Rabu, 6 Julai 2011

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Gov’t briefing on Bersih threat comes unstuck

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:44 AM 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 [...]

Bersih 2.0: A long march to freedom

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:11 PM PDT

By Keruah Usit Jul 6, 11 | MalaysiaKini ANTIDOTE The new sanitised Bersih 2.0 rally is now purer and whiter. Thanks to the Agong’s intervention, the rally for free and fair elections will be confined to a stadium. This change of scene will make the rally easier to control, from premier Najib Abdul Razak’s point [...]

Hishammuddin and Police should respect and uphold the YDPA intervention by full co-operation with Bersih

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:07 PM PDT

The Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and the police should respect and uphold the Yang di Pertuan Agong's wise and just intervention in the Bersih 2.0 impasse by full co-operation with Bersih to make the July 9 Bersih 2.0 stadium rally a peaceful and orderly one as well as end all harassment against persons [...]

Will ‘fortress BN’ fall?

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 06:45 PM PDT

By Sheridan Mahavera | July 06, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — It may be known as Barisan Nasional's (BN) fixed deposit in the Malay peninsula, but a recent straw poll showed that more than 30 per cent of Johoreans want Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in charge of the state and country. Though [...]

The economics of compassion

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:40 PM PDT

by Erna Mahyuni The Malaysian Insider Jul 06, 2011 JULY 6 — The ETP is meaningless. Or at least it is to the man on the street. "Where do they get the numbers from?" a fellow I know asks me. The only numbers that mean anything to him right now are the prices of his [...]

Vague principles, contradictory policies

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:32 PM PDT

by Hafiz Noor Shams The Malaysian Insider Jul 06, 2011 JULY 6 — Some ideas are vague for a reason. In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, the majority is afraid of commitment and responsibilities. It is simply impractical to have clear opinions or positions. Consistency arising from those opinions and positions is a barrier to success. [...]

Ten conditions for Umno

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:20 PM PDT

by Bahaman Abdullah The Malaysian Insider Jul 05, 2011 JULY 5 — Since Ibrahim Ali is so fond of giving everyone ultimatums (the latest being to MCA, Gerakan and Ambiga Sreenivasan), I suggest we give Umno and Najib Razak a list of 10 conditions to be met if he wants the support of urban Malaysia. [...]

History’s lessons

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:56 AM PDT

by Karim Raslan The Malaysian Insider Jul 05, 2011 JULY 5 — Malaysian contemporary history has started to loop back on itself. Instead of going forward and progressing, we are going backwards, repeating the past: Sodomy 1 and Sodomy 2, Bersih 1 and Bersih 2. There are those who would argue that the political missteps [...]

Bersih 2.0: Winners and losers

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:47 AM PDT

The Malaysian Insider Jul 05, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — So it is settled, after weeks of harassment and thuggish behaviour by the government, the people for free and fair elections will gather in a stadium on July 9. This episode has once again demonstrated how fractious and divided Malaysia is with enlightened and [...]
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