The Dyak Dilemma (Part 3)

www.malaysiakini.com The Dayak Dilemma Sim Kwang Yang | January 10, 2009 While PKR chief Anwar Ibrahim has made grand declaration of intent on taking power in the next Sarawak elections, very few Sarawakians themselves would be convinced that it would be an easy venture. I myself would be happy if the opposition coalition can win [...]

Haris Ibrahim’s KT Report No.3:how do we help the poor in Kuala Terengganu when UMNO-BN state government ignores them?

January 10, 2009 By Haris Ibrahim (edited by din merican) I’m out of Kuala Terengganu (KT) since last night to attend to some urgent matters and prepare for our anak Bangsa Malaysia initiative at the Kerling temple in Kuala Kubu Baru on the night of January 10. I shall return to KT on Sunday, January [...]

Sarawakians and Fellow Malaysians: Kita Boleh Berubah, Memang Kita Boleh

www.malaysiakini.com Anwar says it again: We’ll capture Sarawak Tony Thien | January 10, 2009 Anwar Ibrahim has reiterated his confidence that opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat will form the Sarawak government due to local disenchantment with the Barisan Nasional state administration. MCPX With his trademark oratory skills, the opposition leader told an elated crowd of more [...]

Anwar Ibrahim on Islam in Malaysia

Pakatan Rakyat’s Wahid is the right choice for P-36 Kuala Terengganu,come January 17, 2009

Does it really matter if Wan Farid is Badawi’s man or Najib’s choice or Badawi-Najib candidate for P-36 Kuala Terengganu? The reality is that he is an UMNO-BN man. He carries with him the baggage associated with the Badawi-Najib clique. If Kuala Terengganu voters know–and they certainly do– UMNO-BN’s track record which is characterised by [...]

PJ Anti-ISA Vigil

CRY FREEDOM While we are busy focusing on the Kuala Terengganu by-election and the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, we must not forget that there are still ISA detainees in Kamunting, Perak who have yet to be set free. Our vigils are ongoing. Please turn up in Petaling Jaya. —Din Merican

Gaza: First Test for Barack H.Obama

posted by din merican—January 9, 2009 By Farish A. Noor Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore That the discourse of the ‘War on Terror’ is a terribly useful one for governments that wish to exteriorise, dehumanise and brutalise an enemy is a foregone conclusion for many of us by [...]

KT by-election ad-campaign

From RPK in KT: Still want to vote for UMNO-BN Goons?

January 9, 2009 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, I hope these pictures can say what words can never describe. Do the Kuala Terengganu voters still want to vote these people into office on 17 January 2009? These are the people who have milked an estimated RM20 billion of Terengganu’s Oil [...]

How To Change our World: Support Haris Ibrahim, Barisan Rakyat and RPK and together we change Malaysia

posted by din merican-january 9, 2009 My Impressions of Haris Ibrahim–Din Merican Like Malik, it is my distinct privilege to have met this humble man of God, and lawyer for justice and human dignity. It all started for me in 2007 after I had joined PKR and was attached to Anwar Ibrahim’s Office in Section [...]

Sarawak needs reform and regime change

posted by din merican-january 9, 2009 www.malaysiakini.com Dayak blogger claims longhouse chiefs being paid for votes Tony Thien | January 8, 2009 Future elections will continue to be unfair to opposition candidates if the current system of counting votes is not changed, the problem of vote-buying is left unchecked and the tuai rumah (longhouse chief) [...]

Malaysia’s visions of a more equal future

posted by din merican–january 9, 2009 Mukul Devichand Reporter, BBC Radio 4: Crossing Continents From weary red-eyed Indian labourers on plantations to urban middle-class Malay Muslim women, a new generation of Malaysians is pushing to end a system of racial inequality. But can their different visions for the future be brought together? Many Malaysians are [...]

Vote for change now, or embrace bondage by UMNO-BN (Despatch from KT No 3)

by Haris Ibrahim in Kuala Terengganu I am referring to the residents of Kampung Cina, in Kuala Terengganu. And the bondage I speak of is a political one. Let me first share with you some of the photos I took of this lovely little Chinatown that carries so much historical evidence of the Chinese being [...]

Speech by Datuk Zaid Ibrahim in Singapore

Regional Outlook Forum organised by Institute of South East Asian Studies, Singapore I want to thank ISEAS and in particular Ambassador Kesavapany for this honour. Ambassador Kesavapany told me that I would have 30 minutes or so to talk about Malaysia, and since it’s a luncheon talk it would probably be light hearted and not [...]

UMNO-BN could be losing its marbles in Kuala Terengganu

It is a known fact that Barisan Nasional is facing an uphill task in retaining the 60 percent of Chinese support it had enjoyed during the last general election, in the upcoming Kuala Terengganu by-election. This is because the coalition has suffered tremendous setbacks – the death of the popular Razali Ismail and a reduced [...]

Zorro reports on Day 2 (January 7, 2009) in Kuala Terengganu

DAY 2 I apologise for the late postings. Internet connectivity, despite a purchase of a new modem so that the three of us could work in a more conducive, confined environment, free from “snoopers”, has been very trying. We just hope things will improve. The Barisan Rakyat Bloggers met up with and joined Datuk Seri [...]

What P-36 Kuala Terengganu means to Najib and UMNO-Barisan Nasional

posted by din merican–january 8, 2009 January 7, 2009 P36 By-election — Political Dynamics at play by Art Harun The Kuala Terengganu P36 by-election could not have come at a more inopportune time for Barisan Nasional in general and UMNO, as well as Najib Razak in particular. As we all know, the Barisan Nasional is [...]