Malaysia PM YAB Datuk Sri Najib: “Abolish NEP”

Malaysia PM YAB Datuk Sri Najib said: “Abolish NEP” On his maiden trip to Singapore yesterday, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was on a charm offensive, touching on his plan to dismantle the National Economic Policy (NEP), a sore contention point in Malaysia’s race-relations. In an interview with Singapore’s Straits Times, Najib (right) said that [...]

Deaths at construction site highlight plight of migrant workers

Gabrielle Chong  from:Malaysiakini The problems facing migrant workers have been brought to the forefront again following the gruesome death of two Bangladeshi workers at a construction site in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, last Sunday.   The two Bangladeshi workers were crushed to death by a ton of concrete bricks that fell from the 22nd floor of [...]

The Association of Religious Scholars (PUM) should acknowledge that at least Malaysiakini and Manjit Bhatia wrote one truth about Myanmar

The Association of Religious Scholars (PUM) should acknowledge that at least  Malaysiakini and Manjit Bhatia wrote one truth about Myanmar It didn’t even dare condemn the Burmese military thugs who rule Burma, whose justice is meted out in the Stalinist/Maoist standard of the end of gun’s barrel. Just look at how much braver Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines are [...]

Obama for Dobama Naypyidaw

Obama for Dobama Naypyidaw Adapted and Burmanized from thw Malaysiakini’s article by Azly Rahman  NOTE: DOBAMA is pronounced as Do’ Bama and means, we Burmans or our Burmese or we all as Burmese. ‘Do’ ‘ could mean we and has a possessive meaning. This is not my invention but we Burmese already had a Do’ [...]

Human Rights of Burmese in Myanmar and Malaysia

Human Rights of Burmese in Myanmar and Malaysia Extracts from the Malaysiakini article by Josh Hong  Even with his years of political experience and decent academic credentials, Foreign Affairs Minister Rais Yatim (Malaysia) never seems to notice the speck in his eye when he suggests others have the beam in theirs. Yesterday at Parliament House, he told the press that [...]

Anwar’s US policy ?

Anwar’s US policy ? Extracts from Josh Hong   At a closed-door dialogue with Anwar Ibrahim a couple of years ago, a question was raised as to whether the wannabe prime minister’s US policy would be too friendly to be palatable to many, which had some pro-Washington attendants in the room nervous. Always a smart [...]

Modernisation of Islam is the only way to the victory for Muslims

Modernisation of Islam is the only way to the victory for Muslims Mustafa Akyol in Malaysiakini MUSTAFA AKYOL, contributing author to www.WauBebas.org, is a Turkish columnist based in Istanbul. Not long ago I ran into a quote from Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Egyptian Muslim scholar and Al-Jazeera televangelist, in Turkey’s controversial Islamist daily . The 80-year-old [...]

Dear MPs Don’t learn this from Taiwan and Try At Home!

Taiwan legislators from the DPP and Kuomintang fight in Parliament in Taipei. Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties failed to agree on how an independent National Communications Commission, set up to monitor the media, should be formed.

Q&A: Saiful didn’t tell me it was Anwar

Q&A: Saiful didn’t tell me it was Anwar Malaysiakini interview by Beh Lih Yi | Sep 5, 08 Dr Mohd Osman Abdul Hamid, the Pusrawi Hospital doctor who first examined Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan over a sodomy complaint, denied that he advised the latter to lodge a police report. In an interview with Malaysiakini yesterday, the [...]

Doc defends his sodomy examination

Doc defends his sodomy examination Malaysiakini news and interview, Beh Lih Yi | Sep 5, 08 Contrary to what his employer Pusrawi Hospital has claimed, Dr Mohd Osman Abdul Hamid insisted that he performed a sodomy-related examination on Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on June 28. MCPX In an exclusive interview with Malaysiakini yesterday, the Burmese [...]

Obama, please borrow your dream for Old Burma

Burmanized part of the article ‘I have a dream’ by Sim Kwang Yang | Aug 30, 08 from Malaysiakini In the past week, numerous orators in the American Democratic Convention have made reference to the fact that this year marks the 45th anniversary of the “I have a dream” speech made by Martin Luther King. Meanwhile, [...]

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) has slammed the blocking of the Malaysian popular blog site

  The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) has slammed the blocking of the Malaysian popular blog site Malaysiakini news Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks Malaysia 124 out of 169 on its worldwide press freedom index, and says the main media are “often compelled to ignore or to play down the many events organised by the [...]

Malaysiakini: Malaysia Today blocked! Order from MCMC

Malaysiakini: Malaysia Today blocked! Order from MCMC Controversial online portal Malaysia Today had its access blocked by the country’s largest internet service provider (ISP) TMnet.  Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chief operating officer Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi confirmed that the block was ordered by the commission.  The domain name – http://www.malaysia-today.net – has been unaccessible [...]

Renaissance of DSAI, the Teflon man

Renaissance of DSAI, the Teflon man  DSAI’s enemies ‘pressured’ the ‘Permatang Pau doctors’ to issue a ‘doctored political death certificate’, attempting to bury him alive (politically) although he was never politically died. Bravo PP voters, congratulations for the successful resuscitation of our beloved hero, your prided proverbial son. Now virtually resurrected, (politically) Teflon man DSAI [...]