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,…
Paris Papers: Perimekar just a travel agency
-Dr. Kua Kia Soong, May 5, 2012. COMMENT Having had the privilege of looking at some of the Paris Papers on the Scorpene submarine scandal recently, it behoves me to give anxious landlubbers a ‘hitchhiker's…
Forget the blame game, focus on Bersih 4.0
- Kuo Yong Kooi Everyone who attended the Bersih 3.0 rally last Saturday were there for national interests. The police will have their version of what is in their national interest, PKR leaders Anwar Ibrahim…
Nayati returned, parents thanked everyone
The parents of Nayati Shamelin Moodliar, who was kidnapped on April 27, Shamelin Moodliar and Janice thanked everyone for the support in a press conference at the Ecoba restaurant and bar in Mutiara Damansara, Damansara…
BollyGood
A celebration of living life in the moment, while honouring those less fortunate. The Idea A world record breaking attempt for the largest number of people dancing a Bollywood routine in different locations, in…
Don’t piss in my ear and tell me…
-S Thayaparan, May 5, 2012. When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her. - Oscar Wilde COMMENT Abdar Rahman Koya's 'In defence of storming the barricades at Dataran'…
Chandra Muzaffar’s lambasting of Bersih
-Dr.Lim Teck Ghee, May 4, 2012. COMMENT Friends have asked me what prompted the extraordinary hatchet job that Dr Chandra Muzaffar attempted on the Bersih 3.0 movement and its leaders in his recent article misleadingly…
PDRM – the armed division of Umno
S.Thayaparan, May2, 2012 "I hate victims who respect their executioners" - Jean-Paul Sartre "Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to…
BN Government’s decision is an unmitigated disaster, Tony…
Media Statement by Tony Pua, DAP National Publicity Secretary and Member of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Utara in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 2 May 2012: Nothing short of a full public apology by the Home…
BERSIH 3.0 – “FIGHT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS”
-Tan Jo Hann, Executive Director, PUSAT KOMAS Post BERSIH 3.0 428 - In the midst of the accusations and counter claims of who started the violence on April 28th; or who instigated the breaking of…
PUBLIC LECTURE: COLONIAL IDEOLOGIES OF RACE AND THEIR…
A public lecture on “Colonial ideologies of race and their application in British Malaya” will be held in Kuala Lumpur on 6 May 2012. Dr Carl Vadivella Belle, a former diplomat and currently an independent…
Ambiga: Bersih kept its promise, but cops didn’t
May1, 2012 Bersih 2.0 has denied Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's claims that the movement broke its promise to keep its rally on Saturday peaceful. In a press release today, Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan said…
Police free Tian Chua and 511 other protesters
Police today said all 512 people arrested during a demonstration for free and fair elections, including a senior opposition lawmaker, have been freed. "We have released all of them," national police spokesman Ramli Yoosuf told…
Bersih 3.0 rally: Pressmen harassed, some arrested!
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have been accused of manhandling and assaulting media personnel during the Bersih 3.0 rally today, with several reports of mainly videographers and photographers being arrested while attempting to record incidents of alleged…
Suaram: Respect People’s Right to Assembly and Free…
-Nalini.E, April 27, 2012 The Universal Rights to Assembly and Free Speech Must be Respected! SUARAM strongly condemns any attempt by the police or the ruling party to stop the BERSIH 3.0 Sit and…
DAP Chastises Tunku Abdul Aziz for his comments…
In a press statement issued a shortwhile ago, the Secretary General of DAP, Lim Guan Eng, publicly chastised the Party's senator Tunku Abdul Aziz for his irresponsible remarks opposing Bersih’s right to assemble peacefully and conduct a…
Success of BERSIH 3.0 is important for Indians…
-Senator Dr.S. Ramakrishnan, April 26, 2012 Malaysians of all walks of life gathered on July 2011 Bersih 2.0 rally to call for fair and free elections in Malaysia. Despite the government threatening and warning…
It’s right, and our right, to take part…
-Steve Oh, April 24, 2012. Human life consists of duties and responsibilities to be fulfilled and there comes a time for people to do what is necessary and right. Bersih 3.0 is such a time.…
BERSIH 2.0’s Response to DBKL and PDRM
Yesterday, endorsing NGOs of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections 2.0 (BERSIH 2.0) had an emergency meeting and unanimously decided to proceed with the BERSIH 3.0 “Duduk Bantah” in Dataran Merdeka. The emergency meeting…
The modern Midlands Tamil School is our pride
-Senator Dr. S. Ramakrishnan, April 16, 2012 While the Prime Minister is going around promising to upgrade Tamils, the Selangor state government together with the support of Midlands Tamil School Board of Governors has built…
Should the “Under-class” and “Marginalised” Indians pay for…
- Jiwi Kathaiah, April 15, 2012. The Selangor State government has done what it is not obliged to do. It has built a modern Tamil School using its own resources. Another RM1.9 million is needed…
‘You do not want the TNA because you…
- Rajavarothayam Sampanthan's speech at Sri Lanka Parliament, April 5, 2012. Mr. Deputy Chairman of Committees, we are discussing in the House today, an Adjournment Motion pertaining to the Resolution passed at the UN Human Rights…
New leads require reopening of Altantuya murder case
-Mat Zain Ibrahim, April 11, 2012. COMMENT May I make reference to several reports on the statements made by Dr Setev Shaaribuu who is here in Malaysia searching for justice for his murdered daughter, Altantuya.…
When Malay silence is not golden
-Mariam Mohktar, April 9, 2012. The average human brain weighs about 3 lbs and is 80 percent water. When Einstein’s brain was set aside for research, people were surprised that it was not…