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,…
Who rules Malaysia?: Malaysians or Sri Lankan government,…
-M.Kulasekaran, MP, July 24, 2013. The recent debacle of the documentary “No Fire Zone” that was being screened in KL on the 3rd of June, 2013 by human rights NGO, Komas and filmmaker, Callum Macrae,…
No peace in religion
-S. Thayaparan, July 19, 2013. "What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system,which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with…
Attending CHOGM – Political Blunder for Najib
Citing gross violations of human rights and international condemnation on Sri Lanka for its stand on Muslims, Prime Minister Najib Razak is asked not to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled to…
TPPA – Pawning Malaysians to Save the Politicians?
-Anusha Arumugam, July 18, 2013. Suraya and Leong run a carpentry store. They have two school going children and Leong homes his sickly mother. Currently, they are middle-income. If the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)…
Ladang Bangi struggle:When did police become the tools…
S. Arutchelvan, Secretary General, PSM, July 10, 2013 This morning two key leaders of the Ladang Bangi struggle – Krishan, the Chairperson and Rajan, the Treasurer, were arrested by the D7 team from the…
No ‘moral victory’ for Pakatan in conversion row
-S.Thayaparan, July 10, 2013. "Such a move had triggered many unnecessary controversies and this would also cost the BN government its image, therefore the non-Muslims cabinet members have the responsibility to explain to the public…
Censorship in the No Fire Zone
-S.Thayaparan, July 5, 2013. "By investigating war crimes in Sri Lanka I am acting no differently, than when I made films investigating allegations of war crimes by British and American forces in Iraq." - Callum…
Karpal: Federal Court ruling grammatically wrong
A 2007 Federal Court ruling allowing for unilateral conversion of a child to Islam was “grammatically wrong”, DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh said today.Karpal, who is also a lawyer, said that the court’s ruling was…
Not an act of God, but the folly…
-Dr. S.Ramakrishnan, July 4, 2013. The freedom to practice one's religion is a fundamental liberty enshrined in the Malaysian Constitution. But hardly two months after the 13th general election UMNO is tabling the highly controversial…
Mohd Noor, Is Education Act 1996 unconstitutional?
S. Pasupathy, Prsident, Tamil Foundation, Jne 28, 2013. The former Appeal Court judge Mohd Noor Abdullah had on May 12, declared at a Forum that the vernacular schools (SJKs) have no place in the national…
Pakatan backstabbed us, says PSM chief
Parti Sosialis Malaysia in assessing the 13th general election said its opposition allies had “backstabbed” them even though they fought a common enemy. “True, we faced problems especially when our own friend betrayed and backstabbed…
Landmark Judgment: Police Reform is a Must for…
-E. Nalini, Suaram, June 27, 2013. Stop The State Violence Movement welcomes yesterday's landmark judgment by the High Court, Justice Datuk VT Singham awarding RM851, 700 in damages to the family of A Kugan [1],…
Silenced Voices of Sri Lanka, showing in KL
Journalists in Sri Lanka risk life and limb to practice their profession. Lasantha Wickrematunge was one of these champions. He was gunned down by eight men in broad daylight in the capital, Colombo. His…
Malaysiakini Readers Comments: Is it police SOP to…
Jun 17, 2013. YOURSAY: 'The norm now seems to be that they can beat Indian detainees to death without any action being taken against them.' 49 injuries found on custodial death victim Karuna Cala: Another…
MP Speaks: Speaker Pandikar is out of bounds
-M.Kulasekaran, MP, June 16, 2013. Reference is made to the statement by Pandikar Amin Mulia, dated on 11th of June 2013, which read: “If you do not come on the first day, is it not an…
In MIC, Old is Gold – Saravanan
MIC vice-president M Saravanan has come to the defence of the party’s branch chairmen, above 50-years-old, who have been asked to quit the party to pave the way for younger blood. “Before we ask them…
GBM Calls for Language and Cultural Diversity and…
Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia 13 June, 2013. Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia (GBM) is surprised and shocked over the call by 130 pro-UMNO NGOs, led by the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) yesterday to abolish mother-tongue…
Go it alone: PSM will decide
-S ARUTCHELVAN, SECRETARY GENERAL, PSM, June 13, 2013. Let me comment on the article ‘Best for PSM to go it alone' on Malaysiakini on June 11 in Malaysiakini written by the predictable Parti Keadilan Rakyat…
Kula: Implement IPCMC now
-M.Kulasekaran, MP, June 11, 2013. Malaysians have heard enough of assurances and steps taken to prevent more custodial deaths. Implement IPCMC now! Minister in The Prime Minister’s Department Paul Low said 2 days ago that…
Hello Paul, Setting up of IPCMC is not…
-Tony Pua, MP, June, 10, 2013. The setting up of IPCMC is not just a “name” but a statement of intent that no misconduct by the police will go unchecked and unpunished. In a…
Is Uthaya an Easy Target, Like All Indians?
-Anusha Arumugam, June 8, 2013. It is unfathomable, absurd almost, how Zulkifli Noordin (bowho publicly insulted and viciously mocked Hindu-worship idols, inciting grievous anger and hostility amongst the Indians was not in the slightest reprimanded for…
GE over, National Reconciliation through Interlok?
-M.Kulasekaran, June 8, 2013. The return of Interlok is certainly not a right way to start the process of national reconciliation. In response to the controversial novel, Interlok, being made into a television drama serial…
10 steps to stop lock-up deaths
-P Gunasegaram, June 7, 2013. There are none so blind as those who will not see. - Jonathan Swift QUESTION TIME There is absolutely no way in the world that torture and death in police…