December 31, 2009 The Passing of Southeast Asia’s Prominent Spokesman for Pluralism in Muslim Politics by Terence Netto The death of former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, ‘Gus Dur’ to legions of his admirers, in a Jakarta hospital yesterday deprives Southeast Asia of its pre-eminent spokesman for pluralism in Muslim politics. For a man with his [...]
Archive for December 2009
A Tribute to former President of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur)
December 31, 2009A Nation in Waiting
December 31, 2009December 31, 2009 A Nation in Waiting by Liew Chin Tong Today is not just an ordinary end to a year. It happens to be the end to a decade — the Noughties. I have been in search of words to describe the state of our nation during the first decade of the 21st century [...]
The Malaysian Insider’s Malaysian of the Year:MACC
December 31, 2009December 31, 2009 MACC is Malaysian Insider’s Malaysian of the Year 2009 Today marks the first year of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) which started with promise and is now dismissed as another political tool to earn it being named The Malaysian Insider‘s Malaysian of the Year for 2009. At a time when politics continue [...]
Selamat Tahun Baru dari Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim
December 31, 200931hb. Disember, 2009 Selamat Tahun Baru dari Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Ketua Umum, Parti KeADILan Rakyat dan Ketua Pembangkang, Parlimen Malaysia Kita menyambut kedatangan tahun 2010 dengan penuh harapan, agar keadaan menjadi lebih baik buat diri sendiri, keluarga, masyarakat dan negara. Tahun yang baru, secara simboliknya, menandakan, satu permulaan kepada yang lebih baik dan berusaha [...]
Rosli Dahlan Was Fixed So That A Criminal Can Be Released
December 31, 2009Lawyer Rosli Dahlan was fixed so that a Criminal Can Be Released by Din Merican December 31, 2009 Rosli Dahlan’s trial will resume on January 5 through to January 7, 2010 at Special Criminal Sessions Court No:10. Already MACC Officer Azmi Ismail had testified that Rosli was never considered a suspect in any investigation by [...]
Malaysiakini’s 2009 Newsmaker is Teoh Beng Hock
December 30, 2009December 30, 2009 And the Newsmaker of the Year 2009 is…Teoh Beng Hock by Hazlan Zakaria 2009 was a tumultuous year. A rousingly colourful collage of days that saw the fulfilment of changes made imminent and the culmination of troubles long brewing. A bevy of events, stirred up and brought to be, by last year’s [...]
On Malaysia’s Mr. Clean (2003-2009)
December 30, 2009December 30, 2009 On Malaysia’s Mr. Clean by Justin Ong “Don’t work for me, work with me.” That one sentence heralded what was supposed to have been a New Age for Malaysians. After over two decades of iron-fisted rule by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a prime minister who cared about what the country thinks was [...]
X-Files – The Unanswered Qs
December 30, 2009December 30, 2009 X-Files – The unanswered questions Malaysians are waiting for 2010 with bated breath to find out if there are indeed answers to this year’s unresolved issues. Here are 10 unsolved cases of 2009. This list is by no means complete. Anwar’s fate hinges on Sodomy Trial II Early this month, the Pakatan [...]
Malaysian Maverick reviewed
December 29, 2009December 29, 2009 Barry Wain’s Malaysian Maverick: A Gripping Account of Abuse of Power in the Mahathir Years by Richard YW Yeoh Barry Wain’s treatise on the Mahathir years is a gripping account of the 22-year long era that spanned the 1981-2003 years, a period characterised by unprecedented economic and physical development and rapid urbanisation [...]
Anwar miliki pengaruh luarbiasa
December 29, 2009December 29, 2009 Free Malaysia Today Anwar Ibrahim memiliki pengaruh luarbiasa sebab itu banyak pemimpin UMNO dengkitermasuk ajen UMNO yang baru, Anuar Shaari “Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (gambar) adalah individu yang memiliki pengaruh luarbiasa, bukan sahaja di Malaysia, bahkan di seluruh dunia,” kata Pengarah Pilihan Raya Pusat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan), Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. Dalam [...]
Teoh Beng Hock murdered, what’s next?
December 29, 2009BREAKING NEWS http://freemalaysiatoday.com December 29, 2009 Dr. Porthip Rojanasunand confirms that Teoh Beng Hock was murdered Teoh Beng Hock was murdered. Top Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand (picture) has sufficient evidence to prove that he was killed. The Parti Keadilan Rakyat organ, Suara Keadilan, reports in its latest edition that her forensic report will be [...]
Blurred Vision?
December 29, 2009December 29, 2009 www.sun2surf.com. Blurred Vision? MIERVIEWS By Datuk Dr. Mohamed Ariff Malaysia is in search of new drivers of growth that would lift the economy into the league of high-income countries, somewhat in sync with Vision 2020. A burning question in the minds of many is whether Malaysia can arrive at Vision 2020 on [...]
MIER’s Ariff: 2010 will be a tougher and more challenging year
December 29, 2009December 29, 2009 2010 will be tougher and more challenging year, says MIER’s Datuk Dr. Mohamed Ariff Come 2010, the Malaysian economy is expected to face tougher and more challenging times following concerns that the United States may be heading for a double-dip recession. Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) executive director Datuk Dr Mohamed [...]
Indian Muslims–In Defence of Mahathir
December 29, 2009December 29, 2009 Indian Muslims–In Defence of Mahathir by Neil Khor (December 28, 2009) Indian or Muslim, you cannot be both to be Malaysian! Just when one hopes for clarity of vision or some astute observation from our senior statesmen, out comes this really strange statement. But to be fair, what was the context and [...]
Think Rationally Before You Write, says Art
December 28, 2009December 28, 2009 Art Harun’s Open Letter to Dr. Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah on his article, “Accused as criminals better than being evil.” Before I take issue with you on several matters in your article, allow me to state some disclaimers. This is to prevent me from being labelled anti this and that or pro [...]
Noam Chomsky is back
December 28, 2009December 28, 2009 Noam Chomsky is back with some interesting observations about American Democracy and the so-called Liberal Media. We always think America is a model of democracy. Is it? Of course, it is more democratic compared to Zimbabwe, Myanmar and Malaysia. Listen to what Noam Chomsky has to say on the American system of [...]
Mahathir’s Advice to All Mamaks in Malaysia
December 28, 2009December 28, 2009 Mahathir’s Advice to All Mamaks By Terence Netto Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s advice to Malaysia’s Indian Muslims to choose between their Muslim and their Indian identities puts one in mind of a resonant episode in the immediate prelude to the partition of India in mid-1947. A delegation of Indian Muslims, contemplating [...]
