www.malaysiakini.com March 23, 2009 The Home Ministry has suspended the organs of two opposition parties – PAS’ Harakah and PKR’s Suara Keadilan – for three months, effective immediately. Syed Hamid: Symbol of UMNO’s Arrogance of Power With the suspension, both newspapers will not be able to publish until the end of June, missing out on [...]
Archive for March 2009
Harakah, Suara Keadilan and Press Freedom
March 24, 2009Najib Razak’s Image and Malaysia’s Reputation
March 24, 2009March 24, 2009 by Terence Netto Can we trust him to lead our country with Rosmah as his confidant ? From London and Paris to Jakarta and Brisbane notable publications have cast doubt on the Najib Razak’s worthiness for the PM’s office. It is safe to say that no prime ministerial succession – we have [...]
Tear gas fired at Anwar ceramah, leaders holed up
March 23, 2009UPDATED 11.27PM March 23 2009 By Shannon Teoh SUNGAI PETANI, March 23 — Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) forces fired tear gas and used water cannons tonight on thousands gathered at a ceramah in Bukit Selambau just as Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was beginning his speech. The FRU engaged the crowd at about 10pm and the [...]
University of Malaya Economics Graduate Jawah Gerang is our PKR man for Batang Ai, Sarawak
March 23, 2009Anwar Ibrahim in Doha, Qatar Kuching, Sarawak March 23, 2009 KENYATAAN ANWAR IBRAHIM Sabentar tadi, di Hotel Grand Continental, Kuching saya telah mengumumkan Jawah Gerang sebagai calun Pakatan Rakyat dari KeADILan untuk bertanding dalam pilihan raya kecil DUN Batang Ai, 7 April ini. Pengalaman saudara Jawah yang sebelum ini berkhidmat sebagai Ahli Parlimen Lubok Antu [...]
The Najib Stimulus Package:Only rm15billion of the rm60billion will benefit the Malaysian people, says Tengku Razaleigh
March 23, 2009posted by din merican—March 23, 2009 Razaleigh: What RM60 billion? Koh Shing Yee, Nash Rahman & Steven Gan of www.malaysiakini.com March 22, 2009 Former finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah lamented that only RM15 billion of the recently announced RM60 billion stimulus package goes directly to the people. Moreover, he said the RM15 billion is spread [...]
Fairus steps down as Penang’s Deputy Chief Minister to concentrate on further studies
March 22, 2009Fairus resigns as Penang DCM Rahmah Ghazali @ www.malaysiakini.com March 21, 2009 Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin has resigned as Penang Deputy Chief Minister (1), revealed Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today. According to Lim, Fairus’ resignation would take effect from April 8, but he would remain as Penanti state assemblyperson. Fairus has also resigned as [...]
French military deal linked to murdered model
March 22, 2009Times Online (www.timesline.co.uk) Razak Baginda and Hooded Azilah Hadri (?) and Sirul Azhar Umar(?) A FRENCH arms company is at the centre of a deepening scandal involving the sale of three submarines, the murder of a beautiful Mongolian interpreter and the man most likely to become prime minister of Malaysia next month. All three have [...]
The Irresistable Joni James is Back
March 21, 2009Friends, Joni James LP Record I bought for Collegians at 2nd RC, University of Malaya Joni James used to entertain the “frustroes” of the Men’s Only Second College, University of Malaya in Pantai Valley, Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s. I happened to be the Junior Common Room Committee (JCRC) member in charge of social [...]
Malaysia is Roiled by a Crisis of Democracy
March 20, 2009IHT By Thomas Fuller Thursday, March 19, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR: A slew of political scandals gripping Malaysia and a transfer of power fraught with uncertainty have embroiled the elite here with exquisitely poor timing. As a major trading nation, Malaysia is being slammed by the global downturn, its exports collapsing by nearly one-third and current [...]
Al Jazeera 101 East – The fight for power in Sarawak – Expose on the Excess of Power
March 20, 2009Part 1 Part 2
Batang Ai By-Election: Change for Sarawak or the Status Quo?
March 20, 2009nstonline (www.nst.com.my) by John Teo (bimpeabc@tm.net.my) Batang Ai By-Election: A Bellwether of General Voter sentiments in Sarawak Which way will he vote: Change or Status Quo BARISAN Nasional and the opposition are gearing up to do battle early next month in what promises to be a bellwether of a by-election for the vacant state seat [...]
Our PKR man for Bukit Selambau(Kedah): S. Manikumar
March 20, 2009S. Manikumar is PKR candidate for Bukit Selambau (Kedah Darul Aman) March 20, 2009 Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim today announced new face S Manikumar as the candidate for the Bukit Selambau by-election on April 7. The PKR defacto leader made the announcement this morning in Sungai Petani, which is part of the state constituency, [...]
Ex-UMNO Oracle backs Muhyiddin as Deputy Prime Minister
March 19, 2009Dr M endorses Muhyiddin as DPM by Syed Jaymal Zahiid March 19,2009 Oracle UMNO endorses Muhyiddin “One of the candidates couldn’t write in English, he couldn’t speak English and therefore (that was why) he did something wrong in Australia because he could not understand English. My choice is Muhyiddin (Yassin).” Former prime minister Dr Mahathir [...]
Malaysia is on a steady decline, thanks to Politics ala UMNO
March 19, 2009The Malaysian Insider March 19, 2009 by Brian Yap In the early 1960s, the Philippines was an economic power. In fact, during the era, the archipelago nation boasted one of the largest economies in Asia, behind only Japan. Today, while it remains an important part of ASEAN and the world community at large, it’s safe [...]
“Sarawak politics is never as it seems on the newspapers”, says Sim Kwang Yang
March 19, 2009Dogs pissing on trees in Batang Ai Sim Kwang Yang March 19, 2009 Agi idup agi ngelaban! He needs Freedom too, so stay united Weekly columnists like me are constantly tormented by the lack of subjects to write about. When the deadline approaches, I sometimes freeze into an angst-filled blank in what is often termed [...]
“Confronting the painful realities is the only way in which we can progress,it is the price of nation building”, says Malek Imtiaz Sarvar
March 19, 2009Din Merican’s comment: Standing on the Right Side of History Unlike Malek, I am now a political activist cum blogger with Anwar Ibrahim’s Parti KeADILan Rakyat. Before that, for the most part of my working life, I was a professional at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bank Negara Malaysia and in private industry. Throughout that period [...]
Amnesty International: Stop Persecution of Bloggers
March 18, 2009Stop persecuting bloggers, urges Amnesty International March 18, 2009 The Malaysian government should stop persecuting the six who have been charged for allegedly insulting Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, urged Amnesty International (AI). The six were charged under Section 233(1)(A) of the Multimedia and Communications Act 1998 for “unwise use of network or network services [...]
