Khamis, 10 Mac 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


M’sia lost RM135.3 bil in illicit outflow

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:37 AM PST

Malaysiakini Mar 10, 11 Malaysia recorded RM135.3 billion in errors and omissions (E&O) in its outflow funds for the period 2000 to 2009. Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said considering the huge amount of trade transactions with the rest of the world as well as the lack of data for specific goods due to statistical [...]

Dissecting BN’s twin wins in by-election

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:41 AM PST

By Ong Kian Ming Malaysiakini Mar 10, 11 What can we make of the Merlimau and Kerdau by-elections four days after the results were announced? The results were not surprising. Most analysts, including me, had predicted that the BN would win by a bigger majority in both seats. My prediction of a 4,000-vote majority for [...]

Christians say fed up with Najib administration

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:39 AM PST

By Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider March 10, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — Christians in Malaysia say they are angry and fed-up with the Najib government for what they see as a systematic move to deny their religious rights enshrined in the country's highest law. Spurred by the Home Ministry's latest seizure of 30,000 [...]

‘Malaysia’: What’s in a name?

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:15 AM PST

by Clive S. Kessler The Malaysian Insider Mar 10, 2011 MARCH 10 — "What's in a name?" asks Shakespeare's Juliet. "That which we call a rose," she avers, "by any other name would smell as sweet." Likewise, "Malaysia." So what is in a name, and behind this one? In a recent blog post (Semenanjung Tanah [...]

Wife of Taib’s son seeks share of RM400 mil

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 09:06 PM PST

Hafiz Yatim & S Pathmawathy Malaysiakini Mar 9, 11 The estranged first wife of corporate figure Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, son of the long-time Sarawak chief minister, is seeking RM300 million of assets which the couple had amassed together in their 19 years of marriage, as well as RM100 million in compensation. Shahnaz A Majid, [...]

Call for action plan by ASEAN MPs to secure ratification of Rome Statute by majority of ASEAN nations on 10th anniversary of ICC on July 2, 2012

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:10 PM PST

It is said "All Roads Lead to Rome". In the past two days, the road from Rome leads to Kuala Lumpur and I want to add to the voices of welcome expressed yesterday by the hosts to the distinguished foreign guests and participants to this consultation, and hope that you are fully enjoying the Malaysian [...]

Damning Diaspora Data

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:28 PM PST

By Martin Jalleh On 4 Oct. last year, PM Najib Razak expressed his concern that the exodus of local talent to developed countries has threatened his vision of transforming Malaysia into a high-income nation by 2020. Below are some statistics gathered from various sources and highlighted in 2010 to show how serious the brain drain [...]

Longing for A Free Mind (Part 1 of 14)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:24 PM PST

By M. Bakri Musa [Presented at the Fifth Annual Alif Ba Ta Conference at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, organized by UMNO Club of New York-New Jersey, January 29, 2011.] [A nation aspiring for greatness needs leaders with free minds; only they are capable of carving new paths. The Pak Turut (me too) leaders [...]

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