Rabu, 27 Julai 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Why Najib must go

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:26 AM PDT

By Mariam Mokhtar | Jul 25, 11 Malaysiakini The rakyat is angry with all politicians, not just BN or the opposition. We have had 54 years of Umno/BN rule and have things really got any better? The rich appear to get richer, whilst the numbers who make up the poor, are increasing. The old class [...]

After Bersih, doubts over Malaysia’s UNHRC spot

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:56 AM PDT

By Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider Jul 27, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — LawAsia, a global organisation of lawyers, judges and legal experts has reminded Putrajaya it could lose its seat in the United Nations' Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for its strong-arm tactics over the Bersih 2.0 affair. The 45-year-old society based in Brisbane, [...]

TBH inquisition reveals racist underpinnings

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:47 AM PDT

By CPI | 27 July 2011 What is most telling about the Royal Commission report on Teoh Beng Hock is its total neglect of the two major structural factors accounting for the tragedy – the Umno and MACC agenda convergence, and the racist character of the civil service. These ingredients together created a scenario where [...]

A sham that deceived Malaysia

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:45 AM PDT

By Marcus van Geyzel (loyarburok.com) | July 25, 2011 The Malaysian Insider JULY 25 — As the news filtered in on Thursday that the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Death of Teoh Beng Hock ("the TBH RCI") had issued its findings, the conclusions seemed simple enough. The TBH RCI concluded that Teoh Beng Hock [...]

Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:42 AM PDT

By Zaharom Nain | July 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider JULY 27 — Many of us have long been opposed to monopolistic or oligopolistic control of institutions, including media institutions. More often than not, critiques of such control have been levelled at large corporations or moguls. Indeed, such concentration of control often invariably leads to [...]

For BN, a call to arms

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:32 AM PDT

By G. Manimaran, Bahasa Malaysia Editor | July 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — As speculation rises over the likely date of the next general election, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin rounded up over 100 Barisan Nasional lawmakers on Monday night and told them to work as if the "polls could be [...]

The Amanah agenda (Part 3)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:16 PM PDT

By Sakmongkol AK47 | July 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider JULY 27 — There's a practical side as to why I usually break up my articles into several parts. One is that I am writing from memory and therefore the output depends on my power of recall; if the issue at hand has decelerated, I [...]

MACC a house of criminals, says Kit Siang

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:14 PM PDT

By Joseph Sipalan and Lee Way Loon | Jul 27, 11 Malaysiakini INTERVIEW Responsibility for the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock lies squarely on the shoulders of the BN, which created a monster in the form of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), senior DAP leader Lim Kit Siang says. Lim said the recently [...]

Government settles with ‘nude squat’ woman

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:59 PM PDT

The Malaysian Insider | July 27, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — The government has agreed to compensate the woman who was videotaped performing nude squats in a Petaling Jaya police station six years ago. A settlement was reached between the government and Hemy Hamisa Abu Hasan Saari, 28, at the Kuala Lumpur high Court [...]

The Amanah agenda (Part 2)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:56 PM PDT

By Sakmongkol AK47 | July 25, 2011 The Malaysian Insider JULY 25 — This is a gathering of concerned citizens. On the stage forming the committee members of Amanah were Kadir Sh Fadzir himself, Daniel Tajem, S. Subramaniam( a former MIC deputy president), Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as chairman, Ong Tee Keat, Bujang Ulis from Sarawak [...]

Punish Bersih or risk losing support, Utusan warns BN

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:54 PM PDT

By Melissa Chi | July 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — The Barisan Nasional administration must penalise the outlawed Bersih 2.0 movement and the people behind it or risk losing electoral support for its perceived weakness, the Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia said today. "The government needs to learn from this incident. To [...]

Teoh Beng Hock – unresolved death

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:52 PM PDT

AG must go if MACC trio not charged, says DAP

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:23 PM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal | July 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — DAP has given Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail an ultimatum: Either prosecute the three Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers linked with Teoh Beng Hock's death or resign as Attorney-General. MACC announced on Saturday the temporary suspension of the three [...]

The Amanah Agenda — part 1

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:22 PM PDT

By Sakmongkol AK47 | July 24, 2011 The Malaysian Insider JULY 24 — Last Friday, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah launched the setting up of another NGO. It is called Amanah. Its full name is Angkatan Amanah Merdeka. The name suggests that, independence and the wider meaning term, freedom, is a responsibility entrusted upon our shoulders. It [...]

The ghosts of Mahathirism

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 07:53 PM PDT

By Stanley Koh | July 27, 2011 Free Malaysia Today Is Mahathirism back with a vengeance? Recent events do make it seem like the Najib regime has decided to adopt the former prime minister's authoritarian style in saving its flagging political fortunes. It has resorted to using draconian laws and shameless propaganda in the face [...]

4 new leads from the TBH RCI Report providing powerful reasons why police should re-open investigations on who were TBH’s killers

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:07 PM PDT

The James Foong Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the death of Teoh Beng Hock (TBH) is a great disappointment, as it has come out with a finding of "TBH was driven to commit suicide by the aggressive, relentless, oppressive and unscrupulous interrogation by certain officers of the MACC"(Para 119) , which is rejected by [...]

Have the TBH RCI absolved MACC and MACC officers of responsibility for the death of Teoh Beng Hock?

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:25 PM PDT

On Thursday, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz made public the James Foong Royal Commission of Inquiry Report on the death of Teoh Beng Hock while in custody, control and care of the MACC at the MACC headquarters at Shah Alam on July 16, 2009. In an interview with Mingguan [...]

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