Anwar delivers a tough message to PKR MPs and ADUNs in Penang

November 9, 2009
Ultimatum to PKR leaders
by Athi Shankar
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has issued an ultimatum to party leaders and elected representatives – toe the line or leave the party. Stressing that they should be loyal to the party, the parliamentary opposition leader also pointed out to PKR divisional leaders, assemblypersons and parliamentarians that [...]

Rosli Dahlan files two additional summons

November 6, 2009
Comment:
Sometime in September, 2009 (September 20?), I carried in this blog a report with due acknowledgment to Malaysia-Today that respected Malaysian lawyer Encik Rosli Dahlan filed a rm50 million suit against MACC, the Government of Malaysia and Utusan Malaysia (a paper owned by UMNO) for defamation and unlawful detention.
Most of my blog readers [...]

Jeffrey hints at 2nd chance for PKR in Sabah

Oct0ber 29, 2009
Joe Fernandez writes (October 28, 2009): Jeffrey hints at 2nd chance for PKR in Sabah
Jeffrey Kitingan, who yesterday quit his post as PKR vice-president, has hinted at the possibility of a second chance for opposition party in Sabah. However, he painted a ‘big if’ situation.
He urged party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail [...]

Happy Diwali – शुभ दीपावली – Happy Deepawali

Fortunate is the one who has learned to admire, but not to envy.
Good wishes for a joyous Diwali with a plenty of peace and prosperity for all our Indian Malaysian brothers and sisters. Be generous to the less fortunate among  us so that they too can enjoy the Festival of [...]

The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 goes President Barack H. Obama

October 9, 2009
President Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

US President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for giving the world “hope for a better future” and striving for nuclear disarmament.
The decision to award one of the world’s top accolades to a president less than nine months into his first [...]

Congrats to Aburizal Bakrie

Jakarta Globe
October 8, 2009
Aburizal Bakrie Elected New Golkar Party Chairman; Tommy Suharto Gets No Votes

Pekanbaru, Riau. Golkar advisory board member and Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare, Ir. Aburizal Bakrie, was officially elected as the new Golkar Party chairman on Thursday morning after securing more than half of total votes at the party’s national congress.
There were [...]

Chinese Language Papers told not to report on Isa’s suspension

October 6, 2009
Chinese Language Papers have been asked not to report on Isa’s Suspension from UMNO

by Ng Ling Fong
At least two Chinese-language dailies have been ordered not to report on Isa Samad’s suspension from UMNO, after he was found guilty of buying votes during the party polls in 2004.
Isa is contesting the Bagan Pinang by-election [...]

RPK speaks his mind on his solitary confinement and his meeting with Dr. Setev of Mongolia

October 4, 2009

RPK Strikes on YouTube

PM Najib: Take care of your own backyard first!

September 7, 2009
Prime Minister Najib: Look at Your Flaws and Frailties of Your Leadership of our nation

by Din Merican
Of late, we have been witnessing desperate attempts by our 1Malaysia Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak, to divert our attention away from his increasingly inapt and directionless administration.
With the help of the mainstream media, he [...]

Selling Sime Darby shares to Foreign Parties

September 7, 2009
Selling Sime Darby shares to Foreign Parties:  A Strategic Move?
by Din Merican

A popular web-paper, The Malaysian Insider reported a few days ago –it was subsequently removed from its website— that Malaysia was offering China a stake in Sime Darby Berhad, one of the world’s largest palm oil companies with extensive interests in the [...]

Good Video on How the Communications World is Changing the rest of the World

Pakatan Rakyat defeats UMNO-BN in Permatang Pasir

August 25, 2009
Pakatan Rakyat wins Permatang Pasir: Was there any doubt?
BREAKING News:
PAS-PR  won the Permatang Pasir state seat by-election in Penang  with a majority of 4,551 votes. The majority however had decreased by more than 800 votes since the last general election which saw the party winning by 5,433 votes.
The Election Commission announced that PAS [...]

More police brutality

Art Harun: 1Malaysian dalam Kenangan

posted by din merican–August 13, 2009
Comment: Although it is appears in Malaysiakini and Malaysia-Today, I have decided upon request and with the permission of Art Harun to feature his well written yet nostalgic piece entitled 1Malaysia dalam Kenangan. In reacting to it on his blog I wrote:
“Excellent and inspired piece. I am moved by the [...]

Muhyiddin’s Vituperation against Anwar Ibrahim

posted by din merican–August 9, 2009
August 8, 2009
UMNO’s gushing drivel
by Terence Netto
The Ogre does what ogres can,
Deeds quite impossible for man,
But one prize is beyond his reach:
The Ogre cannot master speech.
About a subjugated plain,
Among it’s desperate and slain,
The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
While drivel gushes from his lips.
- W H Auden
Something about the relative [...]

Anwar Ibrahim’s Tribute to Cory Aquino

August 2, 2009
IN PRAISE OF CORY AQUINO
Cory Aquino’s life proved that one woman’s heroic response to adversity can transform a tribulation into a national triumph
By Anwar Ibrahim
In assessing every notable figure of history, a vexing question arises: to what extent did greatness inhere in the person, and to what degree was it a product of [...]