Threats, Racism and Lies: A Regime Hanging on…

- Charles Santiago, Member of Parliament, June 29, 2012. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr said, "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity". I wonder what ruling…

MIC youth upset with Thaipusam remark of PAS…

-Senator Dr. S. Ramakrishnan, June 25, 2012. PAS vice president Salahuddin Ayub has denied uttering derogatory words on Thaipusam festival or Hindu religion which MIC youth took offence with. He had said that mass gathering…

Malaysia Mentioned 3 Times at UN Human Rights…

Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Assembly and Association, Maina Kiai’s reporting session resumed today where he mentioned Malaysia on numerous occasions in his closing speech. Maina Kiai affirmed his intention to continue constructive dialogue and…

Sue KL mayor instead, says Suaram

PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) should sue Kuala Lumpur Mayor Ahmad Fuad Ismail instead of Bersih leader S Ambiga for alleged losses incurred during the April 28 rally for clean and fair elections.…

Deaths in custody – the hurt lock-up

-S.Thayaparan, June 16, 2012. "Jail's no home for the truth." - Carandiru COMMENT Three years is not a long time. Here in Malaysia, it's just a year short of how long a regime can legitimately…

Irshad Manji’s books: Is our faith so fragile?

-Sarajun Hoda Abdul Hassan, June 15,2012. IrshadManji, an Ugandan-born Canadian author who claims she is a faithful Muslim, was in Malaysia recently to launch ‘Allah, Kebebasan dan Cinta', the Malay translation of her book ‘Allah,…

It is not RM180 million, it is change…

Prime Minister Najib’s comment at the MIEC Forum last sunday that the Indian business will be eligible for RM 180 million by various mechanism through MIEC clearly does not address other substantive issues affecting the…

The great Umno man’s burden

-S. Thayaparan, June 11, 2012 Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments. - Andrew Jackson COMMENT When…

500,000 visitors expected at Global Indian Festival

The  10th Global Indian Festival (GIF) which started on June 6, 2012 was officially launched today by Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob in Kuala Lumpur. GIF has successfully grown both in…

First French submarines, now Australian banknotes

-DEAN JOHNS COMMENT BN's politicians and cronies have been on a national and international corruption spree for decades. So it's nice to see signs that, despite current Prime Minister Najib Razak's expensive efforts to portray…

9 YEARS WAITING FOR JUSTICE – death in…

On 12 May 2003, a young healthy teenager, Ulaganathan a/l Muniandy, aged 19, was picked up by cops under the Penal Code Section 302 and was later charged under the Emergency Ordinance (EO). He was…

Kit Sinag: Hisham, your duty is not to…

Press statement by Lim Kit Sinag, June 6, 2012. Priority duty of Hishammuddin as Home Minister is to give full support to Suhakam inquiry into Bersih 3.0 rally  and dissolve the Hanif Panel  instead of…

How public lands get stolen

-KJ JOHN, June 5, 2012.  In 1985, I bought a house from SPPK Sdn Bhd located at Lot PT16589, mukim of Damansara, district of Petaling Jaya. At that time, we had sought the views of a…

DAP Forum: Malaysian Indians lagging behind

A forum to discuss the social and economical problems faced by Indians in Johor was organised by Johor DAP Gelang Patah branch on May 26, 2012. Around hundred over local Malaysian Indians participated in the…