My wife would do the same

Dr M: My wife would do the same
Malaysiakini News
Dr Mahathir Mohamad responded with his trademark sarcasm when asked to comment on his former protege-turned-nemesis Anwar Ibrahim announcing his decision to ’run’ in a by-election.
MCPX
“A loving wife could do nothing better… My wife would have done the same,” replied the 82-year-old former premier with a grin when [...]

Bravest Internet Hero of our time

Bravest Internet Hero warrior of our time
 

We must not forget the truth that any HERO would definitely be seen by the people on the other side of political divide as a Villain.
 
In any war, our Heroes would be the worse enemies of our opponents.
In the true sense of the word, a warrior is a man/woman_

who has [...]

Dr Than Nyein denied medical treatment

Jul 29, 2008 (DVB)–Long-term political prisoner and Kyauk Tan township’s elected people’s parliament representative Dr Than Nyein is still awaiting proper medical attention after being diagnosed with suspected liver cancer in February.
Dr Than Nyein, who is being held in Prom prison, has been suffering from kidney stones and liver problems and was diagnosed with suspected [...]

UN’s Lost Aid May Be Tip of the Iceberg

By WILLIAM BOOT
Wednesday,July 30,2008

BANGKOK—The loss of United Nations aid money via “unacceptable” exchange rates orchestrated by the Burmese regime was going on long before this week’s disclosures about Cyclone Nargis cash losses, a US nongovernmental organization says.
“There are indications that [the United Nations Development Program], even prior to Cyclone Nargis, provided larger cuts to Myanmar’s [...]

Malaysian Immigration Giving Refugees to Traffickers, Say Activists

By Vivian Chong
Vivian Chong is the information and communication officer at Kuala Lumpur-based CARAM Asia.
source:Irrawaddy
Wednesday ,July 30,2008

KUALA LUMPUR—Activists working on migrant issues here claim that corruption is deeply rooted among some Malaysian immigration officers who are handing over Burmese asylum seekers and refugees to human traffickers.
A former Immigration Department director-general was recently detained by the [...]

UK insurance companies helping Myanmar’s brutal regime

UK underwriters ‘helping Myanmar’s brutal regime’
Teak Door, Burmese weekly
Monday July 28, 2008
By Nick Mathiason
The London insurance connection propping up the murderous Myanmar military dictatorship can be revealed in a development that will acutely embarrass leading City of London figures.
Three Lloyd’s of London operators will be named as helping to insure the junta’s state-owned airline [...]

Call to Charge Burma Junta with War Crimes of Rape

 
Posted on Jun 24, 2008
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) welcomes the unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820 on sexual violence during the Council’s debate on 19 June 2008. WLB believes that this historic resolution gives hope to women around the world and in Burma in particular for justice.
 

Human rights laws tied to domestic governance, says Najib

By SHAILA KOSHY
KUALA LUMPUR: Government officials who lack understanding of Malaysia’s regional and international human rights obligations must attend human rights training, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday.
“There is an erroneous perception on the part of some administration officials that international human rights laws have no relation to domestic governance,” said [...]

Saffron Revolution Muslim students sent to labor camps

Saffron Revolution Muslim students sent to labor camps

 
Courtesy: AAPPB Press Release

This week 10 young students were each sentenced to 2 years imprisonment at Kyauktada Township Court. They had participated in last September’s Saffron Revolution and were arrested in October due to their involvement.
AAPP has learned that after they were sentenced, they were placed in iron [...]

The top of 50 Heroes of our time: Aung San Suu Kyi

 Aung San Suu Kyi
Heroes of our time – the top amongst 50
 

There was no doubt about our winner: Aung San Suu Kyi, who received three times as many nominations as even the great Mandela in second place. She has, as Richard Eyre wrote of her in a recent issue, “endured grief, danger and loneliness with [...]

Anwar Ibrahim, one of The World’s Most Influential People

Anwar Ibrahim
By Paul Wolfowitz
The World’s Most Influential People
Our fifth annual list of the world’s most influential people: leaders, thinkers, heroes, artists, scientists and more

Leaders & Revolutionaries
Heroes & Pioneers
Scientists & Thinkers
Artists & Entertainers
Builders & Titans

Holier-than-thou Malaysians exposed by illegals in UK

  
Holier-than-thou Malaysians exposed by illegals in UK
Envoy appeals to overstayers in Britain to go home
 
With this exposure, Malaysians could be black pots if you all profile all Indons, Africans and Myanmars as black kettles.
FYI, there are more than 100,000 Malaysian illegals in US, UK, Aystralia, Japan, Canada etc. And there are thousands of Malaysian refugees in Burma after the [...]

Nuclear Disasters and Accidents

 One of the scariest things about nuclear power is when something goes wrong and an accident occurs. Radiation is released into the environment and people get hurt. Two of the most famous nuclear accidents occurred at the Three Mile Island reactor 2 in the United States and the Chernobyl reactor 4 in the former Soviet [...]

Major Nuclear Power Plant Accidents

December 12, 1952
A partial meltdown of a reactor’s uranium core at the Chalk River plant near Ottawa, Canada, resulted after the accidental removal of four control rods. Although millions of gallons of radioactive water poured into the reactor, there were no injuries.