Selasa, 12 Julai 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

When the ordinary became extraordinary

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:20 AM PDT

— Scuba gal The Malaysian Insider Jul 12, 2011 JULY 12 — I'm as ordinary as it gets. I live in a decent-sized condo, in a fairly popular middle-upper class neighbourhood. I married my husband in my early 30s. I've got a decent job in a well-regarded private corporation, where I'm middle management. No children [...]

Tanah tumpahnya darahku

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:41 AM PDT

— Esther Goh The Malaysian Insider Jul 12, 2011 JULY 12 — "Are you ready to die for the country?" I asked as I walked together with Simeon heading from Mirama Hotel on Jalan Maharajalela to Petaling Street. My honest answer to my own question was, "No. I don't believe I should die now. When [...]

Bersih 2.0 “bersih”ed me!

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:21 AM PDT

— Lt Col (R) Aw Yong Tian Teck The Malaysian Insider Jul 12, 2011 JULY 12 — As I headed for the LRT station to enter the city on the morning of July 9, I was both fearful and determined — fearful that a "May 13" type violence would erupt, and afraid of being arrested. [...]

Merdeka when I was six, true democracy at 60?

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:11 AM PDT

Allen Lopez Malaysiakini Jul 12, 11 COMMENT When the Tunku raised his hand to the cries of “Merdeka”, I was on the cusp of turning six. On 9 July 2011, as I approach 60, I was among those who rallied at the Bersih 2.0 carnival. Yes, it was a carnival. And what a carnival! The [...]

TBH RCI report – 3 weeks and not released yet

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 01:28 AM PDT

The Cabinet has been sitting on the Royal Commission of Inquiry report into the death of Teoh Beng Hock for three weeks since it was first submitted to the Yang di Pertuan Agong on June 22, 2011. This is most inconsiderate to the Teoh Beng Hock family members as well as inefficient, as in developed [...]

Was Tiong Lai “blackmailed” into telling untruths about Tung Shin Hospital?

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 01:04 AM PDT

DAP MP for PJ Utara and National Publicity Secretary Tony Pua was rightly outraged and accused the MCA Deputy President and Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai of "lying through his teeth" when the latter denied that police had fired tear gas and water cannons into the Tung Shin Maternity Hospital during the 709 [...]

Al-Fatihah – Top lawyer Raja Aziz Addruse dies at 74

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:45 AM PDT

By Melissa Chi July 12, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — Raja Aziz Addruse, one of the country's most distinguished and respected lawyers, died today after a long illness. He was 74. He was elected a commissioner of the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in 2006. Raja Aziz was the [...]

Pua: Liow ‘lying through his teeth’ on hospital attack

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:03 AM PDT

By Clara Chooi July 12, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — DAP MP Tony Pua today accused MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai of "lying through his teeth" when the latter denied that police had fired tear gas and water cannons into the Tung Shin Maternity Hospital on Saturday. [...]

The days of gatekeeping are numbered

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 11:45 PM PDT

By Alexis See Tho July 12, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider Wong waved his hands in the air. "The tear gas canister was right in front of me!" he said. The 22-year-old working adult was one of thousands of young Malaysians who went to Saturday's rally that saw tens of thousands of people in the [...]

Government in “time warp”

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 11:19 PM PDT

One explanation for the hamfisted and gross mishandling of the 709 Bersih 2.0 rally for free and fair elections in Merdeka Stadium is that the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, DPM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and all the Cabinet Ministers are trapped in a "time warp" causing [...]

How Bersih cleansed my Malaysian soul

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 10:01 PM PDT

By Andrew Chee July 12, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 12 — I'm a 28 moving on to 29-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur, the place where in 2008 I decided to get a fresh start. I am originally from Malacca and had been in Singapore for about 4½ years prior to moving to KL. [...]

Dismantling the tyranny of democracy

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:40 PM PDT

By Edwin Yapp July 12, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 12 — A government elected by the people, for the people — that is the bedrock principle of any fully-functioning democracy. As we recover from the aftermath of the events on July 9, 2011, I find myself having to explain this very crucial principle [...]

Untameable Bersih – Part 1

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:31 PM PDT

By Sakmongkol AK47 July 12, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 12 — The object of derision and concern is the Election Commission. How does the government respond? It did so by demonising the Bersih rally. The PM went a step further and went on his, well, now predictable, charm offensive. The business people complaining [...]

Is Liow Tiong Lai afraid of the truth?

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:55 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 12, 11 ‘Liow, were you there? Definitely no. Were the Tong Shin Hospital board members there? No. Why don’t you ask the people who rallied on that day?’ Tung Shin Hospital ‘not hit’ in rally crackdown Anti-Fascist: Again the administration of PM Najib Razak wants to change a truth to [...]

The day I lost my fear

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:45 PM PDT

By Golongan Kiri July 11, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 11 — On Saturday, July 9, thousands of ordinary Malaysians thronged into various spots around central KL to demand a just electoral system. The government had tried its best to suppress the rally through various means, but ultimately failed to stop it from going [...]

Thousands throng ‘Bersih 3.0′ ceramah in Penang

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:49 PM PDT

Susan Loone Malaysiakini Jul 12, 11 They have been accused of hijacking the July 9 rally as calls of ‘reformasi’ – PKR’s battle cry – reverberated on the streets of Kuala Lumpur instead of cries of ‘Bersih’ for electoral reforms. Yet more than 5,000 turned up to throw a hero’s welcome for Opposition Leader Anwar [...]

‘Tear gas gun aimed directly at Anwar’

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:38 PM PDT

S Pathmawathy Malaysiakini Jul 12, 11 The police stood prepared with their anti-riot weapons, with one of them aiming his tear gas gun at Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim. That’s what his bodyguard Fayyadh Afiq saw, and he immediately took action. As he heard the order to fire, Fayyadh said he pulled Anwar away. Numbed by [...]

Mat Sabu: Police Land Rover rammed me

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:26 PM PDT

Joseph Sipalan Malaysiakini Jul 11, 11 PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu today claimed police rammed a truck into the motorbike he was riding en-route to join Bersih 2.0 protesters last Saturday. Visiting the Selangor state assembly building in a wheelchair, the usually jovial leader took a more sombre tone as he recounted his harrowing experience. [...]

Anti-Bersih group holds Najib to ransom

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:22 PM PDT

By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider Jul 11, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Anti-Bersih supporters have mounted a petition online, threatening to abandon its support for Datuk Seri Najib Razak's administration if the prime minister fails to revoke the citizenships of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan and punish Bersih marchers. Pledging [...]

Putrajaya should drop ‘Cold War’ mindset, says scholar

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:16 PM PDT

By Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider Jul 11, 2011 BANGI, July 11 — Social anthropologist Datuk Shamsul Amri Baharuddin today advised the Najib administration to modernise its internal security to deal with present-day threats, instead of holding on to "Cold War" tactics just to be able to deploy them on political rivals. The professor from [...]
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