Comments on: Human Rights Day arrests – police takes off velvet glove to show iron fist

By: ktteokt

ktteokt — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:35:23 +0000

Before long, every Malaysian may need to apply for a permit or licence to breath Malaysian air?

By: DarkHorse

DarkHorse — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:40:24 +0000

“â€œNobody is above the lawâ€. Yes …”

Wrong! If you make the law then you’re above the law.

By: i_love_malaysia

i_love_malaysia — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:36:55 +0000

Talk is cheap! Do we want to be like the PM & DPM and the bunch of half past six cabinet who just talk and no action to respect human rights and to take care of its people well being?

19 December 2007 – Rest A Day

To show our support to those who have been arrested for their fight against the injustic in our beloved country Malaysia regardless of race, religion or language.

Just Do It!

By: pwcheng

pwcheng — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:51:38 +0000

“Nobody is above the law”. Yes that is absolutely correct insofar as the ordinary citizen is concerned, but for UMNO and it cronies , can we say that he same. Look at the one eye Jack, the railway keeper, The MBPJ where hundreds of illegal signboards are erected illegal on private or government lands. Have they torn down any of these signboards. Temples are torn down because of squatting on illegal land and by the same reasoning why are these signboards not torn down. Obviously somebody is benefiting from it and the government is giving them protection as till today no ministers or the PM has given any comments . Look a the funeral parlor in PJ that had been operating for umpteen years without a license. Isn’t that going against the law and why are they above the laws.

At the end of the day it is the corrupted that is above the law as the law is only for the ordinary citizen.

By: sheriff singh

sheriff singh — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:42:35 +0000

Today is International Human Rights Day.

What is the Government doing to celebrate this day?

By: Singapore Lawyers To Call On Law Society To Set Up Human Rights Committee « Pseudonymity

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:33:19 +0000

[...] parties have also supported their efforts with parliamentary Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang condemning the Malaysians heavy-handedness in dealing with the [...]

By: k1980

k1980 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:20:06 +0000

Question: IS IT FAIR TO THE RAKYAT?

PM’s Answer: Sure, they can apply more skin-whitening products and alakazam! they’ll be as fair as me

By: Putra-Malaysia

Putra-Malaysia — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:53:12 +0000

COMING SOON to Malaysia.
New headlines of our newspapers are around the corner : “Kelalahn BN bukanlah satu yang mengejutkan”; “Kekalahan ‘majoriti’ menimpa BN.”; “Rakyat sukakan kerajaan baru yang lebih berjiwa Malaysia”; “Kekalahan teruk BN -rakyat tak mahu kerjaaan berbau perkauman”.
I guess most Malaysians love to read such a different headlines too!

By: Irene

Irene — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:12:00 +0000

When BN big shot go around the country we see banners on every lamp post leading the the venue of visit. Why? Why? Why? these banners can be freely put up and no one says that they should be taken down or did they apply for a permit.
IS IT NOT DOUBLE STANDARD?????
MR. PM (Abdullah Badawi) ARE YOU EXCEPTIONAL????????
IS IT FAIR TO THE RAKYAT??????
CAN WE ASK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR YOU DOUBLE STANDARDS????

By: 1eyecls

1eyecls — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:02:28 +0000

there are three scenarios that fully described the political climates here by chinese proverbs:

1)the ppl of intelligence though meeting the soldiers,nothing much that they(the lawyers) can do,

2)they can trigger the fire,but we cant even light- up a candle,

3)you give them an inch,they want a yard later!

By: 1eyecls

1eyecls — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:50:18 +0000

looks like we are also having a compatible version of SADAM,infact,this is the second,the 1st was alredy scot free by crownning TUN,why they never want to learn from history?

As i did mention long time ago,mayb,mayb 1 day,these superpowers may ‘invade’ malaysia,just like what they did to Iraq,remember,Malaysia is also an oil-rich country!(the USA will surely love to come on to this BOLEHLAND!,at the same time,taking down BRUNEI,wat a 1 stone kills 2 birds OPERASI!)

By: undergrad2

undergrad2 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:38:47 +0000

“The lawyers marched because they argue that the law says they can. Who knows the law better? ” BigJoe

The lawyers march because not only do they know the law better but they know that they know the law better. They of course know that Article 10 of our Constitution is qualified by Clauses (2), (3) and (4) – like many other articles in our Constitution.

By: undergrad2

undergrad2 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:31:00 +0000

June07,

Are you sitting for the AIBM any time soon?

In the event of a conflict between the Constitution and subsidiary legislation, the former prevails because the Constitution is supreme – or is it?

By: June07

June07 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:18:34 +0000

Guess when there is a conflict between “Universal” law and “Local” law, Local law prevails. Therefore, Art 18/20 is not applicable here for Human Rights

Compare with … If there is a conflict between UCP (Uniform Customs Practices) issued by the International Chamber of Commerce for both importers and exporters, and if local law prevails, what do you think the situation will be? ICC prevails because it is meant for international trade.

Therefore business is more important than human rights. It seems human rights is at the far end of the list of priorities then. So we need to be like robots and practice “Silence is Golden”

By: Bigjoe

Bigjoe — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:05:53 +0000

“No one is above the law”-PM

The thing is this. The lawyers marched because they argue that the law says they can. Who knows the law better? – the lawyers or the PM who relies on the likes of Nazri to tell him

This statement tells you how the PM really don’t know what he is doing and that is the real danger. He is resorting to cliche and old tired ways to get through the problems.

By: dawsheng

dawsheng — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:52:16 +0000

“I will spread the words Uncle Kit but I dunno whether it works! Itâ€™s not your struggle alone fighing for us, itâ€™s time for us to return the favour esp. in pre-election time.”

Facebook it!

By: Count Dracula

Count Dracula — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:48:32 +0000

“….it is our duty to convince those swing and non-voters to the opposition side.”

Where do you want them to swing? They have been swinging from the trees too long. It is time they use their legs.

By: mental jog

mental jog — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:41:12 +0000

shame on you, abdullah badawi!…

shame on malaysia!
i weep for my country, malaysia.
malaysia is a police state.malaysia, where human rights are trampled on.malaysia, where there is double standard.(and more).
yes i weep for my country.. especially after what happened yesterday mornin…

By: harrisonbinhansome

harrisonbinhansome — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:48:20 +0000

I am wondering if Uncle Kit retires from politics one day, I can’t really see a candidate of YB Kit’s calibre. So now that he is still fighting for our rights, every equal Malaysian rights, it is our duty to convince those swing and non-voters to the opposition side.

I will spread the words Uncle Kit but I dunno whether it works! It’s not your struggle alone fighing for us, it’s time for us to return the favour esp. in pre-election time.

By: negarawan

negarawan — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:16:13 +0000

We appeal to the United Nations Council for Human Rights, in particular the United States of America and the European Union, to issue a stern and strong statement of condemnation of the Malaysian UMNO-led government, for gross and despicable violation of the basic human right to peaceful assembly, for the unlawful and inhumane prosecution of innocent victims of peaceful rallies, for the instigation and false accusations made against participants of peaceful rallies, for the abuse and corruption of the judicial process, and most of all, for the failure to protect and uphold the statutory rights and civil liberties of the Malaysian citizens as enshrined in the constitution.