Selasa, 1 Mei 2012

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Journalist groups call for impartial probe on police violence

Posted: 01 May 2012 03:02 AM PDT

By Anisah Shukry The Malaysian Insider May 01, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — Putrajaya must form an independent panel to investigate claims that police manhandled journalists covering Saturday's Bersih rally, journalist organisations said today. The National Union of Journalists Malaysia (NUJ) maintained that the panel should comprise a retired judge, a former Bar Council [...]

Editors, journalists slam police violence against media

Posted: 01 May 2012 01:03 AM PDT

Malaysiakini Apr 30, 2012 Editors and journalists from major news outlets in Malaysia have issued a joint statement, the first of its kind in the nation's history, blasting the government's violence against journalists covering the Bersih 3.0 rally last Saturday. It alleged that the authorities had acted upon "orders from above" that resulted in members [...]

BBC flays local censors for slashing Bersih coverage

Posted: 01 May 2012 12:33 AM PDT

By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider May 01, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has “strongly condemned” Malaysian censors, claiming their coverage of Saturday’s Bersih 3.0 protest had been clipped on local operator Astro. “During the week of World Press Freedom Day, it would be deplorable if access to independent [...]

A fine job, a fine mess

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 10:37 PM PDT

Jeswan Kaur | May 1, 2012 Free Malaysia Today Fooling the rakyat is a trick the BN can no longer use, no thanks to its foolishness in abusing the powers of the police. COMMENT Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has lauded the police for doing a fine job in handling last Saturday's Bersih 3.0 rally. [...]

Bersih 3.0: UMNO needs a game change

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 10:21 PM PDT

— Dahlia Martin The Malaysian Insider May 01, 2012 MAY 1 — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's popularity took a hit following a harsh crackdown on demonstrators at July's 2011 Bersih rally. Looking to salvage his image as a reformer, Najib immediately set up a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to look into the issue of [...]

Testimony of Bersih 3.0

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 10:10 PM PDT

By Pang Teck Yaw The Malaysian Insider May 01, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — My name is Pang Teck Yaw. I am a student of law. I must admit reading law has been both a joyful and heartbreaking experience. During the course of my study, I read about the concept of separation of power, [...]

Bersih: The Perfect Assembly, Almost

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 08:50 PM PDT

By Marcus van Geyzel | 30 April 2012 Marcus van Geyzel records what he personally witnessed at Bersih 3.0. There are so many stories and perspectives from Bersih 3.0 on 28 April 2012. Many first-hand accounts have already been published online, and I'm sure the coming days and weeks will see many more articles and [...]

Arrests, violence towards journalists condemned

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 09:26 AM PDT

Malaysiakini Apr 30, 2012 Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak should conduct a thorough and swift investigation on violent acts in Bersih 3.0, including those on journalists, and charge the perpetrators. A group of six journalism associations issued a joint statement requesting this yesterday. They are the Centre for Independent Journalism, Charter 2000 Aliran, Journalists Union [...]

Bersih 3.0: My side of the story

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 08:56 AM PDT

By Adam Tan The Malaysian Insider Apr 30, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Before telling my story, I would first like to clarify where I stand. I stand as a Malaysian, I stand as an individual who believes that Malaysia is a beautiful place, and deserves good governance. I joined the Bersih 3.0 rall, [...]

Post-Bersih 3 Reflections for Free and Fair Elections

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 08:30 AM PDT

by Proham 30th April 2012 Proham observes that the Bersih3 gathering on April 28, 2012 has ushered in an unstoppable move towards greater democratic freedoms in Malaysia. It is clear from the rally that the climate offear which once dominated citizens' action in the past has been lifting. Proham recognises that ordinary citizens are now [...]

What’s next for ‘bangkit rakyat’?

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 08:12 AM PDT

— Clarence Sim The Malaysian Insider Apr 30, 2012 APRIL 30 — Catch-22 was one of the books I read when I was in secondary school. It was tough to make any association to my life or surroundings back then, but the plot seems much more apparent these days. I was caught off guard by [...]

Witnessing the death of democracy

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 08:03 AM PDT

By Shazuan Ali The Malaysian Insider Apr 30, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Unlike Bersih 2.0, I would call myself a coward back then. I am very supportive and committed towards free and fair election but watched live streams at home, like a coward in front of my laptop. Only after I read the [...]

Bouquet of barbed wire for Dataran

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Mariam Mokhtar | Apr 30, 2012 Malaysiakini The irony of the Bersih 3.0 rally was that it was Ambiga Sreenevasan and not premier Najib Abdul Razak, who managed to unite the rakyat and give true meaning to his favourite slogan, '1Malaysia'. Ambiga united all Malaysians. They had one goal. How it must have hurt Najib [...]
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