Archive for June 25th, 2011
Karpal: Public porn screening in court ‘a first’
Posted by Kit in Anwar Ibrahim, Court, Judiciary on Saturday, 25 June 2011
Malaysiakini
Jun 25, 11
Karpal Singh slammed the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate Court’s handling of the Datuk T proceedings yesterday for showing the sex video to the public and for allowing Anwar to be implicated in his absence.
“This is the first time in legal history of the country that a pornographic video clip produced as an exhibit in court has been played on two big screens, one facing them magistrate and the other the public gallery,” said the Bukit Gelugor MP and veteran lawyer in a statement today.
Karpal said in such situations the public gallery would always be cleared.
While he agreed that as a fundamental element of the charge against the Datuk T trio, the screening had to be done in the presence of the magistrate and relevant parties, and this should not include the public. Read the rest of this entry »
Muhyiddin insists Bersih political, threat to security
Posted by Kit in Bersih, Election, Muhyiddin Yassin on Saturday, 25 June 2011
By Melissa Chi
June 25, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has deemed the July 9 Bersih rally as politically-motivated and a threat to national security as well as the country’s reputation.
Apart from calling in the organisers for questioning next week, police also insist they will not issue permits for at least three rallies planned on the day. Read the rest of this entry »
No such thing as runner-up in GE, says Najib
Posted by Kit in Election, Najib Razak on Saturday, 25 June 2011
Jun 25, 11 | MalaysiaKini
Najib Razak said victory in the general election was most important for Umno and BN because in politics, only victory would bring them meaning.
Hence, the prime minister and Umno president said, in a general election there was no such term as runner-up like in other contests which also offered prizes for the runner-up. Read the rest of this entry »
Have cops work with Bersih, Lim tells Hisham
Posted by Kit in Elections, Hishammuddin, Human Rights on Saturday, 25 June 2011
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
June 25, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein should direct the police to end its “hostile” stance towards the Bersih rally and work with its organisers instead, Lim Kit Siang said today.
The DAP parliamentary leader said mutual co-operation between the two would ensure a peaceful assembly on June 9. Read the rest of this entry »
True reasons behind gender pay gap
By Ananish Chaudhuri
Jun 25, 2011 | NZHerald
The existence of a gender wage gap in the workplace is well documented. Women earn less than men in similar jobs even after allowing for other factors such as education and experience.
In the United States, annual earnings data released by the Census Bureau last September shows women working full-time make, on average, 77c for every dollar earned by men. Read the rest of this entry »
Don: Cop’s Bersih ban is against constitution
Posted by Kit in Constitution, Elections, Human Rights on Saturday, 25 June 2011
By Hazlan Zakaria
25 June 2011 | MalaysiaKini
Renowned constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari, hit out at the cops for their unilateral banning of the Bersih 2.0 rally planned for July 9, pointing out that the police crackdown on the gathering is not only illegal but unconstitutional.
“They have acted illegally because they have publicly stated that they are not going to issue a permit. As a public authority they can only make a decision after an application has been made,” the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) lecturer told Malaysiakini. Read the rest of this entry »
Hannah’s baby vs. an ‘East Indies’ Chinese
Posted by Kit in 1Malaysia, Articles, nation building on Saturday, 25 June 2011
By Dr Boo Cheng Hau
25 June 2011 | Centre for Policy Initiatives
My widowed mother was a rubber tapper who took care of me when I was growing up. My younger sister and I used to sleep on the grounds of the rubber plantation in the dark because we helped our mother to tap rubber at dawn. After finishing the work, we headed to school. Neither we nor my mom ever groaned about our poverty. All by herself, she managed to put me through medical school.
I did medicine in Jamaica where the University of the West Indies (UWI) charged an annual tuition fee about RM3,000 (the amount at that time) – which was more of a token sum really. I obtained a seat under the two places reserved in the medical faculty for non-West Indian students. Read the rest of this entry »
Watch your words! Wong warns S’wak opposition
Posted by Kit in Sarawak, State Assembly on Saturday, 25 June 2011
By Joseph Tawie
June 25, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today
KUCHING: Second Minister of Finance Wong Soon Koh issued a stern warning to the opposition to behave themselves in the state assembly or they will be referred to the Committee of Privileges of the Dewan Undangan Negeri.
“I don’t mind being be called a ‘motion king’ if I must refer them to the committee of privileges,” he said to reporters. Read the rest of this entry »
GST only removes tax burden on ‘wealthier’ minority, says Pua
Posted by Kit in Economics, Good Governance on Saturday, 25 June 2011
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
June 25, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) while reducing the existing income tax will only benefit the “wealthier” minority, says Tony Pua.
The DAP national publicity secretary said that currently only 15 per cent of the working population earned enough to qualify to pay taxes, which meant 85 per cent of the country’s workforce earned less than RM3,000 a month. Read the rest of this entry »
Wearing Bersih 2.0 T-shirt is more dangerous than Osama bin Laden?
Posted by Kit in Election, Hishammuddin, Human Rights on Saturday, 25 June 2011
The Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein should stop the madness where a person can be detained by the police for wearing the Bersih 2.0 T-shirt, as if he/she is more dangerous than Osama bin Laden.
Last night, the police have started arresting people for wearing the Bersih 2.0 T-shirt.
This are tweets about the arrest in Shahj Alam last night:
This is not the reaction of the police in a developed democracy but the response of a repressive and undemocratic government which is afraid of the voice of the people. Read the rest of this entry »
Umno goes berserk with Bersih
By Mariam Mokhtar
June 24, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today
Ambiga Sreenevasan, the Bersih chairman, may yet be the person who leads this country out of the quagmire. Ambiga was the Malaysian Bar chairman from 2007-2009 and in March 2009, received the US Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage from Hillary Clinton, with the US First Lady, Michelle Obama in attendance.
Mrs Clinton praised Ambiga for her pursuit of judicial reform and good governance. She described Ambiga as a champion of religious tolerance, a staunch advocate of women’s equality, whose work and influence was felt in Malaysia and in other countries. Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia No. 2 in Asia-Pacific for cargo theft
By Yow Hong Chieh
June 25, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Cargo theft in Malaysia is now the second highest in the Asia-Pacific by value and looks to increase as more cargo from Singapore, the world’s busiest port, is routed overland through the Malay peninsula, the New York Times has reported.
The US daily, quoting figures compiled by the Transported Asset Protection Association, said more than US$22.7 million (RM68.9 million) worth of goods was reported stolen from Malaysian ports, airports, warehouses and trucks from 2007 to 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Who’s the idiot?
By Shamini Darshni
June 25, 2011
JUNE 25 — When I read how Ibrahim Ali “clarified” what he said about the Chinese community, I had a vision of him in a sampan with a panic-stricken look on his face, working those oars in reverse like the devil was after him.
But this time, I am not stomping my foot in anger or screaming obscenities for the things he said. Then again, I cannot make the same promise the next time he says something that once again breaks the barrier of stupid… and with his track record, that could well be tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Bersih 2.0, Perkasa and the ‘middle-ground’ fallacy
By Pak Sako
June 24, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JUNE 24 — Based on my analysis, I believe the government faked the plane crash and demolished the World Trade Center North Tower with explosives. The South Tower, in a simultaneous but unrelated plot, was brought down by actual terrorists. — Randall Munroe, on taking the middle ground, in xkcd.com
An article entitled “Bersih 2.0 — is there a third alternative?” appeared in The Malaysian Insider. The author, Anas Zubedy, attempted a clever-clogs proposal.
He argued that since Perkasa has vowed to take to the streets with the Bersih 2.0 gathering, to prevent disruptions, why not go for the “centrist’s” solution to everything: take the magical “middle-ground approach” and call off both demonstrations in downtown Kuala Lumpur. Read the rest of this entry »
Tambatuon folk fear Bakun fate
Posted by Kit in environment, Sabah on Saturday, 25 June 2011
By Michael Kaung
June 24, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today
PENAMPANG: The villagers of Tambatuon are anxious to avoid the heartbreak that the people of Bakun suffer, according to testimony before Suhakam commissioners who are conducting a study on Native Customary Land Rights (NCR) issues.
Jahim Singkui, who heads the Tambatuon Villagers’ Action Committee, told the commissioners today that the government had ignored pleas against its plan to build a RM450 million dam in the village, which is in the Kota Belud district.
The project would submerge ancestral lands, he said. Read the rest of this entry »
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