Rabu, 11 Januari 2012

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Guan Eng says national debt ‘dangerous’, potentially disastrous

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 03:09 AM PST

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal The Malaysian Insider Jan 11, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Massive borrowing and irresponsible spending by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government will result in Malaysia becoming a fully indebted nation before the end of the decade, Lim Guan Eng said today. The Penang chief minister said that Putrajaya's debt to [...]

An independent judiciary… really?

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 02:52 AM PST

by Dr Kamal Amzan The Malaysian Insider Jan 11, 2012 JAN 11 — We are a funny lot. Just because of one acquittal, we claim to have an "independent" judiciary. Forget about Eric Chia, forget about the first sodomy trial, forget about what happened to Teoh Beng Hock and let us all just focus on [...]

Time to Pull ‘CSI: Malaysia’ Off the Air

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 02:35 AM PST

By William Pesek Jan 11, 2012 Bloomberg: The Ticker If there’s any economy in Asia that needs a change in narrative, it’s Malaysia. When the resource-rich nation of 28 million people has made headlines globally in recent years, they have been about sodomy charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, tension between Muslims and Christians, Beyonce's [...]

Hold The Accolades!

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:23 AM PST

by M. Bakri Musa Now that Judge Mohamad Zabidin Diah has acquitted Anwar Ibrahim on his "Sodomy II" charge, there is no end of praise heaped upon the judge specifically and the system of justice generally. Prime Minister Najib was quick with his smug assertion that "neither politics nor politicians have any influence over the [...]

Anwar verdict resets Malaysian politics

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:33 PM PST

By Simon Roughneen Asia Times KUALA LUMPUR – A not-guilty verdict in a sex scandal case against Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim could prove a game-changer in the run-up to elections due by 2013 but thought by many analysts to be held this year. After months of railing against what he deemed trumped-up and politicized [...]

Malaysia’s Moment of Sanity

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:34 PM PST

By Bridget Welsh The Wall Street Journal Yesterday’s acquittal of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on the charge of sodomy ends two and a half years of a bad sequel. After being convicted once in 2000 on the same charge and subsequently exonerated on appeal, this time the court found that the prosecution failed to [...]

National debt to equal GDP by 2019 if Putrajaya remains spendthrift, say economists

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:07 PM PST

By Yow Hong Chieh The Malaysian Insider Jan 10, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — Malaysia's national debt will hit 100 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2019 should Putrajaya continue to borrow more than it earns, economists say. Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) distinguished fellow Mohd Ariff Abdul Kareem warned [...]

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