http://chedet.co.cc July 20, 2009 Mahathir’s Kaki Dalam Kasut Di forum anjuran Gempita dan UMNO bertajuk Kedudukan Raja-Raja Melayu dan Orang Melayu dalam Perlembagaan Malaysia di Zaman Liberalisasi dan Globalisasi, saya ditanya oleh seorang pensyarah Melayu dari UIAM (Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia) apakah saya pernah fikir untuk meletak diri saya di tempat orang bukan Melayu (put [...]
Archive for July 2009
Two Perspectives on Malaysian socio-economic development
July 22, 2009Wong Chin Huat on Teoh’s Death
July 22, 2009The Malaysian Insider July 21, 2009 Four Things Najib can do on Teoh’s 7th Day by Wong Chin Huat Teoh Beng Hock does not need flowers from PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak, note attached in Chinese: “Heaven envies talent”. Don’t blame Heaven for his death. Some earthly beings have caused his death after a torturous [...]
Bakri Musa on Najib’s 100 Days
July 21, 2009July 21, 2009 Najib Razak’s First One Hundred Days: Packaging Over Performance by Dr. M. Bakri Musa Morgan-Hill, California I would have expected that the successor to the incompetent and do-nothing Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has minimal difficulty shining as the bar had been lowered substantially. Yet despite that, Prime Minister Najib Razak has failed [...]
MACC’s Probe Tactics Bared
July 20, 2009July 20, 2009 Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s probe tactics bared Victims talk of ‘mental, physical’ pressure INQUIRER.net (The Philippines) KUALA LUMPUR – Victims of torture by a government commission revealed the “mental and physical” pressure that they underwent following the death of an opposition member last week allegedly in the hands of the same group. Tan [...]
Using MACC to bring regime change in Selangor?
July 20, 2009July 20, 2009 Perak Style Attack on Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and PKR’s Selangor State Government(?) Suspicion reigns over not just how Teoh Beng Hock died, but also the basis of the corruption probe into alleged misappropriation of state funds by 12 Selangor Pakatan Rakyat assemblypersons. To DAP national assistant treasurer Nga Kor Ming, the [...]
CitizenNades speaks up: Let the truth be told
July 20, 2009July 20, 2009 Let the truth be told R. Nadeswaran (CitizenNades at www.sun2surf.com) IT IS well past midnight. Terence Fernandez and I are holed up in a cubicle in central London which is costing us RM500 a night to rest our heads and he goes on a tirade: “We have to take some responsibility for [...]
Post Manek Urai New Politics: People as Voters became the real boss of Democracy
July 20, 2009The Malaysian Insider July 20, 2009 Post Manek Urai: The New Politics is here to stay The recently-concluded Manek Urai by-election provides me the opportunity to again say it to all that the New Politics is here to stay. While still in its infancy, the New Politics has consistently presented itself to have almost a [...]
Berita Harian and Mingguan Malaysia play up Race over Teoh’s Death
July 19, 2009The Malaysian Insider July 19, 2009 UMNO-controlled Berita Harian and Mingguan Malaysia slam MACC critics UMNO-controlled newspapers, Berita Harian and Mingguan Malaysia, today slammed critics for demonising the country’s graft-busters over Teoh Beng Hock’s death, with one suggesting there is an agenda to weaken Malay-controlled institutions. Both newspapers accused the opposition of politicising the political [...]
Dapatkah kita terima tulisan yang berunsur perkauman seperti rencana Zainul Ariffin ini?
July 19, 2009www.bharian.com.my July 19, 2009 Oportunisme boleh rampas kesedihan untuk jadi modal siasah: Oleh Zainul Ariffin zainul@nstp.com.my ADAKAH ahli dan penyokong Pakatan Rakyat saja yang berasa sedih ke atas kematian Teoh Beng Hock? Tentu sekali jika dilihat dari muka-muka sama yang bergegas mengepalai tunjuk perasaan apabila saja ada kejadian seperti ini berlaku, beratur untuk perhatian jurugambar [...]
May he rest in peace
July 19, 2009Chua Jui Meng: I reject UMNO-dominated Barisan Nasional and go for change
July 19, 2009posted by din merican-July 19, 2009 Why I join Parti KeADILan Rakyat (PKR) and dumped UMNO- dominated Barisan Nasional (BN) by Chua Jui Meng There has been much speculation recently in the media as what my next move in politics would be. Today (July 18, 2009) I make one of the most important decisions of [...]
My Economic Soulmate, Sakmongkol, on the Malaysian Economy
July 19, 2009July 19, 2009 Re-charging the Economy. by Sakmongkol AK47 Next year (2010), our economy is expected to shrink by 4-5%. Simply put, that will mean reduction in our national income. The government will have less income to tax from. This will mean cutting back on certain expenditures, less development, less capacity building, less of everything. [...]
Bridget Welsh on Manek Urai
July 18, 2009July 18, 2009 Gains and Losses in Manek Urai by Bridget Welsh* Kelantan has always been a state for surprises and the slim victory by PAS is an excellent example. Despite PAS claiming a whopping 2,000 majority one hour before the close of polls, when the results were counted, PAS squeaked through with an embarrassing [...]
What Malaysians say this week: Teoh’s Death and MACC
July 18, 2009July 18, 2009 The latest revelation of a former MB owning a palatial home did very little to stir their enthusiasm. Do questions like how he, a mere wage earner, can own such an expensive mansion one fit for a king? On Exco Aide falls to his death Peter Ooi: I am saddened by the [...]
2009 Joker of the Year
July 17, 2009July 17, 2009 by Khoo Kay Peng Each year this blog nominates a few individuals to be crowned the Joker of the Year. It is a bit unique this year. This is only the month of July and nomination is already closed and a winner declared. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Abdul [...]
Public Reaction Against MACC in Shah Alam: PKR and Selangor Exco Member Dr. Xavier Jayakumar arrested
July 17, 2009The Malaysian Insider July 17, 2009 By Neville Spykerman in Shah Alam Despite their demands, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders today failed to get any answers about the death of Teoh Beng Hock from Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers at their Selangor headquarters at Plaza Masalam here. PR top guns Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Selangor Mentri [...]
MACC an instrument of power: The truth about Teoh’s death will never be known
July 17, 2009Malaysia-Today (July 17, 2009) This has been going on for far too long. The MACC acts like God. They kidnap families and torture those they arrest. They threaten those they interrogate with death if they refuse to talk. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin The writing was already on the wall very much earlier. [...]
