Lim Kit Siang

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• Good thing we are a democracy
• The outing of Anas Zubedy
• Clampdown will only swell Bersih numbers, says Pakatan
• Why no raids on Perkasa and Umno Youth?
• ‘Minority Report’ now playing in Malaysia
• Design problems, hazardous construction plague Lynas plant, reports NYT
• Private broadcasters told to ignore Bersih, warn people against protests
• Attracting the Best To Teaching
• Explain disparity between ‘actual’ and ‘approved’ FDIs, DAP tells Putrajaya
• When will Hishammuddin or IGP announce that it is unlawful and a police arrestable offence for anyone to wear or sport yellow until July 9?
• IGP says cops to arrest those with pro-Bersih ‘shoes, cars, buses’
• Police did not ask for permission, says Speaker
• Bersih T-shirts seized, seven activists held in raid
• Bersih T-shirts illegal, declares Hisham

Good thing we are a democracy Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:39 PM PDT By Natalie Shobana Ambrose | June 29, 2011 The Malaysian Insider JUNE 29 — In some countries, people get put in jail for speaking up against injustices. They then get left there for years and are sometimes forgotten. Good thing this doesn't happen in Malaysia, especially since we're a democracy. In some countries, the media [...]

The outing of Anas Zubedy Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:37 PM PDT By Commander (Rtd) S. Thayaparan | 29 June 2011 CPIAsia Introduction by CPI Although this rebuttal to an open letter has been posed elsewhere, we feel it deserves wider public attention. This is because the subject matter with which the two letters deal, and the opinions expressed are representative of the divergent perspectives among the [...]

Clampdown will only swell Bersih numbers, says Pakatan Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:29 PM PDT By Shannon Teoh | June 30, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) said today that it now expects a larger turnout for the July 9 Bersih march as public anger grows over the ongoing dragnet against supporters of the group calling for electoral reform. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin [...]

Why no raids on Perkasa and Umno Youth? Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:27 PM PDT Malaysiakini Your Say | Jun 30, 11 ‘Umno and Perkasa are showing unruly behaviour with their threats of violence, bloodshed, and arson. Yet the office that got raided is Bersih’s.’ Bersih HQ raided, 7 staff arrested SMC77: Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and PM Najib Razak must take note. It is PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) and [...]

‘Minority Report’ now playing in Malaysia Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:23 PM PDT Malaysiakini Your Say | Jun 30, 11 ‘For an assembly to be illegal, you must have actually held the assembly. Where does it say in the law that expressing support for a future ‘illegal’ act is illegal?’ Hisham declares Bersih T-shirt illegal Anonymous_4196: Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, why is wearing a T-shirt that represents the [...]

Design problems, hazardous construction plague Lynas plant, reports NYT Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:16 PM PDT The Malaysian Insider | June 30, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — The controversial Lynas rare earths refinery in Kuantan is plagued by environmentally hazardous construction and design problems, the New York Times has reported, citing internal memos and current and former engineers on the project. The report published today said the issues, including moisture [...]

Private broadcasters told to ignore Bersih, warn people against protests Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:13 PM PDT By Jahabar Sadiq, Editor | June 30, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — The Najib administration has warned private broadcasters against mentioning the planned Bersih rally or the protest date but wants them to warn people against taking to the streets to ask for free and fair elections, media executives say. The [...]

Attracting the Best To Teaching Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:09 PM PDT By M. Bakri Musa Early this year the US Department of Education, together with OECD and the Asia Society, convened a summit of education ministers, master teachers, and union leaders from 15 countries. The theme was on attracting, training and retaining the best teachers. Those were no ordinary countries participating; their students had consistently excelled [...]

Explain disparity between ‘actual’ and ‘approved’ FDIs, DAP tells Putrajaya Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:43 AM PDT By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal The Malaysian Insider Jun 29, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — The Najib administration must explain the wide disparity between approved foreign direct investments (FDIs) and actual investment figures, the DAP said. DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua told reporters that a written reply by the Ministry of Trade and Industry [...]

When will Hishammuddin or IGP announce that it is unlawful and a police arrestable offence for anyone to wear or sport yellow until July 9? Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:27 AM PDT Just four days ago in Ipoh on Saturday, I had called on the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein to "stop the madness where a person can be detained by the police for wearing the Bersih 2.0 T-shirt, as if he/she is more dangerous than Osama bin Laden". Clearly, I had directed my call at [...]

IGP says cops to arrest those with pro-Bersih ‘shoes, cars, buses’ Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:21 AM PDT By Yow Hong Chieh | June 29, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — The police will not only arrest those sporting Bersih T-shirts but may also take action against anyone using any medium to promote the illegal rally, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has said. "Not just T-shirts but shoes, cars, buses. [...]

Police did not ask for permission, says Speaker Posted: 29 Jun 2011 01:20 AM PDT By S Pathmawathy Jun 29, 11 | MalaysiaKini Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia will look into claims by opposition MP Lim Kit Siang accusing the police of breaching parliamentary independence when they questioned several MPs yesterday. "The police cannot enter Parliament grounds without the express consent of the speaker. The police can only provide [...]

Bersih T-shirts seized, seven activists held in raid Posted: 29 Jun 2011 01:08 AM PDT By Shannon Teoh June 29, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider PETALING JAYA, June 29 — About 20 policemen, at least one of whom was armed with an assault rifle, raided the Bersih secretariat here today, confiscating hundreds of the movement's iconic yellow T-shirts and bringing seven in for questioning. Seven staff members of women's rights [...]

Bersih T-shirts illegal, declares Hisham Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:50 PM PDT By Shannon Teoh The Malaysian Insider Jun 29, 2011 PUTRAJAYA, June 29 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today T-shirts with messages in support of Bersih have been outlawed because they were related to an illegal assembly. "The Bersih T-shirt is related to an illegal assembly, then whatever they are wearing is illegal," [...]

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