Jumaat, 22 April 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Postal votes which are never posted

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:29 AM PDT

By Ivy Kwek APRIL 22 — Having acted as a coordinator for polling and counting agents for the Opposition campaign in the recently concluded Sarawak state election has made me more confused about the rationale of the electoral system in Malaysia, in particular with regard to postal voting. Under Malaysian election laws, postal voting is [...]

Did you hear about the Bidayuh who voted for DAP?

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:16 AM PDT

By June Rubis April 22, 2011 We were like a bad bar joke: two Bidayuhs, a Lun Bawang, an Iban, and two Malays walk into a DAP ceramah in Kuching. The crowd is mostly Chinese, and the speeches so far are all in Mandarin. "I don't understand what they are saying," I complain to my [...]

Challenges for BN, Pakatan after the S’wak polls

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 11:44 PM PDT

By Ong Kian Ming Apr 22, 11 In Part 1 of my analysis on the Sarawak elections, I explained the opposition’s failure to deny the BN a two-thirds majority in terms of the insufficient and unevenly distributed non-Muslim bumiputera (NMB) vote swing against the BN. The complexity of the changes in the level of BN [...]

Sarbaini’s kin not satisfied, wants police to reveal the truth

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:50 PM PDT

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani April 22, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — The family of dead Customs official Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed are dissatisfied with police investigations and claim his death is being covered up. They also want to know the "real story" behind his death plunge at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here [...]

On suggestion of possible DAP-SNAP merger (2)

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Three days ago, I had said: "In the 13th national general elections, we should avoid any multi-cornered contests which can only benefit the Barisan Nasional and for this reason, I would even suggest that DAP and SNAP should seriously consider a merger of the two political parties to accelerate Iban/Dayak political awakening following the 416 [...]

Sweet and sour aftermath of S’wak polls

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:49 AM PDT

By Bridget Welsh The Sarawak polls are over and the attention is now on assessing its implications at both the state and national levels. Much attention has focused on predictions for the next general elections, with the range of possible dates moving from a few months to further postponement until 2013. My own view remains [...]

Behind the scenes of Raja Petra’s TV3 interview

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:29 AM PDT

By Koon Yew Yin | CPIAsia At the PKR 11th anniversary dinner on Tuesday (April 19) in Ipoh, party vice president Chua Jui Meng alleged that Raja Petra Kamarudin had been bought. Chua said that money could do wonders as indicated by the recent Sarawak election result. Why would the fugitive blogger and Malaysia Today [...]

Longing For A Free Mind (Part 7 of 14)

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:24 AM PDT

By M. Bakri Musa Avoiding Being Entrapped Mentally Once we have adapted to our new open world, we need to reflect on how was it that we were under the coconut shell in the first place. More importantly, how do we prevent ourselves from being entrapped again? Can we inoculate ourselves against such a terrible [...]

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