January 13, 2011 Is Yoga Hindu? Remember the controversy in Malaysia about the banning of yoga in 2008, which was eventually settled after additional embarassment and flip-flopping by the authorities. Here is a detailed article about the origins of the practice of Yoga. Enjoy.–Din Merican From Religion Dispatches Last month, the Take Yoga Back campaign [...]
Archive for January 2011
Is Yoga Hindu?
January 13, 2011Che Det says: BN can wrest Kedah if…
January 12, 2011January 12, 2011 Barisan Nasional can wrest Kedah back if…, says Che Det Barisan Nasional (BN) will be able to wrest back Kedah if there is no infighting among the leaders, especially in UMNO, says former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “But the problem is, when someone is moving up, another person who is [...]
MACC Panel disagrees with its Chairman Ramon
January 12, 2011January 12, 2011 MACC Panel Dislaims Ramon Navaratnam’s January 4 Statement by Malaysiakini A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) advisory panel has disclaimed its chairperson’s statement that its members were satisfied with attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail’s explanation on his alleged relationship with ex-MAS boss Tajuddin Ramli. In a statement today, the MACC’s Consultation and Corruption Prevention [...]
Remembering Great Voices, Malaysian and American
January 12, 2011January 12, 2011 Remembering Great Voices, Malaysian and American by Syed Nazri @www.nst.com.my THE story of Ted Williams, the man with the golden voice from America, which hit the headlines last week, has truly captured our imagination. How many familiar names can we think of whose claim to fame come from just the sounds of [...]
No Irregularities in Award of Contract, says BDB Board
January 12, 2011January 12, 2010 Bina Darulaman Berhad: No Irregularities in Award of Contract Bina Darulaman Berhad (BDB), a Kedah state government subsidiary, denied today alleged irregularities in the award of the contract to build the Insaniah University College (KUIN) campus in Kuala Ketil, Baling. Its chairperson (Dato Paduka) Mohd Saad Endut said the decision by its [...]
Do Not Appoint Rubber Stamps to the TBH Royal Commission!
January 11, 2011January 11, 2011 Do Not Appoint Rubber Stamps to the Teoh Beng Hock Royal Commission by Din Merican In the 2008 general elections, the Barisan Nasional lost 2/3rd majority in Parliament and 5 states (later recovered Perak) to the opposition Pakatan Rakyat.Then Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi came under severe attacks from within and outside UMNO. A [...]
New Book is coming to Town
January 10, 2011January 11, 2011 Conversations with Mahathir Mohamad : Dr M: Operation Malaysia by Tom Plate About the Book: He began his professional career as a family physician but wound up prescribing innovative political medicines for the entire nation that remain controversial even today. Was he exactly the bold and fearless policy doctor that the troubled [...]
Najib makes first move for GE-13
January 10, 2011January 10, 2011 Najib makes first move for General Elections, reports BERNAMA Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s meeting with 105 Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs yesterday is seen as a start in finding a suitable date for the general election. Although focus was on what more could MPs do for the electorate, it was also to [...]
Ghazalie Shafie on Malay Rights Vs Special Position
January 9, 2011January 9, 2011 Remembering Tun Ghazalie Shafie: Malay Rights Vs Special Position by Stanley Koh@www.freemalaysiatoday.com COMMENT: “There are no Malay rights since our Constitution holds dear that all persons are equal before the law and entitled to equal protection of the law without discrimination on the basis of race and religion.” That was what the [...]
A Gun for Hire I am NOT
January 8, 2011January 8, 2011 http://www.mysinchew.com A Gun for Hire I am NOT One of the crucial qualifications required of a politician, even one subsisting on the fringe of the magic circle such as I, is a capacity to develop a thick hide, quickly, to absorb, withstand and endure cheerfully the innuendos, aspersions and imputations of improper [...]
Royal Commission Yes but…
January 8, 2011January 8, 2011 Najib announces a Royal Commission of Inquiry, but Bar Council and Suhakam wants it to probe Teoh Beng Hock’s Death by Debra Chong @www.themalaysianinsider.com “The Government wants to know the truth and we will do our utmost to find out what really happened.”–Najib Tun Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, announcing the establishment [...]
For Your Weekend Entertainment
January 7, 2011January 7, 2011 Friends and Bloggers, Thank you for your contributions and views. Without your participation, the blog will no doubt be a real bore. We have our differences, but the exchanges we have had in 2010 have been very good and to us, Dr.Kamsiah and I, they have been most educational. The quality of [...]
National Elections: Err on the side of caution, advises EIU
January 7, 2011January 7, 2011 www.themalaysiainsider.com National Elections: Err on the side of caution, advises EIU by Shannon Teoh Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s position as UMNO president and prime minister will be at risk if Barisan Nasional (BN) “fails to secure a resounding victory” in snap polls anticipated this year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). [...]
The shameful whitewashing of A-G Patail’s shenanigans
January 6, 2011January 6, 2010 The shameful whitewashing of A-G Gani Patail’s shenanigans by Din Merican I consider yesterday,January 5, 2011, as a day of shame and deceit because in just one day we, Malaysians, witnessed 3 big cover ups or whitewashes: * When the MACC Corruption Prevention Panel Chairman, Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam, declared that AG [...]
Justice Louis O’Hara: Ministers and Government are above the Law
January 6, 2011January 6, 2011 www.malaysiakini.com An Absurd Kuala Lumpur High Court Judgment: Can Anyone Be Above The Law? Yes, according to Justice Louis O’Hara The Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision today in allowing the striking-out application by Foreign Minister Anifah Aman to a RM100 million defamation suit by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is absurd, said Anwar’s [...]
Stop all these Cover Ups and Whitewash
January 5, 2011January 5, 2011 Stop all these COVER UPS and WHITEWASH! by Din Merican On December 30, 2010, I posted Tan Sri Robert Phang’s New Year’s Press Statement because I share his wishes and hopes for all Malaysians that God’s Blessings be upon all of us, that we become a truly 1Malaysia nation in the pursuit [...]
Teoh Beng Hock Inquest: Open Verdict
January 5, 2011January 5, 2011 BREAKING NEWS: Teoh Beng Hock Inquest–Open Verdict The Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas has returned an open verdict into the death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock, whose body was found on July 16, 2009. No suicide, nor homicide. Open Verdict is the safe option for the Coroner.–Din Merican
