K. Siladass. - On 20th February 2012, Lim Kit Siang, now Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang, was celebrating his seventieth birthday at Pan Pacific Hotel in Penang. Among the celebrities were Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim,…
Suaram tells off President Obama!
-E,Nalini, Executive Director, Suaram, October 23, 2013. SUARAM has written a letter to the US President today, rebutting a statement made by President Barack Obama on 11 October that Malaysia is a global model for…
Why another case of insensitivity against the Indian…
-M. Kula Segaran, MP. October 22, 2013. Yesterday, DAP Seri Delima assemblyman RSN Rayer called on the Education Ministry to cancel its compulsory briefing for teachers invigilating in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil…
Malaysia: Drop Charges to Flim Screening
Screeing of Sri Lanka Documentatry “No Fire Zone” is Halted. (Bangkok) – The Malaysian authorities should immediately drop charges against a rights activist accused of showing a film about Sri Lanka’s civil war without Censorship Board approval, Human Rights…
Allah and the practice of my faith
-Irene Fernandez, October 20, 13. COMMENT Who are you to tell me what name I should call or give the God I believe and worship? I can call God, Yahweh, Allah, Andavar or Theivam. It…
Cow slaughtering in school compound must be completely…
-M.Kulasegaran, MP. October 19, 2013. It was reported in Malaysiakini that a primary school in Kuala Lumpur slaughtered a number of cows in its compound two days ago during school hours, prompting complaints of insensitivity by…
Parents fume over cow slaughter in school
A primary school in Kuala Lumpur slaughtered a number of cows in its compound yesterday during school hours, prompting complaints of insensitivity by non-Muslim parents. One parent, S Dineswary told Malaysiakini that according to her…
1 Malaysia, 2 Allah System of Najib
The "1 Malaysia, 2 Allah" system proposed by the Najib Cabinet is not just untenable, it showed that even the Government cannot agree with the Court of Appeal over the "Allah" controversy. According to Minister…
Scholars counter ‘infidel’ argument over ‘Allah’
Declaring Muslims who allow Christians to use the word 'Allah' as infidel has larger implications as it involves the entire Muslim world and prominent scholars, former Perlis mufti Asri Zainul Abidin says. Asri said this…
Rule of Law or Rule by Zahid’s Law?,…
The Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has, since the last general election been behaving unbecoming of a Minister of Malaysia. He behaved his worst on October the 6, 2013, in Melaka when he committed multiple…
‘Stop being judges if you can’t uphold constitution’
The Court of Appeal has come under flak for its ruling to bar Catholic weekly The Herald from using ‘Allah’ to refer to God in its Malay edition. Lawyer Syahredzan Johan (left) said judges should…
A gangster as home minister?
-P Gunasegaram, October 11, 2013. QUESTION TIME If it wasn’t so serious, what Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said would be seriously funny. Although others have said that Zahid was joking, he has not said…
What is the Prime Minister, Cabinet and IGP’s…
-Lim Kit Siang, October 10, 2013. Both the Prime Minister, Najib Razak and the Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar cannot continue to remain silent on the Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s policy of…
Cops urged to probe Zahid’s admission of BN’s…
Ayer Keroh state assemblyperson Khoo Poay Tiong has lodged a police report on BN's alleged underworld links, based on the content of Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's controversial speech in Malacca last Saturday. At one…
Sack Zahid Hamidi as Home Minister, Suaram demands
-Thevarajan, Suaram Co0-ordinator, October 8, 2013. After the exposure of the scandalous statements by the Home Minister Zahid Hamidi to the UMNO faithful in Malacca on 6 September 2013, we call on the Prime Minister…
Chin Peng – Pejuang atau Pengganas? – Disebalik…
Chin Peng - Pejuang atau Pengganas? - Disebalik Perjanjian Haatyai. 8 October 8.30pm, KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, Anjuran: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)
Carry on, Zahid tells ‘Tiga Line’ dons
EXCLUSIVE Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has tough words for criminal gangs but the home minister appears to have a soft spot for the Tiga Line underworld group, calling them his friends and urging them to do…
Zahid now trains guns on dailies, threatens closure
Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has reportedly barred the media from reporting a closed event at which he allegedly made "sensitive remarks" yesterday, threatening to close down all news dailies. According to an Oriental Daily…
Missing guns – Zahid Hamidi at bay
-Terencee Netto, October 5, 2013. COMMENT Slay the messenger that bears the bad news. If you can't exactly throttle him, then hector and hassle him to the extent that he has goose pimples every time…
An Engineered Mess: Persistent Human Rights Violations As…
-Dr. Irene Fernandez Executive Director, Tenaganita, October 4, 2013. For the past 29 months, the Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs has dragged migrant workers and employers in Malaysia through the shady and distressing rollercoaster of…
LAUNCH OF DOMESTIC WORKERS CAMPAIGN
-Domestic Workers Campaign Coalition, October 4, 2013. DOMESTIC WORK IS WORK. DECENT WORK, DECENT WAGE, & DECENT LIFE FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS On the 6th of October 2013, the Domestic Workers Campaign Coalition will launch the next…
Suaram to Ban and Navi, urge the Malaysian…
Suaram has today ( October 3, 2013) sent an open letter to Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations and Navanethem Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights drawing their attention to…
Economist: Inking TPPA will sour ties with China
Signing the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, which is still locked in negotiations, could sour Malaysia's relationship with its top trading partner China, said a leading economist. According to former United…
Fake degrees and Ministers!
-Dr. Kian Ming Ong, DAP Serdang MP, October 2, 2013. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, ShahidanKassim’s reply in parliament is an insult to the intelligence of all Malaysians and demonstrates that he does not…