September 30, 2010 UPDATE www.malaysiakini.com Rosli Dahlan Case: Decision by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court Delayed due to Incompetent MACC The Kuala Lumpur Session Court has fixed October 27 to hear the submissions from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over the charges against lawyer Rosli Dahlan. The case was postponed as MACC’s counsel said that [...]
Archive for September 2010
Judgment on Rosli Dahlan Case delayed due to MACC’s Incompetence
September 30, 2010Happy Birthday, Fred: Yabba Dabba Doo
September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 www.the star.com Happy Birthday Fred Flintstone: “Yabba Dabba Doo!” by Cathal Kelly The key to The Flintstones was its surfeit of hate. Fred, if truth be told, hated Wilma, who hated Fred, who hated his job, where he was hated by Mr. Slate. Barney didn’t hate anyone, but everyone treated Barney like [...]
A Malaysian writes to his Prime Minister
September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 www.themalaysianinsider.com From a Malaysian to the Malaysian Prime Minister September 29, 2010 Dear Datuk Seri Najib, Greetings from a Malaysian. I hope that you are well and have had a fruitful trip to the United States in your official capacity. I sincerely hope that you’ve achieved all that you had set out [...]
Satire is seditious?
September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 www.malaysiakini.com Satire is seditious?, ask International Press Freedom Advocacy Groups International press freedom advocacy groups have expressed shock that cartoons and satire in Malaysia can lead its ‘perpetrators’ to being slapped with sedition or other criminal charges and prosecution. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), citing the prosecution of blogger [...]
The Summing Up of the Rosli Dahlan Case: Issues of Justice and Integrity
September 29, 2010September 29, 2010 The Summing Up of the Rosli Dahlan Case: Issues of Justice and Integrity by Din Merican Finally the curtain is down on Musa Hassan. The most despised Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in the entire history of the Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM) was so unceremoniously booted out. A man who had enjoyed so [...]
Appeal to All PKR Members
September 28, 2010September 28, 2010 An Appeal to PKR Members by David Yeoh (received by e-mail) I would like to express my concern over the overzealous acts of some of the contestants who took part in the on-going party election. All contestants should bear in mind the interests of the party at all times. PKR provides opportunities [...]
Jimmy Wales says to Malaysia: Ditch Censorship
September 28, 2010September 28, 2010 Malaysia should ditch censorship, says Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia A co-founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia said on a visit to Malaysia today that the country should ditch censorship which is a damper on economic growth. Jimmy Wales said censorship was counter-productive for Malaysia, which ranked 131 out of 175 nations on the [...]
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s Speech at the 65th Session of United Nations General Assembly
September 28, 2010September 28, 2010 Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s Speech at the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (September 27, 2010) New York, USA Mr. President, Allow me at the onset to congratulate you, on your election as the President of the 65th Session of the United Nations’ General Assembly. I am confident that [...]
The UMNO-BN Dilemma: Mahathir Mohamad
September 27, 2010September 27, 2010 The UMNO- BN Dilemma: What to do with Mahathir Mohamad? Mariam Mokhtar @www.malaysiakini.com Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s warning that “Malays would lose power if Pakatan Rakyat were to come to power”, is not his first racist rant since his retirement. He delights in taking pot-shots at Prime Minister Najib Abdul [...]
Changes in PKR
September 27, 2010September 27, 2010 Changes in PKR as Heavyweights take a tumble by Hazlan Zakaria @ www.malaysiakini.com The latest round of PKR division elections and nominations held last weekend saw party heavyweights becoming the casualties of what some say are the opening skirmishes in an all-out proxy war. The undeclared war is already claiming party heavyweights [...]
New York Times’ Review of Jimmy Carter’s White House Diary
September 27, 2010September 27, 2010 Books Of The Times From Seat of Power, Battling Many Crises by Steven R. Weisman (September 26, 2010) Jimmy Carter’s first book, “Why Not the Best?” — published in 1976 when he was a long shot running for president — introduced him charmingly as a born-again Christian, former Georgia governor, former naval [...]
Run Up to PKR Elections: Zaid Ibrahim Speaks to MSM
September 27, 2010September 27, 2010 Zaid Ibrahim Speaks Up: Ambiguity about PKR Leadership must be resolved Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, a candidate for the post of deputy president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat, has expressed his incredulity at Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s reluctance to contest the presidency. “Everyone knows Anwar is the leader. I don’t see why he should [...]
Silicon Valley’s Sim Tze Tzin: Among The Best of PKR’s New Generation
September 27, 2010September 27, 2010 Silicon Valley’s Sim Tze Tzin: Among The Best of PKR’s New Generation of Leaders By Terence Netto COMMENT: It’s too early to say, but the PKR Bayan Baru divisional elections last weekend may well be a template for the party’s future. The run-up to the elections quickly crystallised into a contest between [...]
Nazri Aziz Responds to Awang Selamat
September 26, 2010September 26, 2010 To be a Malaysian does not necessarily mean to be anti-Malay. Nazri Aziz Responds to Utusan’s Awang Selamat PADANG RENGAS To Mr whoever you are, of course I will respond to your article. If we believe in the freedom of speech, let it be known that it is not only given to [...]
Apa Itu ‘Kuasa Melayu’?
September 26, 2010September 26, 2010 Apa Itu ‘Kuasa Melayu’?(What is that Malay Power) Oleh Dr. Hassan Ahmad@www.utusan.com.my ORANG Melayu baru sedar bahawa ‘Kuasa Melayu’ di negara ini akan pupus, atau setidak-tidaknya Melayu tidak akan berkuasa lagi di negeri ini. Beberapa tanda digunakan untuk membuat ramalan tentang kemungkinan pupusnya kuasa Melayu di negara ini. Hasil Pilihan Raya Umum [...]
Message to Mahathir and PERKASA: Spare Us Negative Politics.
September 26, 2010September 26, 2010 www.nst.com.my Spare Us Negative Politics please and Restart the Politics of Natonal Unity by Zainul Arifin IN the United States now, as it seems like in many countries these days, the political divide is getting wider, and weirder, too.The election of President Barack Obama of the Democratic Party and the Democrats’ control [...]
Awang Selamat’s Rejoinder to Nazri Aziz
September 26, 2010September 26, 2010 Awang Selamat’s Rejoinder to Nazri Aziz In the interest of discourse on this blog, I am posting the rejoinder by Utusan’s Awang Selamat (whose real name and identity remain undisclosed) to Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz’s comments on the former’s uncalled for attack in his article, Alahai Nazri, on the Minister, also known [...]
