue supporters are waiting for the answer.
Others have already moved on to the ‘new dawn’ held out by Pakatan Rakyat in the five states that it has administered [...]
Let Uncle Jay explain 2008 in America for you.
To dear friends Dato Ramish Chanda, Dr. Khoo Swee Joo, Joe Lopez, Ambassador John Malott and Mrs. Malott, Dr. Bakri Musa and Karen Musa, Dr Azly Rahman and Mutiara, Mr. Bean (The Prince from Kedah), Shrek and others living in the United States, I wish [...]
Saudara dan Saudari sekalian,
Setiap kali tiba tahun baru, maka kita berkesempatan melakukan dua perkara: merenung kembali apa yang sudah kita usahakan sepanjang tahun yang bakal berlalu pergi serta menetapkan matlamat baru mahupun menjayakan apa yang belum kita capai.
Tahun 2008 merakamkan beberapa peristiwa bersejarah. Sekian lama kerajaan Barisan Nasional yang dipimpin UMNO tidak pernah digugat kedudukannya, [...]
Pak Lah, how would you like to be remembered? As the man who abandoned the nation in its hour of need or as the man who stayed and fought and who completed the job?
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi
Prime Minister of Malaysia
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Main Block
Perdana [...]
In the run-up to the 8 March 2008 general election, PAS, PKR, DAP, PRM, MDP, PASOK and PSM endorsed the People’s Declaration or Deklarasi Rakyat, which was launched by the civil society movements at the Blog House in Bukit Damansara in Kuala Lumpur.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
The title of my piece today is ‘borrowed’ from [...]
December 30, 2008
by Din Merican
Yes, friends of mine have called to ask what is going on in Parti KeADILan Rakyat. They have long lost faith in the worth of reading and watching the mainstream media. Last night I watched TV3 Prime News which made fun of Anwar Ibrahim’s 916 takeover of the Federal [...]
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Rumblings against Khalid
Stanley Koh | December 29, 2008
By governing standards, some may agree that the Pakatan Rakyat coalition rule in Selangor is still on a learning curve since the political
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tsunami on March 8 when the opposition parties of PKR, DAP and PAS snatched control of five states from the Barisan Nasional.
But that should not [...]
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December 29, 2008
Groundbreaking change does not happen overnight, at least not in Malaysia where it takes a special blend of circumstances to rouse people to fury.
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That process started late last year and spilled over into this year. From then, it was only a matter of time until pent-up frustration burst. And it did.
History was made, [...]
December 29, 2008
by Din Merican
There is an undertow to the year-end holiday season, already eerily quiet from worry about scudding clouds on the economic horizon. On the grapevine the sound of the undertow seems like the buzz of money politics.
The buzz does not just issue from the party that is in the throes of an [...]
It should be a wake-up call for all Malaysians, particularly those who have a say in the outcome of what happens in March, to see the kind of reputation Najib Tun Razak has in the eyes of the international community. The best I have heard people say about him is that he is polished [...]
December 28, 2008
Media Statement
I wish to urge and plead to various leaders in Pakatan to stop taking their differences and conflicts through the media, especially the BN government controlled ones. This includes not only the Selangor MB and the Kapar MP, but also the Selangor Speaker and the Klang MP.
They should sit down to discuss [...]
Launch of MANSUH
December 28, 2008
Pakatan Rakyat and Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA are planning a massive ‘BERSIH’ – type rally in March, 2009, called MANSUH.
You guessed it.
It’s to call for the repeal of the ISA and the freeing of all ISA detainees.
As a prelude to that massive rally, and with a view to disseminating information, a mini [...]
December 28, 2008
Kerongcong musik is uniquely Indonesian. It is relaxing, stimulating to the soul, and fires the imagination. There can be no a better way to reflect upon developments in 2008 and to usher in 2009.
We have Barak Obama and his change agenda for America elected as the first African-American President in November 2008, [...]
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The Dayak Dilemma, Part 2
Sim Kwang Yang | December 27, 2008
Although the demographic composition of the various ethnic communities is vastly different from that in West Malaysia, there have been tremendous pressure from Kuala Lumpur for Sarawak politics to conform to the racial equation that exists in the Umno-led alliance on the Malayan Peninsula even [...]
posted by din merican–december 27, 2008
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Will others be banned from Sarawak?
Tony Thien | December 26, 2008
The state government may use its immigration powers to deny entry to more Peninsula-based politicians, including PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, in the face of what is seen as growing local support for the opposition.
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This followed the ban imposed [...]
posted by din merican–december 27, 2008
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Gobalakrishan: I know why I was kicked out
Rahmah Ghazali | December 26, 2008
There are two key reasons why Peninsula-based parliamentarian N Gobalakrishnan was banned from entering Sarawak on Wednesday.
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According to the Kedah MP, he was kicked out of the state because the opposition is increasingly becoming a threat to the [...]
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