Jumaat, 4 Mei 2012

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Debunking the myth and clearing the path

Posted: 04 May 2012 01:47 AM PDT

By RZMay The Malaysian Insider May 04, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — We were ordinary Malaysians, professional, non-professional, rich, middle class and poor. On April 28, I found out that the different classes don't matter, we all felt the tear gas. I was at the Masjid Jamek LRT station when they fired on us, [...]

Bersih 3.0: A celebration of political maturity

Posted: 04 May 2012 01:07 AM PDT

— Sakmongkol AK47 The Malaysian Insider May 04, 2012 MAY 4 — The battle for freedom must be won over and over again. I am sure there will be a Bersih 4.0 if the legitimate demands of a people craving for political meaning are not met. Why should the Election Commission resist demands to clean [...]

A response to Chandra Muzaffar’s lambasting of Bersih

Posted: 04 May 2012 12:48 AM PDT

by Dr Lim Teck Ghee Friday, 04 May 2012 CPI Writings Friends have asked me what prompted the extraordinary hatchet job that Dr Chandra Muzaffar attempted on the Bersih 3.0 movement and its leaders in his recent article misleadingly titled 'Bersih and the Quest for Human Rights' published in various media. What was in the [...]

Bersih 3.0 is even greater public relations disaster for Najib than Bersih 2.0 – with damage growing in magnitude and impact when all the horror stories of police rampage of violence and brutality are told

Posted: 04 May 2012 12:07 AM PDT

As I said after the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9 last year, there were many casualties especially the police, the mainstream media and the election commission but the biggest loser of all was undoubtedly the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak. This is even more the case with the Bersih 3.0 "sit-in" last Saturday [...]

BN-owned media’s shameless whitewash

Posted: 03 May 2012 07:22 PM PDT

CL Tang May 1, 2012 Malaysiakini Three days after Bersih 3.0, Malaysian hermits who lives in caves, who have never heard of the Internet and who only read the mainstream newspapers would probably have the impression that it was the police force who were protesting and ended up physically assaulted by angry civilians. Despite clear [...]

Ugliest day in media history of Malaysia

Posted: 03 May 2012 07:15 PM PDT

— Lim Mun Fah The Malaysian Insider May 04, 2012 MAY 4 — The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 as World Press Freedom Day in 1991 to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right of freedom of expression. [...]

The legitimacy of law

Posted: 03 May 2012 07:09 PM PDT

by Zairil Khir Johari The Malaysian Insider May 04, 2012 MAY 4 — I don't know if the government actually noticed, but more than 100,000 people broke the law last Saturday. They did so not only unashamedly, but also proudly and cheerfully. The Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28 saw what is estimated to be [...]

Doing the right thing for the right reasons

Posted: 03 May 2012 09:56 AM PDT

Zaleha | May 3, 2012 Malaysiakini For those who think Bersih 3.0 is about Najib Razak, Anwar Ibrahim, Mahathir Mohamad, S Ambiga, you're missing a point. I am a Malaysian, rightly proud of my country's achievements in economic and social progress. I am proud that in this unique multi racial Malaysia, peace and harmony can [...]

Joy in seeing spirit of Bersih in so many

Posted: 03 May 2012 09:47 AM PDT

A True Malaysian Pastor | Apr 30, 2012 Malaysiakini After having rested and had time to reflect on Bersih 3.0, I have come to the following conclusions. Compared to Bersih 2.0 1.It was so much easier to mobilise my church members to go. Many who regretted not taking part in Bersih 2.0 out of “fear”, [...]

BN’s Dirtaran Merdeka

Posted: 03 May 2012 09:58 AM PDT

Dean Johns | May 1, 2012 Malaysiakini BN’s attempt to thwart the Bersih 3.0 rally by transforming the people’s Dataran into its own ‘Dirtaran’ with razor wire, barricades and battalions of police was a monstrous mockery of the meaning of Merdeka. And this was the clearest sign yet of how terrified the regime is that [...]

A case of the empire strikes back

Posted: 03 May 2012 08:57 AM PDT

— Daisy Lee The Malaysian Insider May 03, 2012 MAY 3 — Since most readers wrote in describing their experience during Bersih 3.0. I wanted to have my say about this event as well. It was my first Bersih rally after hearing all the happenings at Bersih 2.0 last year, I regretted not going for [...]

We are a confused nation, aren’t we?

Posted: 03 May 2012 08:48 AM PDT

— Abdul Haleem Abdul Rahiman The Malaysian Insider May 03, 2012 MAY 3 — While the dust yet to settle on Bersih 3.0 the nation seems so drunk. So lost and so confused. The best news today surely about Nayati Shamelin Moodliar who was released after been kidnapped for almost a week. This young boy [...]

Police violence – a damper?

Posted: 03 May 2012 08:18 AM PDT

2 May 2012 | Let’s Get Together | Posted by Ong Kar Jin Loyar Burok This is one of the definitions given by Urban Dictionary (yes I know, what a load of nonsense, but bear with me): Police [ puh-less], noun The guys you run away from. e.g. SHIT, IT'S THE POLICE, RUN! Usually Urban [...]

428 Bersih 3.0: We allow peaceful assembly but won’t tolerate when it gets too peaceful with 200K crowd

Posted: 03 May 2012 08:03 AM PDT

by Richard Loh We came in peace and will leave in peace but alas many were not allowed to do so. You can make your own conclusion whether my blog title “We allow peaceful assembly but won’t tolerate when it gets too peaceful with 200K crowd” is true or otherwise after reading my article! We [...]

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