Khamis, 6 Januari 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Sarawak activists, lawyer detained ahead of polls

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:50 PM PST

by Keruah Usit Malaysiakini Jan 7, 11 Police detained four activists and confiscated ‘seditious’ CDs and VCDs containing video and audio recordings of TV Sarawak Bebas and Radio Free Sarawak late last night in Kuching and Miri in what appears to be coordinated arrests. Kuching-based land rights activist and Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (Sadia) secretary [...]

Malay problem root of nation’s problem

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:35 PM PST

AB Sulaiman Malaysiakini Jan 6, 11 COMMENT About a year and a bit ago, the Old Boys’ Association of the Royal Military College otherwise known as ‘Old Putras’ organised an evening of discourse. The forum noted that the Malaysian people were fragmented, the economy at a virtual standstill, and democracy eroded by dictatorship, returning feudalism, [...]

Malaysia slips down Democracy Index

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:13 PM PST

Aidila Razak Malaysiakini Jan 6, 11 Malaysia has taken a slight tumble down the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2010 Democracy Index, slipping three places to number 71 out of 167 countries, with its overall score dropping from 6.36 points in 2008 to 6.19 last year. This places Malaysia squarely in the “flawed democracy” category, along with [...]

Inquest verdict ruling out suicide and on Beng Hock’s pre-fall injury an indictment of MACC and police and powerful ground for full-scale RCI into the actual causes of Teoh Beng Hock

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:25 AM PST

The ending of the Teoh Beng Hock inquest in an "Open Verdict" 18 months after the tragedy outside the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters in Shah Alam has not only caused nation-wide consternation but validated the opposition to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's two-prong proposal in July 2009 to have first an inquest and [...]

Fan Yew Teng: Recalling a towering Malaysian

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:09 AM PST

By Joseph Sipalan MalaysiaKini Jan 6, 11 Freedom fighter, husband, father, friend, teacher, true Malaysian. These were among the many fond descriptions given to veteran activist and DAP strongman Fan Yew Teng, as family, friends and comrades came together to honour his legacy during a memorial last night in Kuala Lumpur. About 250 people packed [...]

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