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I?m afraid, really afraid!
Zan Azlee The Malaysian Insider May 24, 2013 MAY 24 ? I?m going to be honest and say outright that I?m afraid of the recent turn of events in our country, with the numerous arrests being made and copies of newspapers being confiscated. But it?s a complicated situation that everything is in right now. And [...]
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An open letter to the home minister
? Stephen Doss The Malaysian Insider May 24, 2013 MAY 24 ? Dear Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, I write to you as someone who has followed your political ascension from Umno Youth chief to your current position as minister of home affairs. As a young university student, I watched with pride when you [...]
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IGP must prove he is not political catspaw of Home Minister Zahid out to extract vengeance for Najib?s poor showing in the 13GE
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar protests too much when he claimed that the arrest of Opposition figures and activists were not politically motivated, that nobody is above the law and offenders should stop using politics as a shield to avoid prosecution. Khalid is quite a ?catch? for UMNO/Barisan Nasional as he is [...]
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Call on Najib to walk the talk of his Wesak Day message ? to take all necessary steps to end race politics and unwind the escalation of racial polarisation since 13GE since May 5, beginning with UMNO and all race-based parties in BN?
I wish all Buddhist in Malaysia a very Happy and Enlightening Wesak Day and non-Buddhists a very happy holiday. Two thousand five hundred years ago, a prince was born and named Siddhartha Gautama who sought and attained Enlightenment. The best way to celebrate Wesak Day, which commemorates three significant events in Gautama Buddha?s life namely [...]
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My dream: A united Malaysia
? Aruna Sena (loyarburok.com) The Malaysian Insider May 24, 2013 MAY 24 ? Malaysia, the land of multiethnicities, faiths and cultures, harmony and stability, not to mention the tagline ?Truly Asia? But is that truly the case with the people of Malaysia? Yes and no. Why? Because of racism. Yes. Racism exists in Malaysia. There?s [...]
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Now anybody can stop reading Utusan Malaysia
? Mustafa K. Anuar The Malaysian Insider May 24, 2013 MAY 24 ? The excessive reaction resorted to by Utusan Malaysia and other Malay-based groups over the fair criticism made by AirAsia X chief executive Azran Osman Rani is disturbing and worrying. Azran had criticised what he rightly considered to be a racial slur in [...]
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The Unsung Heroes of GE13
Thomas Fann May 24, 2013 The 13th General Election is over and the result showed that majority of Malaysians wanted to ?Ubah?, that is, to see change. Many who have worked hard for it are disappointed with the outcome but we realise that we must move on and prepare ourselves for GE14. We salute the [...]
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Utusan On War Path?
(Adoimagazine.com) – The Hammer 22 May 2013 It still puzzles me how Utusan Malaysia has censured AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani for his comments regarding the newspaper’s headline recently post General Elections 2013. Now Utusan refuses to accept any ads from AirAsia until Azran apologizes; Azran had earlier threatened to pull out all ads from [...]
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Open Letter to those BN elected Members of Parliament with integrity and conscience
by Richard Loh May 23, 2013 Dear Yang Berhomat Ahli ahli Parliament Barisan National, It is with much regret to go against my principle to call for your reconsideration in remaining with your coalition party, Barisan National. There must be a very good reason, at times, to go against one’s principle for the sake of [...]
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In Malaysia, a Historic Chance for Reform
By JOHN PANG New York Times KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia May 4, 2013 MALAYSIANS are going to the polls Sunday for the most important election in our history. The opposition stands a real chance of winning, for the first time since independence from Britain in 1957. Recent polls show the People?s Alliance, the opposition coalition led [...]
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The chill of sedition laws
Aerie Rahman (Loyarburok) The Malaysian Insider May 23, 2013 MAY 23 ? Despite it being Spring, London is chilly. Malaysia, so I hear, is extremely hot right now, with friends and family members telling me that the current heat wave is unparalleled to any we?ve had before. Nevertheless, a chilling effect is haunting Malaysia. This [...]
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After GE13, what changed, and the status quo
? The Malaysian Insider May 23, 2013 MAY 23 ? Now that the dust has settled after GE13 and the Malaysian Cabinet has been named, it is time to test the pulse in the country and figure out what has changed and what has not changed. What has changed? ? Umno and Barisan Nasional?s armour [...]
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Sekiranya wujud ?satu orang, satu undi, satu nilai?, BN sudah hilang majoriti dua pertiga di Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah
Di dalam pilihan raya umum yang baru diadakan pada 5 Mei, Barisan Nasional sudah tentu hilang majoriti dua pertiga di dalam Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah sekiranya kita benar-benar ada sistem ?satu orang, satu undi, satu nilai?. Dengan 55.78 peratus daripada jumlah undi keseluruhan untuk 60 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah, iaitu 427,890 undi, Barisan Nasional [...]
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No sobriety or sanity in former judge?s statement
by P Ramakrishnan Aliran Decent thinking Malaysians were justifiably shocked that a former judge of the Court of Appeals, Mohd Noor Abdullah, could have expressed views that are so abhorrently out of character for a judge. There was no sobriety or sanity in his statement. One would expect such incoherent utterings from the likes of [...]
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If there is ?one man, one vote, one value?, BN would have lost two-thirds majority in Sabah State Assembly
In the recently held May 5 general elections, Barisan Nasional would have lost its two-thirds majority in the Sabah State Assembly if we really have a ?one man, one vote, one value? system. With 55.78 per cent of the total votes cast for the 60 Sabah State Assembly seats, i.e. 427,890 votes, Barisan Nasional should [...]
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We just love our motherland, is that so hard to grasp?
? May Chee The Malaysian Insider May 22, 2013 MAY 22 ? More than a hundred thousand have thronged a single rally and there was no untoward incident. Thirty at a candlelight vigil showing solidarity with a young and courageous Malaysian and it turned chaotic. So, when someone says we go to the streets to [...]
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New IGP Khalid Abu Bakar should be censured for wanting to play politics to please his political masters instead of focussing on his first duty ? to make Malaysians, tourists and investors safe from crime and the fear of crime
The new Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar should be censured for wanting to play politics to please his political masters instead of focussing on his first duty to the people ? to make Malaysians, tourists and investors safe from crime and the fear of crime. I have just been informed that two [...]
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The de-racialisation of Barisan Nasional?
? Yang Razali Kassim The Malaysian Insider May 20, 2013 MAY 20 ? On the 44th anniversary of the May 13, 1969, racial riots that gave birth to it, the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) displayed signs of being in existential angst. Though it won the 13th general election on May 5 by securing the most [...]
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A tectonic shift
? Jamil Maidan Flores The Malaysian Insider May 20, 2013 MAY 20 ? After the 13th general election in Malaysia recently, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak grumbled about a ?Chinese tsunami? that barged against his Barisan Nasional coalition, leaving it with only 47 per cent of the popular vote. Barisan Nasional has a Chinese [...]
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Ambiga: Bersih?s ?People?s Tribunal? a ?moral force? to expose electoral fraud
BY CLARA CHOOI The Malaysian Insider May 21, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 ? Bersih 2.0?s ?People?s Tribunal? may not have any legal standing but will serve as a ?moral force? to publicly expose electoral fraud, said Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan when defending the polls watchdog?s final attempt at proving wrongdoing in the May 5 polls. [...]
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