Kalau Anak Bangsa Malaysia, mengapa saya dibezakan?

February 28, 2o10 “To celebrate diversity – that is our final destination, the final apex. If we celebrate our diversity, then it means we have reached our final destination of ‘Bangsa Malaysia’ and 1 Malaysia. This means that we think as one people, one nation, one dream.”—Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak “Saya wartawan anak Bangsa [...]

Malaysian Economy: Ahmad Husni responds to Anwar Ibrahim

February 27, 2010 Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni on the Malaysian Economy Malaysia’s recovery from the global economic crisis were fuelled by positive growth registered by various sectors and not solely due to the accelerated implementation of the RM67 billion economic stimulus package, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah. He said opposition [...]

Anwar Ibrahim can forget about getting Justice from Malaysia

February 27, 2010 ALIRAN President  says, Anwar can forget about getting justice Anwar can forget about getting justice from the Malaysian judicial system. Rules can be bent, rules can be ignored, rules can be overlooked when it involves Anwar. This is what the man in the street is saying. We witnessed this nauseating so-called judicial [...]

Simply The Best for this Weekend

February 27, 2010 Friends and associates, I have taken the unusual step of consulting Dr. Kamsiah’s friends about the songs that I should present this weekend for your entertainment. They have chosen hot Tina Turner (which is Dr. Kamsiah’s choice), seductive Gloria Gaynor and lovely lady of song Barbra Striesand and wisely they have also [...]

On the Malaysian Economy

February 27, 2010 On the state of the Malaysian Economy: Your Say ‘I pity the next generation of Malaysians who will be paying for our past and current culture of ‘entitled’ corruption. Wake up or we’re done for.’ ‘Worst has yet to come’ Alfy: First of all, I don’t trust whatever the government announces using [...]

Justice for Dato Ramli Yusuff Overdue

February 26, 2010 Dato Ramli Yusuff’s Acquittal is called for in the name of Justice. by Din Merican Yesterday, Bernama reported that Dato Ramli Yusuff , the former Commercial Crimes Investigations Director (CCID), Polis DiRaja Malaysia will have to wait till March 12, 2010 to know  whether he will be acquitted without his defence being [...]

More on CSIS Seminar: Gani Patail and MACC Chairman absent

February 26, 2010 CSIS Washington DC Seminar on Governance and The Rule of Law in Malaysia Became a Closed Door Affair, reports Malaysiakini’s Maran Perianen(February 25, 2010) A high-profile seminar on the Malaysian government and judiciary in Washington DC by a prominent international think-tank, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) was strangely turned into [...]

Reminder to Our Prime Minister: “Pump Priming is the Road to Economic Serfdom”

PRESS RELEASE Office of the Leader of the Opposition February 26, 2010 MALAYSIAN ECONOMY: THE WORST IS YET TO COME The latest declaration by the Prime Minister that “the worst is over” when the country’s GDP grew at 4.5% in the last quarter of 2009 is not only premature but irresponsible. It is clear that [...]

CSIS Seminar is “cloak and dagger” stuff, says Kit Siang

February 25, 2010 Lim Kit Siang on CSIS Seminar The DAP’s Lim Kit Siang today called a seminar organised by a lobby group in Washington DC yesterday the “strangest cloak and dagger seminar” and advised against wasting public funds to influence public opinion in the US over issues like Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy prosecution. [...]

Federalism ala UMNO–Federal Government as Godfather

February 25, 2010 “The Federal Government is behaving like a Godfather…”, say Tengku Razaleigh By Neville Spykerman Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (picture) says the federal government is behaving like a “Godfather” in refusing to pay oil royalties to Kelantan, in remarks suggesting the Kelantan prince and veteran UMNO man is bent on continuing to speak out [...]

Netto on the Failed CSIS Seminar

February 25, 2010 Three Blind Mice went to Washington, one Gani Patail never turned up at CSIS Seminar By Terence Netto Comment “Make them the object of ridicule. Nothing succeeds like laughter where the masses are concerned,” offered M J Akbar, author of a classic book titled  Nehru: The Making of India [ISBN 8174362053],   renowned [...]

A Failed Mission in Washington DC

February 25, 2010 On CSIS Seminar: A Failed Mission by Raja Petra Kamaruddin in Washington DC (February 24, 2010) www.malaysia-today.net It was a strange scene at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington on Wednesday morning.  When the seminar on Governance & Rule of Law in Malaysia began, only one of the [...]

The Malaysian Divide

February 25, 2010 The Malaysia Divide An Institution Overhaul is long overdue in Kuala Lumpur by Alice Lloyd George*, Asian Wall Street Journal (February 24, 2010) “The Leopard,” Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s celebrated novel about the crumbling feudal order in 19th century Sicily, made famous the line, “If we want things to stay as they are, [...]

A Circus Clown with a penchant for changing mode

February 24, 2010 Malaysia’s Circus Clown gives new meaning to sycophantic groveling by Sakmongkol AK47 (February 23, 2010) The decision by the Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture to take out advertisements in various MSM papers was highly unprecedented. They, of course, exposed the balding stupidity of the minister who has a penchant for burning [...]

UMNO Circus performs today in Washington DC

February 24, 2010 www.malaysia-today.net UMNO Circus performs today in Washington DC courtesy  Ernest Bower and Karen Brooks by Martin Jalleh For a little more than a month in 2010, UMNO has gone full steam with its scare tactics, sabre-rattling tricks, silly threats and sinister theatrics. Now it is all set to take the Malaysian (political) [...]

Malaysia’s Outdated Thuggery

February 23, 2010 http://www.smh.com.au/ Outdated Political Thuggery embarrasses Malaysia by Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald Dumb autocrats use the army, goon squads and guns to repress the opposition. Smart autocrats use the law courts to do it. Indonesia’s Soeharto was a dumb autocrat. Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia’s Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad were smart [...]

Perbezaan 8 sen – Lim Guan Eng

February 23, 2010 oleh Lim Guan Eng* Bagi kebanyakan rakyat biasa, sistem tender terbuka seolah-olah tidak ada kaitan dengan kehidupan seharian mereka. Tetapi ia telah menimbulkan kemarahan UMNO dan penyokong-penyokong parti itu. Mereka marah apabila saya membuat pengumuman bahawa Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang akan melaksanakan sistem tender terbuka bagi semua pemerolehan dan kontrak kerajaan selepas [...]