Rabu, 6 Julai 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

The Wisdom of the Students

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:40 PM PDT

By M. Bakri Musa In a remarkable display of professorial prowess, University of Malaya Vice-Chancellor Ghauth Jasmon recently engaged his students in a two-hour dialogue on what it would take to make their university great. With humility, pedagogical skills, and great stage presence, he enthralled his audience while imparting an important message. They in turn [...]

Putrajaya freezes bus permits for Bersih weekend

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:39 PM PDT

By G. Manimaran Bahasa Malaysia Editor The Malaysian Insider July 07, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Putrajaya has frozen temporary bus permits for travel across the peninsula to Kuala Lumpur, in what is seen as an effort to limit the turnout for Saturday's Bersih rally. Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed [...]

Najib endorses silat groups despite their threat to Bersih

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:35 PM PDT

by Boo Su-Lyn The Malaysian Insider July 07, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak has described silat and other self-defence exponents as the third line of defence in the country, including a group that has threatened to wage war against electoral reforms movement Bersih 2.0. Datuk Seri Najib Razak (centre), Tun [...]

Are police waging war against the Agong?

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:44 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11 ‘Who are the communists – the rakyat or Umnoputra? They are doing what Mao Zedong had done by clamping down the rakyat.’ DAP: Continued clampdown an affront to Agong Swipenter: The Umno regime and PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) must immediately desist from harassing the Bersih 2.0 supporters and [...]

Bersih clearly played out by Najib

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:36 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11 ‘Now that Bersih 2.0 organisers agree to hold the rally inside a stadium, Najib directs the stadiums not to allow it to happen.’ But Stadium Merdeka refuses Bersih’s booking Rayfire: The authorities will use all avenues to stop the rally. They have already started with their so-called weapons [...]

Wake up, BN doesn’t play by the rules

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:31 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11 ‘How come a ‘titah’ from Agong can be ignored by BN government? Is this a crisis of sorts about to begin between the royalty and Umno?’ Home minister: Bersih still illegal SusahKes: This is precisely why Umno will never learn – not until they are sent to the [...]

Councillors in the dock: Another one for the books

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:23 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Vox Populi | Jul 7, 11 ‘Malaysia will enter the Guiness Book of Records as a Third World country for disallowing the wearing of yellow.’ Yellow tees: 11 councillors to be charged tomorrow Ong Guan Sin: The case will surely collapse as there is no basis of circumstances and law to support the ‘illegal’ [...]

Roadblocks to check for weapons? My foot!

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:20 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 7, 11 ‘How can you prevent anything just by sitting in your tent or waving all the cars to go through? You are merely causing inconvenience.’ Traffic gridlock in pre-Bersih rally roadblocks Zzzz: I commented in Malaysiakini earlier that the authorities will make it very difficult for people to move [...]

Gov’t briefing on Bersih threat comes unstuck

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:07 PM PDT

By Terence Netto Jul 6, 11 | MalaysiaKini A briefing yesterday by the police and the Election Commission meant to give credence to government claims that the planned Bersih march was fraught with the threat of violence came unstuck when it ran into a thicket of sceptical questions from those being briefed. Present at the [...]

Why am I not surprised?

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:22 AM PDT

By Shanker July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 6 — So, the Home Minister remains adamant that Bersih is an illegal outfit, notwithstanding that the highest Ruler in the land has implied his acquiescence by meeting with Bersih representatives yesterday. Sigh … what else can we say about Umno that hasn't been said [...]

Is Putrajaya joking about Bersih?

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:14 AM PDT

By The Malaysian Insider July 06, 201 JULY 6 — The circumstances surrounding the July 9 Bersih rally have been changing since the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin issued a rare edict and met both the prime minister and Bersih leaders. Somethings haven't changed. Bersih is still outlawed. Wearing their yellow T-shirt with [...]

Protestors in pro-Bersih clothes will be arrested, warns Deputy IGP

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:10 AM PDT

By Clara Chooi July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Despite being allowed to hold a stadium rally this Saturday, protestors found with pro-Bersih 2.0 materials will still be arrested, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said today. This, he said, was because the coalition was still deemed [...]

PR backs Bersih’s Merdeka Stadium plan, expects 300,000

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 03:17 AM PDT

By Melissa Chi and Lisa J. Ariffin July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) announced today that they supported Bersih 2.0's proposal to have the rally in Merdeka Stadium on July 9, although the request to use the stadium has yet to be approved. "So Pakatan Rakyat [...]

A royal rebuke for Umno, says Aussie don

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 03:14 AM PDT

By Stephanie Sta Maria July 6, 201 | Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: Bersih earned a spot on Australia's airwaves today with an Australian sociologist describing the royal intervention as a "rebuke" to Umno and the government and an acknowledgement of the organisation's legitimacy. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Abidin issued a statement on [...]

Despite royal audience, Hisham says Bersih still illegal

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:17 AM PDT

By Shannon Teoh | July 06, 2011 The Malaysian Insider PUTRAJAYA, July 6 — Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein insisted today that Bersih is still outlawed, saying that neither an audience with the King nor relocating the July 9 rally to a stadium could turn the electoral reforms movement legal. However, the home minister said that [...]

Bersih and the fall of reason

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:09 AM PDT

By Art Harun July 06, 2011 JULY 6 — "I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death." ~ [...]

Malaysia: A police state

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:07 AM PDT

By Tommy Thomas July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 6 — Death Threats. Bomb Threats. Warning on Revocation of Citizenship. Preventive detention. Arrest of hundreds for wearing Yellow T-Shirts. Banning of Organisations. Prohibition of Peaceful Marches. Is one describing Burma? Or Zimbabwe? No: this is Malaysia in July 2011, in its 54th year [...]

Bersih and the inane responses

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:04 AM PDT

By Sakmongkol AK47 July 06, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 6 — This present government has developed one distinguishing characteristic not unlike the previous administration. If the previous administration was maligned as being uninspiring and sleeping through its job, this present government isn't that far from being similarly aspersed. How so? It has shown [...]
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