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Key to winning the elections

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Published: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 10:03
Posted by NH Chan

ballot-winIn a democracy there is no such thing as the hijacking of an elected government and supplanting it with an appointed one that was made possible by the intervention of a third party in the form of a ruler or king.

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The right to know one's history

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Published: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 09:30
Posted by Mrs Sheela

The teaching of History at the secondary school level is shrouded in controversy due to the apparent inaccuracies, biased representations and distortion of facts.  

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Malay history: What’s missing from the textbooks (2)

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Published: Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:10
Posted by John Doe

Why is there no ‘local’-shaped mosque architecture in Malacca? Why is there Bukit Cheena in Malacca, but no Bukit Melayu or more importantly, no Bukit Sultan? Why is there zero trace of any grave belonging to the Sultan of Malacca?

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Malacca is a glorified kampung fiction

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Published: Monday, 24 January 2011 05:49
Posted by John Doe

‘Sejarah Melayu’ was originally titled ‘Asal-Usul Raja-Raja’. It was written in 1623. This was 200 years after Parameswara ‘swam’ across bay to reach Malacca. How could anyone have known what it was like 200 years ago in those days of 1623?

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Malay history: What’s missing from the textbooks

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Published: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 10:07
Posted by John Doe

Brunei has always been known to be one of the earliest Muslim Kingdoms in Southeast Asia. They pride themselves in this fact. All their neighbors pride themselves in this too, and of course, since it is fact, it is irrefutable. Right?

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