July 31, 2009 SHOWDOWN in KL streets on August 1, 2009 by Tarani Palani PAS has made it compulsory for all of its members to participate in an anti-Internal Security Act (ISA) rally in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, said its vice-president Salahuddin Ayub. He added that the party’s spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and [...]
Archive for July 2009
Pakatan Rakyat to be a formal alliance before GE13, says Zaid Ibrahim
July 31, 2009The Malaysian Insider July 31, 2009 Pakatan parties will seal pact, says Zaid By Leslie Lau Consultant Editor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is working towards registering the alliance officially to underline its commitment towards being a viable alternative coalition to the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), says Datuk Zaid Ibrahim. The former BN minister, who joined PKR [...]
Anwar Ibrahim is South-East Asia’s most extraordinary politician, says The Economist
July 31, 2009Malaysia’s Chameleon July 30, 2009 From The Economist print edition The rise, fall and rise of Anwar Ibrahim, South-East Asia’s most extraordinary politician ONE evening in mid-July Anwar Ibrahim was deep in the rubber-tapping state of Kelantan in northern Malaysia, urging a crowd of rural folk to vote for a devout fishmonger. The candidate was [...]
The Culture of Corruption: Can we trust our Government?
July 30, 2009July 30, 2009 The Culture of Corruption by G. Krishnan (http://imagineequality.blogspot.com) “No stone will be left unturned in finding out the real cause of death and, if there is any foul play, action will definitely be taken.” So says the Prime Minister to Teoh Beng Hock’s family. Of course the above statement should come as [...]
PR Decision-Making Mechanism
July 30, 2009July 30, 2009 Pakatan Rakyat Decision-Making Mechanism is a principal milestone, say Khalid Samad, MP by Terence Netto Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad believes that the creation of a decision-making mechanism within Pakatan Rakyat is the principal milestone in the quest for a two-coalition system in Malaysia. In remarks made at a seminar organized by [...]
Farish Noor on Politics, Power and the Violence of History
July 29, 2009July 29, 2009 Politics, Power and the Violence of History By Dr Farish A Noor (received via www.facebook.com) The guillotine, it ought to be remembered, was originally conceived of as a safe, clean, efficient and ironically ‘humane’ method of murdering people when it was first introduced. Dubbed the ‘revolutionary razor’ when it was first used [...]
Jui Meng meets Malaysiakini (Parts 1 and 2)
July 29, 2009EXCLUSIVE: Chua Jui Meng meets Malaysiakini (Part 1)-July 28. 2009 by Wong Pheak Zern Former health minister Chua Jui Meng, the most senior BN politician to have defected to Pakatan Rakyat, has described Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak as a leader who conceals his iron fist in a velvet glove. “Najib is a decent man, [...]
Uses and Abuses of History
July 29, 2009www.nst.com.my History, often used and many times abused By Lord Patten* In her brilliant book, The Uses and Abuses of History, the historian Margaret Macmillan tells a story about two Americans discussing the atrocities of Sept 11, 2001. One draws an analogy with Pearl Harbour, Japan’s attack on the United States in 1941. His friend [...]
Zaid Ibrahim speaks his mind as always
July 28, 2009posted by din merican–July 28, 2009 Zaid Ibrahim’s Keynote Address at The Oxbridge-Malaysia Dinner Dialogue Series hosted by the Oxford & Cambridge Society of Malaysia July 9, 2009 Bankers’ Club, K. Lumpur Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for your invitation for me to speak today. When I accepted your kind offer, I was ‘party-less.’ But [...]
Umapagan: Read Galbraith, O’Rourke (and Adam Smith), Steinbeck
July 28, 2009www.nst.com.my July 28, 2009 by Umapagan Ampikaikan Required Reading for these troubled times I OFTEN find myself in uncharted waters when discussing economics. It is an intellectual space that is so utterly alien to me. The concepts confound me. The jargon confuses me. The terms seem made-up, like so many curious amalgams, concoctions, fictions: “securitisation”, [...]
Two Points of View: Friedman and Klein
July 28, 2009Tribute to Milton Friedman Milton Friedman Noami Klein
BIG Brother agents can fix you prim and proper
July 27, 2009July 27, 2009 How BIG Brother agents can fix you prim and proper by Raja Petra Kamarudin There is currently a controversy raging in Malaysia. This particular controversy involves a mysterious and anonymous website that suddenly appeared accusing two DAP Selangor leaders and EXCO members of having links with the Chinese underworld. This website also [...]
Human Rights Lawyer for Selangor at Inquest and Royal Commission
July 27, 2009The Malaysian Insider July 27, 2009 Malik Imtiaz Sarvar for Selangor at Beng Hock Inquest and Royal Commission The Selangor government has appointed leading human rights lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar to act for the state administration at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest.Malik will also be representing the state when the Royal Commission of Inquiry starts [...]
Real Leaders unite us
July 27, 2009July 27, 2009 Real Leaders Bring Us Together by Dr. M. Bakri Musa Morgan-Hill, California In having to appoint a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) following the death of one of its witnesses, Prime Minister Najib clearly demonstrated his lack of leadership and inability to be in command [...]
Justice for All must be our Quest
July 26, 2009July 26, 2009 100 days of Najib is long enough. His One Malaysia is unravelling. We now know that One Malaysia is just a slogan and the man himself is remote from reality. He is too aristocratic and too distant from us ordinary Malaysians to understand our problems and the challenges we as a nation [...]
Vox Populi
July 26, 2009July 26, 2009 “Mahathir’s recent comments are clearly racist, revealing his true character, and I have lost every respect for this man who, in my opinion, has taken the nation to ransom.” On Dr M, just stay retired The Smaller Mamakdir: I wish to respond to the letter, ‘Dr M, just stay retired’. Contrast this [...]
Remembering Walter Cronkite: Journalism is a business of the heart and mind
July 26, 2009July 26, 2009 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1912335,00.html The Man with America’s Trust: Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) by Tom Brokaw* Walter Cronkite was the most famous journalist of his time, the personification of success in his beloved profession, with all that brought with it: a journalism school named for him, a Presidential Medal of Freedom and the adulation of his [...]
