Dr Paraman, as usual, has put together a thought-provoking piece – ‘Hindraf critics are demonising the victims’ – and no doubt with the help of subject matter experts on several related issues. No one can deny the arguments being made and which can continue to be made among others by the Indian Nation in Malaysia, … Read more
Introduction by Dr Lim Teck Ghee On 5 March 2013, CPI posted an article on ‘NEM at ground level: same old model, no paradigm shift’. The article revealed how pork importation has degenerated from a freer market to a semi-monopoly controlled by a business-political mafia and which involves the highest level of leadership in the … Read more
As a voter who has been keenly observing the fast evolving political scenario, especially since the tsunami of 2008, in which Hindraf played a pivotal role and not merely as a catalyst as some reckon, I was truly appalled at the latest salvo fired against Hindraf by those who can quite reasonably be referred to … Read more
When the New Economic Model (NEM) was first unveiled by the government, Prime Minister Najib Razak promised that it would be market-friendly, merit-based and transparent. Three years later, most business people have discovered that it is the same old model in new packaging — still not market-friendly, not merit-based and opaque. It is turning … Read more
The recent lifting of the ban on Hindraf has resulted in a flood of commentary about how this and other measures undertaken by Najib Razak and the Barisan Nasional government to recapture Indian support through various conciliatory measures may impact on Hindraf and the larger Indian population (see here ). The consensus among many commentators … Read more
The pro-Umno author and blogger Syed Akbar Ali, in a post critiquing the Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah, has argued that it would not be out of place to have a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate why one million immigrants who were mostly Chinese and Indians were given citizenship in … Read more
As we begin a new year, a rash of old issues and challenges confront the country. Chief amongst them are racial and religious tensions and a rising sense of marginalization and alienation among our minority communities while at the same time the majority community feels threatened and insecure. Many of these problems are deeply entrenched. … Read more
CPI’s introduction We received a letter of complaint on public healthcare services in Negeri Sembilan. A ruling has been issued stating that blood tests for many medical conditions can no longer be carried out by the government hospitals and clinics in the state. We are reproducing the complainant’s letter in its original Bahasa Malaysia … Read more
The Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has stated that his vision of 1Malaysia is intended to counter the growing national divide between Malaysians on race, religion and other sensitive socio-cultural issues. He has also argued that the aim of the vision is to strengthen national unity on the basis of inclusiveness – “this policy means that … Read more
Open letter to the Prime Minister on Lynas by a group of concerned mothers YAB Dato’ Seri Mohd. Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak, We, representatives of mothers from Kuantan hereby present to you, Honourable Prime Minister Najib Razak and as a loyal son of Pahang, our concerns with regard to the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant … Read more