June 30, 2009 Court of Appeal rejects prosecution’s objection by Hafiz Yatim@www.malaysiakini.com Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal against the transfer of his case from the Sessions Court to the High Court kicked off at the Court of Appeal with a preliminary objection raised by the prosecution. The appellate court, however, dismissed the objection and fixed [...]
Archive for June 2009
Sodomy 2: Prosecution’s Objection rejected
June 30, 2009Dr. Denison on Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) Bill
June 30, 2009June 30, 2009 EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATING MISCONDUCT AMONG ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS By Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria* The Federal Government is finally tabling a bill in parliament in response to the recommendation of the Royal Commission to enhance the operation and management of the Royal Malaysian Police (RC) to establish an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). [...]
Opposition Leader calls for urgent debate in Dewan Rakyat on Penang Second Bridge
June 30, 2009June 30, 2009 Kenyataan Media Untuk Edaran Segara PROJEK PEMBINAAN JABATAN KEDUA PULAU PINANG Pada hari ini saya telah mengusulkan supaya mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat ditangguhkan untuk membincangkan perkara tertentu, berkepentingan ramai dan perlu disegarakan. Saya mencadangkan: “Bahawa Dewan Rakyat membincangkan cadangan projeck pembinaan Jabatan Kedua Pulau Pinang memandangkan kos projek tersebut adalah terlalu tinggi berbanding [...]
Mimpi Najib di siang hari: Satu Malaysia
June 29, 2009The Malaysian Insider June 29, 2009 1 Malaysia: Diantara realiti dan fantasi oleh Amin Iskandar Sebaik sahaja diangkat menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang ke-enam, Datuk Seri Najib Razak melancarkan gagasan “Satu Malaysia” atau dalam Bahasa Inggeris di panggil “1 Malaysia”. Selain daripada itu, Najib turut melancarkan slogan “rakyat didahulukan, pencapaian diutamakan”, mengingatkan kita slogan-slogan di [...]
CitizenNades: Don’t Shoot the Messenger
June 29, 2009www.sun2surf.com June 29, 2009 Don’t shoot the messenger by CitizenNades “A JOURNALIST will always protect his kind,” is the common remark we usually get when we attempt to defend our professions from friends and foes who disagree with what we write or do. “You guys will never let each other down, however wrong you are,” [...]
LAND: It is not only legal, but also very political
June 29, 2009Comment: On Saturday June 27, I joined Nurul Izzah Anwar’s team to witness the launch of the Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai’s free medical clinic to cater for senior citizens and children of Kampong Kerinchi. This project was well received. While I was there, I was taken on a quick tour of Kampong Kerinchi [...]
Drips and Drabs Policies wont’ do
June 28, 2009June 28, 2009 Anwar: Najib Teeny Weeny Approach Won’t Do by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com PKR adviser Anwar Ibrahim today called on the government not to hoodwink the people by hijacking aspects of his party’s new economic agenda and mocked what he said were half-cocked revisions of repressive statues like the Internal Security Act. “Either the government [...]
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan berada di Mahkamah Rayuan esok (29hb. Jun, 2009)
June 28, 2009Public Service Information 28hb. Jun 2009 Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan berada di Mahkamah Rayuan bagi mendengar rayuan berhubung pemindahan kes beliau dari mahhkamah sesyen ke mahkamah tinggi. Berikut adalah butiran acara pagi esok : Tempat: Mahkamah Rayuan Putrajaya Masa: 9.00 pagi Tarikh: Hari Isnin, 29hb Jun 2009. Pejabat Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Najib’s Politics will unnerve UMNO since it is against Ketuanan Melayu.
June 28, 2009The Malaysian Insider June 28, 2009 Najib’s crooning our tune now, says Anwar by Adib Zalkapli Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today questioned the sincerity of the prime minister in announcing a new merit-based scholarship programme obviously aimed at winning back Chinese voter support from Pakatan Rakyat (PR). “Last time, when I said it, I was [...]
Define an Intellectual, or Does it matter?
June 27, 2009www.nst.com.my June 27, 2009 “What does it take to define an intellectual?” , asks JOHAN JAAFFAR FETHULLAH Gulen. Very few among us would have come across this name. He is supposed to be the world’s top public intellectual. A poll conducted by a magazine in 2008 placed the Turkish scholar above hundreds of others. Now, [...]
UMNO Government’s Politics of Sodomy: Our Freedom is at stake, not just Anwar Ibrahim’s
June 27, 2009posted by din merican-June 27, 2009 www.mt.m2day.org June 26, 2009 The Politics of Sodomy: Will Justice be Mangled Again? To convict an innocent man of false charges, there must be four parties acting in concert, three of them in the criminal justice system. They are the Police to fabricate evidence, the Attorney-General to frame the [...]
Anwar Ibrahim’s Speech via live telecast (tvAntara)
June 27, 2009posted by din merican–June 27, 2009 Speech by Anwar Ibrahim at “Business Opportunities in the Muslim World” Conference in Washington DC, June 26 2009. Ladies and Gentleman, respected guests, friends and colleagues from the United States and throughout the Muslim world. I must apologize to the organizers, US Chamber of Commerce, CIPE, US Muslim World [...]
Fitnah Jahat Yang Membingungkan
June 26, 200926hb. Jun, 2009 Dari JohorDaily Setelah perbicaraan kes liwat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ditunda kepada 8 Julai 2009, kini pelbagai pihak mempertikaikan kesahihan kes tersebut. Kini pelbagai dakwaan berlakunya konpirasi untuk menjatuhkan imej Ketua Pembangkang itu. Mohd Saiful Bukhari mendakwa didalam blognya bahawa apa yang disumpahnya adalah benar. Manakala Majlis Pegum telah mengeluarkan kenyataannya mendakwa [...]
The Civil Service: Remove Unpleasant Scraps
June 26, 2009www.nst.com.my June 26, 2009 No Stomach for Bureaucratic Evils By John Teo I have had some unpleasant scraps with various branches of our bureaucracy lately. Much of the unpleasantness revolved around computer glitches, setting off endless possibilities of human reactions from those purveying public services and those of us at the receiving end of such [...]
My Tribute to Michael Jackson for this weekend
June 26, 2009Friends around the World, Michael Jackson, the Peter Pan of the Modern Era, is dead. Although I am not a diehard fan of this unique entertainer, I do appreciate his talent and enjoy listening to a few of his songs. I have pleasure in sharing my favorite Michael Jackson’s hits with you for this weekend. [...]
IGP Musa Hassan and AG Gani Patail must be thoroughly investigated
June 26, 2009www.malaysiakini.com June 25, 2009 Anwar’s report against AG, IGP: Files with MACC by S Pathmawathy Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim will be writing to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission by tomorrow to inquire on the status of his complaint against those who had fabricated evidence against him in 1998. Anwar’s lawyer and PKR vice-president R Sivarasa today [...]
NST Editorial on Wisma Putra
June 25, 2009www.nst.com.my June 25, 2009 Editorial: Diplomatic Extension A SCATHING recent commentary in this newspaper by former diplomat Datuk Deva Mohd Ridzam seems to have been borne out in the urgency with which both Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin addressed the 7th Heads of Mission Conference in Putrajaya [...]
