Longing for a genuine democratic change in Myanmar

Longing for a genuine democratic change in Myanmar
Adapted and Burmanized from Ms Irene Fernandez’s letter in Malaysiakini
 
A few months ago, a number of seamen from trawler boats jumped ship in Tanjung Manis, Sarawak. These Cambodian fishermen were brought to work in Thailand as construction workers but sold to Thai fishing trawler owners.
Fitting to the mould [...]

Ms Irene Fernandez, abused by the justice system?

Ms Irene Fernandez, abused by the justice system?
Malaysiakini article by KJ John | Aug 12, 08
I have known Irene Fernandez and her family since about the 1960s. We were neighbours and I often say publicly “that we all, as kids, used to play marbles, rounders, and kites together.” Those were the days before TVs and [...]

Foreign Workers are turned into commodities for buy/sell

Foreign Workers are turned into
commodities for buy/sell
Malaysiakini article by Baradan Kuppusamy | Aug 12, 08
Like thousands of migrant workers, Mir Hussein Wahab, aged 29, from Lahore, Pakistan, is a victim of a new phenomenon called , a Malay term that describes a human trafficking racket that rakes in millions of dollars for international syndicates.
jual-beli
 
Literally, [...]

Gus Dur visits DSAI

Gus Dur visits DSAI
Malaysiakini news by Terence Netto | Aug 12, 08
Friendships can develop from several roots: when they serve mutual needs, when dependencies overlap and when shared experiences are intense.
But there is another type that can develop between intelligent people who are otherwise strangers to each other: when they share a common store [...]

Meeting President Bush

By AUNG ZAW
Monday,August 11,2008
Last week, several Burmese exiles living in Thailand were invited to have lunch with President George W Bush at the US ambassador’s residence in Bangkok. 
Months of preparation went into the meeting, which was intended to give Bush an opportunity to learn more about Burma’s current political situation. Although his Thai hosts were [...]

German institute to help fight cybercrime in Malaysia

German institute to help fight cybercrime in Malaysia
By DHARMENDER SINGH in Online news
SHAH ALAM: Mimos has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Ruhr-University Bochum of Germany to conduct joint research into ways to reduce phishing, pharming, viruses, hacking and other types of cybercrime.
Mimos Information Security Cluster head Prof Dr Mohamed Ridza Wahiddin said the number [...]

If Doctor and Hospital fine over leaked report, you must take similar action on leaked Dr M’s letter to Israel PM

If Doctor and Hospital fined over leaked report,
you must take similar action on leaked Dr M’s letter to Israel PM
COMMENT: We hereby wish to request that_
If Doctor and Hospital fined over leaked report,you must take similar action on leaked ‘alleged Dr M’s letter’ to Israel PM.
After all OSA is more powerful and serious than Private [...]

OLYMPIC FIREWORKS FAKED FOR TV

 

From SkyNews
LONDON, Aug 12 — The global television audience of more than three billion people watched in amazement as a series of giant footprints outlined in fireworks proceeded through the night sky from Tiananmen Square to the Bird’s Nest stadium — except they were watching a computer animation.

Suu Kyi Discusses Detention with her Lawyer

By VIOLET CHO
Monday,August 11,2008

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had a rare meeting with her lawyer to discuss her continuing house arrest, a National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman reported on Monday.
The meeting between Suu Kyi, head of the NLD, and lawyer Kyi Win was held on Friday at the Nobel laureate’s Rangoon [...]