February 12, 2010 ‘Shock and Awe’ in Sodomy II (Fitnah2) by Terence Netto After nearly two weeks of the Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II trial, sardonically referred to in some circles as ‘Base Canard II’ (Fitnah2), the terms of recent vogue in military history will have to be pressed into service as description of the tactics [...]
Archive for February 2010
Terence Netto on Fitnah2 Trial
February 12, 2010‘Ban if you want, but don’t harass booksellers’
February 12, 2010February 12, 2010 Two Kinibooks by Nathaniel Tan and Cartoonist ZUNAR seized and bookstores harassed by Aidila Razak Kinibooks, which had two of its books confiscated in a series of raids nationwide this year, has condemned the action and called for the halt of harassment against booksellers. The publisher, a subsidiary of Malaysiakini, had 118 [...]
Zahrain’S Resignation: KeADILan Has No Place For Opportunists
February 12, 2010February 12, 2010 LATHEEFA KOYA ,Information Chief, Parti KeADILan Rakyat : Press Statement Parti KeADILan Rakyat views the resignation of Bayan Baru MP Dato Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim with regret but not surprised, and recognises it as part of a necessary streamlining process to ensure that the party and its coalition partners in Pakatan Rakyat [...]
People Power for Malaysia?
February 12, 2010February 12, 2009 People Power for Malaysia? By steadyaku47 “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” —Gandhi What is holding our country and our people together while this UMNO Government led by Najib lurches from one disaster to another? From one atrocity to another? From one audacious scandal to [...]
Zahid: Our submarine can’t dive
February 11, 2010Febuary 11, 2010 Submarine can’t dive: Minister of Defence must explain to Parliament (AFP) – Malaysia’s first submarine, a European-made Scorpene delivered last September, has developed problems that make it unfit for diving, Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today. The KD Tunku Abdul Rahman sailed into a grand reception last year as the first of [...]
Don’t be surprised if Cambodia soon overtakes us
February 11, 2010by From Far Feb 11, 2010 I am a Malaysian who has been living overseas for the past two years now and it is interesting to look at Malaysia from afar especially from the political perspective. One thing I would like to comment on is the political mindset of the politicians especially those in the [...]
Gong Xi Fai Cai 2010 and Happy Valentine’s Day to All
February 11, 2010February 11, 2010 Gong Xi Fai Cai 2010: Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright Friends and readers of this blog, Dr Kamsiah joins me in wishing you all a happy Gong Xi Fai Cai on February 14. It is also Valentine’s Day. We will all be welcoming the Year of the Tiger soon. For this purpose, we [...]
Stare Decisis and Law
February 11, 2010February 11, 2010 Stare Decisis and Law by Terence Netto (February 9, 2010) Stare Decisis is a hallowed principle in the jurisprudential canon. It simply means that you respect the legal precedent established in analogous cases in the past. The decision handed down today by the Federal Court in the case of whether Pakatan Rakyat’s [...]
1Malaysia increasingly unstable
February 10, 2010February 10, 2010 1Malaysia increasingly unstable, says PERC, Hong Kong by Lee Wei Lian Events since New Year’s Day have given the Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) the impression that the situation in Malaysia is becoming increasingly unstable. In a blistering report on Malaysia released at the end of January, PERC also [...]
Integrasi Nasional oleh YAB Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu, Pengasas Ekonomi Pulau Pinang
February 10, 2010February 10, 2010 Integrasi Nasional: Cabaran bagi Malaysia yang berbilang Kaum Biodata YAB Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu: Tun Dato’ Seri Dr. Lim Chong Eu dilahirkan di Pulau Pinang pada tahun 1919 dan dikurniakan empat orang anak. Pendidikan awal Tun Dato’ Seri ialah di Penang Free School, menjadi Queen’s Scholar pada tahun 1937 dan memperolehi [...]
Time for Pakatan Rakyat to close rank
February 10, 2010February 9, 2010 Time for Pakatan Rakyat to close rank and stop the bickering by Malaysiakini Team All the action was in Putrajaya this morning, as the Federal Court delivered its much-awaited decision in the MB vs MB saga. Barisan Nasional (BN) scored a 5-0 victory over Pakatan Rakyat, as the five-member bench unanimously held [...]
Frustration in Tok Cik’s Perak: Democracy by the Courts, not of the People
February 9, 2010February 9, 2010 Two Lessons from Perak, says The Malaysian Insider First, the courts are not the final arbiter. Such is the decaying state of institutions in Malaysia that these days a Federal Court decision is treated as just another decision. It does not have the gravitas of the US Supreme Court; its judgments do [...]
PKR ebbs, says Syed Nadzri
February 9, 2010February 9, 2010 www.nst.com.my PKR ebbs, says NST Spinner, Syed Nadzri THE mood and morale in Parti Keadilan Rakyat now is so low that a third of its 69 elected representatives, it seems, don’t care two hoots about what happens to the party any more. And people say it has a lot to do with [...]
New Malaysian Economic Model
February 8, 2010February 8, 2009 New Malaysian Economic Model Framework: The Final Push by Lee Wei Lian The Najib Administration is still open to suggestions for the New Economic Model (NEM) framework that it says is the “final push” for Malaysia to achieve developed nation status. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today that the NEM [...]
The Independence of the Judges Revisited
February 8, 2010February 8,2010 The Independence of the Judges Revisited by NH Chan* What does the term ‘the independence of the judges’ mean? I pose this question because it appears that there are many of our judges today who do not seem to know the true meaning of separation of powers in constitutional law. This is most [...]
Najib and Anwar: How do you explain to your children? Camna?
February 8, 2010Febuary 08, 2010 By Steadyaku47 “We cloak ourselves in cold indifference to the unnecessary suffering of others–even when we cause it.” James Carroll I want to write today about a friend of mine – Anwar Ibrahim. About what he is going through now. About what personal pain he must be feeling in spite of the [...]
United Malaysia under strain
February 8, 2010February 8, 2010 www.malaysia-today.net United Malaysia is under strain Queensland University political scientist David Martin Jones, currently working in Malaysia, says: “There is now an interesting collection of scandals dating from the first Anwar case in 1998 that coincides with the fragmentation of UMNO-controlled politics.” The Australian What’s happening with Malaysia? The country has long [...]
