July 15, 2011 Malaysian Guest an “embarrassment” for British Prime Minister David Cameron By Clare Rewcastle Brown The Reasons for the “Embarrassment” The British Police refused to indulge the Najib government’s demand that they ban Bersih-linked protests in London during the Malaysian premier’s visit. LONDON: The massive Bersih 2.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur has made [...]
Archive for July 2011
Prime Minister Najib defends Bersih 2.0 clampdown
July 15, 2011July 15, 2011 Najib defends clampdown on Bersih2.0 march By Shannon Teoh@www.themalaysianinsider.com Dato’ Seri Najib Razak was forced to defend the clampdown on Saturday’s BERSIH2.0 rally when faced with reporters in London, saying that allowing the march to proceed would have resulted in protracted chaos in the country. The New York Times reported that the [...]
BBC reports on BERSIH2.0
July 15, 2011July 15, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Breezes of change in Malaysia Her Majesty The Queen in BERSIH colors By Rachel Harvey BBC South East Asia Correspondent (July 13, 2011) Protesters on the streets of Kuala Lumpur were met by police in full riot gear and clouds of tear gas Malaysia’s reputation as a peaceful, multi-ethnic role model [...]
Dr.Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj: Social Critic, Tireless Activist and MP for Sungai Siput
July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 People’s Campaign for Release of Dr. Michael Jeyakumar and his Associates Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj: A Doctor, Social Critic, Tireless Activist and Member of Parliament by Dr. Khoo Boo Teik@www.malaysiakini.com Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj, or Kumar as I call him, is a public figure of enormous stature. Very much respected for his [...]
US airs concerns on Malaysia’s crackdown
July 14, 2011US airs concerns on Malaysia’s crackdown July 14, 2010 The United States on Wednesday voiced concern about Malaysia’s weekend crackdown on an opposition-backed rally and said it would keep an eye on developments. Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons to end Saturday’s rally to demand electoral changes and arrested more than 1,600 people. [...]
Bersih– Art Harun’s Final Thoughts
July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 Bersih – My Final Thoughts “Wise men profits more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.” – Cato the Elder (234 BC – 149 BC) from Plutarch, Lives. In my opinion, the biggest [...]
Ambiga speaks to AWSJ
July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 Ambiga speaks to The ASIAN Wall Street Journal on July 12, 2011 An estimated 20,000 protesters gathered in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to call for reforms to Malaysia’s electoral system. The surprisingly large turnout—and the government’s tough response, with water cannons and tear gas—appears to have galvanized the country’s opposition, which until [...]
Najib’s Papal Diplomacy
July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com Najib’s Papal Diplomacy by Selena Tay (july 13, 2011) The Power, The Papacy and The Prime Minister’s Plot ought to be a retro movie in the Cold War era or the stuff of which the series of ‘Vatican Conspiracies’ are made of. But strangely, it also describes Prime Minister Najib Razak’s [...]
The Passing of Raja Aziz Addruse
July 13, 2011July 13, 2011 The passing of Raja Aziz Addruse by Hafiz Yatim (Jul 12, 11, 3:29pm)@www.malaysiakini.com Prominent and highly respected lawyer Raja Aziz Addruse passed away at 1.20pm today, after a battle with cancer. It is learnt he had been seeking treatment in Singapore. Raja Aziz, 75, who was a former Bar Council chairperson, was [...]
Never Fear to Negotiate
July 13, 2011July 13, 2011 BERSIH2.0–The Summing Up: Never Fear to Negotiate On Saturday (July 9, 2011) former President of the Malaysian Bar Council Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan (recognised by US First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for community service) and her friends from civil society organisations led the Walk for Democracy to demand [...]
Malaysia is not Free, says The Jakarta Post
July 12, 2011July 12, 2011 http://www.thejakartapost.com Jakarta Post Editorial: Malaysia: Rich but not Free Mon, 07/11/2011 10:20 AM The leaders of Malaysia are laboring under an old paradigm that says you can have development or democracy, but not both. We have news for them: You can be rich and free at the same time. Malaysians deserve both [...]
BERSIH2.0: Message and Point made
July 12, 2011July 12, 2011 BERSIH2.0: Ambiga and Friends sent a message and made their point by Freemalaysiatoday Brute force did not beat back the human tide that swept through the heart of Kuala Lumpur on July 9 – a date that will go down as a historic day for democracy. BERSIH 2.0 rallied thousands of people [...]
Najib’s Forceful NO to a Competitive Political System
July 12, 2011REVIEW & OUTLOOK ASIA July 12, 2011 Najib’s forceful NO to a Competitive Political System for Malaysia Based on the evidence of this weekend’s rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysians aspire for a more competitive political system than what they have. Also based on this weekend’s evidence, Prime Minister Najib Razak isn’t prepared to give it [...]
Police Use of Brute Force radicalised BERSIH2.0
July 12, 2011July 12, 2011 Police Use of Brute Force radicalised BERSIH2.0 by Terence Netto To hear Anwar Ibrahim say it, last Saturday’s brush by some Pakatan Rakyat and BERSIH leaders with alleged Police brutality has ‘radicalised’ them.In particular, the incident in the KL Sentral underpass where a cohort of top leaders were caught in a hail [...]
BERSIH2.0: UN Human Rights Experts express dismay
July 12, 2011July 12, 2011 The Royal Malaysian Police Federal Reserve Unit –Readying for a Fight UN Human Rights Experts express dismay at Malaysian Government’s Repression of BERSIH2.0 Rally GENEVA – UN Human Rights experts* on Monday (july 11) expressed their dismay at the use of tear gas and water cannons by security authorities against peaceful protestors [...]
Eliminate that “Cold War” Mindset, urges AB Shamsul
July 12, 2011July 12, 2011 Eliminate that “Cold War” Mindset, urges AB Shamsul by Clara Chooi@www.themalaysianinsider.com(july 11,2011) Social anthropologist Dato’ Shamsul Amri Baharuddin today advised the Najib administration to modernise its internal security to deal with present-day threats, instead of holding on to “Cold War” tactics just to be able to deploy them on political rivals. The [...]
Reflections on July 9 BERSIH2.0 Walk for Democracy
July 11, 2011July 11, 2011 Reflections on July 9 BERSIH2.0 Walk for Democracy By Charles Santiago, DAP’s Klang Member of Parliament Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent – these are the words of the Dalai Lama. The revered leader lives in exile following [...]
