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Religious polarisation most serious in 4 yrs under Abdullah as compared to four previous Prime Ministers

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

“PM: Religious festivals unite all Malaysians” is the New Straits Times headline today for Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s statement yesterday at an Aidiladha ceremony, where he said:
“Malaysia can pride itself in knowing that regardless of what religious celebration it may be, its ethnic groups will come together as one to honour the event.”
This […]

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Parliamentary Roundtable of MPs/NGO/NGI to salvage IPCMC next Thursday

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

I will convene a Parliamentary Roundtable in Parliament next Thursday, 27th December 2007 inviting concerned NGOs and NGIs, including the 16 members of the Royal Police Commission, to discuss how to salvage the original proposal of the Royal Police Commission to have an independent external oversight mechanism to check police abuses, misconduct and corruption.
As former […]

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Posted in Parliament, Police | 13 Comments »

Abdullah plunging to new depth of shambolic government with “somnambulant governance”?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

I wondered this morning whether the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is crafting a new form of governance – somnambulant governance – making Cabinet appointments on-the-run, with the public and the Ministers themselves completely unaware of the existence of such Cabinet portfolios and responsibilities.
This is from Abdullah’s reaction to the proposal from a […]

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Posted in Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Good Governance, Religion | 57 Comments »

Record 68 Golds by Malaysian sportsmen and sportswomen in SEA Games - a lesson for all of us

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

by Dr. Chen Man Hin
Malaysia can stand proud because it has won 68 golds to earn second place among the nations of se asia
The sports men and women had one objective in mind - to win for the honour and glory of Malaysia.
They competed as Malaysians for the country that they love. On the […]

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Posted in Sports, nation building | 30 Comments »

Fake IPCMC Bill deferred to March Parliament

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

I spoke to the Minister responsible for piloting the Special Complaints Commission (SCC) Bill (the fake IPCMC Bill) Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz before the Cabinet meeting today conveying to him the unanimous sentiments of the Emergency SCC Bill Public Consultation last night that the Bill be deferred for a proper public consultation […]

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Posted in Parliament, Police | 21 Comments »

Gani owes public apology to Batu Caves 31 for travesty of justice of total incarceration of 403 days

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

The Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail owes the Batu Caves 31 who were unjustly incarcerated for 13 days and their families a public apology for the sufferings and hardships they should not have been made to go through.
Gani’s explanations why he dropped the charges of attempted murder against the Batu Caves 31 in the Shah […]

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Posted in Court, Hindraf, Indians | 86 Comments »

Abdullah just don’t get it - that he has already disappointed Malaysians after biggest-ever electoral mandate 4 yrs ago

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

In Puchong Indah, Selangor yesterday, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi declared: Support me and I will not disappoint you.
He said the support of the people give him greater sense of responsibility to strive even harder to ensure prosperity, harmony and development without leaving out any group.
Abdullah just don’t get it […]

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Defer the fake IPCMC Bill to allow for proper public consultation

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

No, it was not an empty auditorium but quite a full house for the Emergency Public Consultation on the Special Complaints Commission Bill (or fake IPCMC Bill) at the Kuala Lumpur-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall last night.
It vindicated my faith and confidence in Malaysians that despite the impossibly short two-day notice falling on a […]

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Who are the opportunists?

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

by Richard Teo
The Council of Former People’s Representative (Mubarak) President Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang described the Hindraf leaders as “opportunists and traitors to their race and country.” He further added that these people were extremists and that they should rightly be detained under the ISA.
Referring to his assertion, I […]

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Posted in Hindraf, Indians, nation building | 41 Comments »

Why does the BN government choose to do the wrong things almost all the time?

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

by Loh Meng Kow
Zainuddin, the Minister of (dis) Information said the government rejected the concept of democracy promoted by the West, with street demonstrations being part of the democratic process. “Have the countries with frequent street demonstrations managed to achieve the prosperity and stability that we enjoy? Most of these countries are mired in […]

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Challenge to AG/IGP to substantiate or withdraw terrorist charges against Hindraf

Monday, December 17th, 2007

I just came back to Parliament from the Shah Alam Sessions Court where the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail as expected dropped the attempted murder charge against the Batu Caves 31 after being incarcerated for close to two weeks on the ground that they are “national security” threats.
Of course I welcome the Attorney-General’s change […]

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Posted in Court, Hindraf | 124 Comments »

Fake IPCMC Bill consultation tonight – will anybody be there?

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Will anybody come for the Emergency Public Consultation on the Special Complaints Commission (SCC) Bill - the fake Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) Bill – at the Kuala Lumpur-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall auditorium tonight, December 17, 2007 at 7.30 pm?
Or will there be an empty hall?
Half of me was telling me that […]

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Hishammuddin’s antediluvian pledge of “no closure of Chinese primary schools”

Monday, December 17th, 2007

“Hisham pledges no closure of Chinese primary schools” is the front-page headline of Nanyang Siang Pau today. Similar headlines also appear in other Chinese newspapers.
Education Minister and UMNO Youth leader, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and the Barisan Nasional spinmeisters must have regarded this a coup and sure vote-getter after his unforgettable “keris-wielding” […]

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Tinpot Tyrant In The Making

Monday, December 17th, 2007

by M. Bakri Musa
Someone ought to tell Prime Minister Abdullah that he is not up to the job. Malaysia deserves better. If he truly loves his party and country, as he frequently professes, he should acknowledge his limitations and gracefully pave the way for someone else.
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Emergency Public Consultation on fake IPCMC Bill - Tunku Aziz, Param, Malek Imtiaz and Ragunath coming

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Nazri Aziz should not try to shut up members of the Royal Police Commission by arm-twisting them into silence and obedience about their unhappiness that their key proposal for an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMCP) has completely changed character in the Special Complaints Commission […]

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