Letter to Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim on Talam Debts: Respond for Transparency and Accountability’s sake

March 22, 2010 Talam Corporation Debts: Answers Required by Pandak Bin Tukan Dear Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, I refer to my previous letter to you, ‘Recovered’ Talam debts: Transparency, please. It has been more than one week since I asked my questions and you are taking an inordinately long time to respond. [...]

Still on NEM: Economic Model and Government for All Malaysians

March 22, 2010 Still on NEM (New Economic Model) by SakmongkolAK47 I am sure those people at NEAC when drawing up our NEM read Michael Porter (Competitive Strategy:Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors) over and over again. It’s impossible to talk about competition, being competitive and all that without reading Porter. Unless, those bean counters [...]

On James Puthucheary and Nik Nazmi

March 22, 2010 Two book launches, one spirit by Terence Netto (March 21, 2010) Though not apparent to a cursory glance, two book launches – one that took place yesterday and another that’s scheduled for tomorrow (March 22) – stand connected by a bond which few could have suspected given the gulf in time that [...]

Shakespeare and Politics

March 21, 2010 www.thestar.com.my Shakespeare and Politics by Karim Raslan (March 16, 2010) The current crises taking place in Bangkok and indeed elsewhere in South-East Asia seem to resonate with ‘A Man for All Seasons’, a play based on events during the reign of England’s King Henry VIII. There are times when works of the [...]

History 101 for Pakatan Rakyat

March 20, 2010 Friends, I appeal to all for rational discourse, and good and constructive debate on this blog. Help me make this bipartisan blog, which is my contribution to advance the cause of a better Malaysia, respectable and popular for its quality. Don’t afraid of the dark if you write with sincerity and in [...]

Tag-Team Model for Pakatan Rakyat Government(?)

March 20, 2010 Pakatan Rakyat (PR) can work, provided… it adopts a tag-team model of governance by Suflan Shamsuddin As Zaidel Baharuddin’s The Malaysian Insider article ‘Pakatan Rakyat to Pakatan Riot’ explains, there remain unresolved doubts about how PR parties can work together to lead the country.Surely they cannot be given the reins to rule? [...]

The week Independent MP Zahrain took center stage

March 20, 2010 The week that Anwar lost by S Pathmawathy The eagerly anticipated opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s performance as this week’s curtain raiser at the sitting of parliament turned out to be quite a let down. Instead it was the recently self-anointed Independent parliamentarians who stole the show, one in particular making rather controversial [...]

Weekend Entertainment: Dedicated to Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives

March 20, 2010 Friends,   For this weekend, I have chosen to pay my tribute to Mothers, Sisters, Daughters and Wives. They are wonderful people and we often take them for granted. Sometimes,we choose to insult and ignore them, and create jokes in poor taste about them. The reality is that they give our lives [...]

PERKASA has Che Det as New Patron

March 20, 2010 I received this via e-mail from an anon. commentator, tkc, and I think that it is appropriate beginning for the article below:–Din Merican “I have lost count of the number of Malay friends in the corporate world who do not need any special assistance to succeed in any part of the world, [...]

Unquiet Desperation towards Anwar Ibrahim, says Netto

March 19, 2010 Government’s Attitude shows unquiet desperation towards Anwar Ibrahim by Terence Netto Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, observed the naturalist Henry David Thoreau.  Tweak Thoreau’s aphorism and you have a good description these days of the government’s attitude to Anwar Ibrahim: most of it shows an unquiet desperation towards him. His [...]

They came to see and listen to Anwar Ibrahim at the London School of Economics

March 19, 2010 When Anwar speaks, they come by Mariam Mokhtar comment: The date is March 18, 2010. The place the London School of Economics, where Anwar Ibrahim is giving a lecture on ‘Religion and Pluralism in a Divided World’. Two hours before the lecture started, the crowd had started to assemble. Half an hour [...]

Tengku Razaleigh: “I am not for sale and not available”

March 19, 2010 Tengku Razaleigh reacts to MP Zahrain’s Speech in Parliament Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah today dismissed claims that he was among the eight Barisan Nasional MPs who were supposed to defect and join Pakatan Rakyat to form the federal government in 2008. “I do not want to comment on it. I [...]

Jeremy Corbyn: Malaysia and Anwar Ibrahim

www.parliament.uk Early Day Motion EDM 1092 MALAYSIA AND ANWAR IBRAHIM 15.03.2010 Corbyn, Jeremy That this House recognises Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim’s contribution to promoting democracy in Malaysia and peace and understanding between the Muslim world and the West; is deeply concerned at the charges laid against Anwar Ibrahim and that his current trial flouts [...]

MACC’s Appeal Dismissed in Sabah – Dato Ramli Yusuff is vindicated for the Third Time

March 18, 2010 MACC’S APPEAL IN DISMISSED IN SABAH -  DATO RAMLI VINDICATED THE 3rd TIME By Din Merican There was suspense this morning at the Kota Kinabalu High Court, when High Court Judicial Commissioner Dato’ Abdul Rahman Sebli refused to adjourn the hearing of the MACC’s appeal against the acquittal of Dato’ Ramli  Yusuff [...]

Federalism 101

March 18, 2010 Federalism 101: Federation in name only by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (March 11, 2010) www.razaleigh.com Malaysia was formed in 1963, when the eleven states of the previous Malayan Federation came together with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore to create the Federation of Malaysia. Federalism is a system of government in which legislative power is [...]

Dato Ramli Yusuff Bebas: ‘Pasti ada hikmah di sebalik kejadian’

Berita Harian Singapura 18hb. Mac 2010 LUAR NEGARA DATUK RAMLI BEBAS DARI TUDUHAN TIDAK ISYTIHAR ASET ‘Pasti ada hikmah di sebalik kejadian’ Oleh Darwis Said PERNAH satu ketika digelar ‘Polis RM27 juta’, Datuk Ramli Yusuff terpaksa sukar melelapkan mata pada malam hari dan sering dihantui igauan sejak tiga tahun lalu. Sebagai seorang yang begitu komited [...]

MACC loses Appeal against Datuk Ramli Yusuff

March 18, 2010 Breaking News: MACC loses Appeal against Dato Ramli Yusuff (Sabah Case) The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) lost its appeal against Dato Ramli Yusuff today. High Court Judge Rahman Sebli upheld the decision of Sessions Court Judge Supang Lian and added that MACC’s case was flawed from the very beginning. I appeal to [...]