Dear Dr Lim Teck Ghee, Since you have mentioned my name in your good article (‘Updating Dr M on who runs the country’) and asked me to comment – here goes! Yes, I agree that the discontinuation of the publication of the civil service staff list is unfortunate! When I joined the Malaysian civil … Read more
Sambungan wawancara penulis dengan Senator Yusof Husin, seorang bekas tahanan ISA yang terlibat dengan peristiwa Memali di Baling. Bahagian (1) rencana ini diterbitkan kelmarin. Latarbelakang Usaha untuk menangkap Ibrahim Libya dilakukan bermula dari Sept 2, 1985 sehingga beliau berjaya diberkas. Situasi di mana orang kampung sendiri memberhentikan OCPD Baling, Tunku Muzaffar dan dua orang … Read more
Is it true that Umno has allowed the situation of Malay dominance to be so badly eroded that the community is facing a bleak and hopeless future? The Ketuanan party is being overly modest if it refuses to take any credit for the Malays’ measurable success. In which case, we should all be content to … Read more
Click on image to enlarge Peristiwa Memali berlaku pada 19 November 1985 masih tersemat di dalam fikiran kebanyakan orang terutama masyarakat Baling dan lebih-lebih lagi ahli keluarga 14 orang yang korban. Menurut Kementerian Dalam Negeri melalui jawapan Dewan Negara pada April 26, 2010, spekulasi yang mendakwa Musa Hitam (tatkala itu timbalan perdana … Read more
Morality of this tale: You were right to emigrate; it’s still safer elsewhere. Ng Wei Aik (left) is state assemblyman and aide to Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng. This fact is of no fundamental political consequence until, one day soon after Israel’s military operation against the Gaza flotilla, he saw that his party, … Read more
It’s mighty suspicious that Umno has the most members not in its traditional stronghold of Johor but in Sabah! The Umno website reported on Monday party vice president Mohd Shafie Apdal as saying Sabah has 449,805 Umno members, followed by Johor with 428,663 and Selangor 414,142 in third place. He said the updated membership roll … Read more
Sehingga kini pihak istana Johor tidak memberi sebarang alasan mengapa darjah kebesaran yang dianugerahkan kepada mantan menteri kabinet Chua Jui Meng ditarik balik. Chua tidak muncul di dalam filem pornografi (sungguhpun aku merasakan penglibatan pornografi seseorang ialah hak peribadi individu), tidak didakwa atas jenayah rasuah, tidak melesapkan wang rakyat dan sebagainya yang boleh mengakibatkan arang … Read more
Life as a gamble The cabinet decision not to issue a sports betting licence to Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd is the right one but it was made for the wrong reasons. According to prime minister Najib Razak, the reason for not legalizing sports betting was “the impact it will have from the perspective of … Read more
The Centre for Policy Initiatives endorses this declaration 2010 Asia Declaration on Internet Governance “[The IGF is] multilateral, multi-stakeholder, democratic, and transparent.” – 2005 Tunis Agenda “[We call for] a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society…full respect and upholding of universal human rights including freedom of opinion and expression; and “The universality, … Read more
Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali has proposed that taxes from haram activities like gambling and liquor sales be increased so that the surplus can be used set up a scholarship fund for non-Malays. Ibrahim said his proposal made sense because gambling and liquor were industries that Muslims stayed clear of, and that while he is not … Read more