By Hannah Beech, TIMEMonday, July 7, 2008 A sex case that is engrossing Malaysia’s public and stirring political unrest is getting even more bizarre. No, not the scandal surrounding political opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who was accused last month in a police report of sodomizing a 23-year-old male aide. This case involves Abdul Razak Baginda … Read more
By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru Tuesday, July 8, 2008 While I was on strike … The PM hits out at bloggers for the country’s current political tragedy. The Sun called me for my comments, and I said my piece (see the article below or click here to read the online version). I am a big … Read more
By The StarTuesday July 8, 2008 SELAYANG: The contents of private investigator P. Balasubramaniam’s first statutory declaration are consistent with what he had told his two nephews the past six months in relation to the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu. According to Segar Ramakrishnan, 34, his uncle had told him and his brother Kumaresan, … Read more
By TV SMITH July 6, 2008 Protes In Kelana Jaya
Forum Title: WHERE TO MALAYSIA: An analysis of Current Political Development in Malaysia Written by SIRD Date : July 9, 2008Time : 8.00pmVenue : Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, No. 1, JalanMaharajalela, Kuala Lumpur. Panelists: 1. Mr. Kim Quek (Author of Where To Malaysia and KeMana Malaysia) 2. Sdr Hishamuddin Rais (Author of Pilihanraya atauJalanraya and … Read more
By Brenda Lim, New Straits Times July 6, 2008 IPOH: Come National Day on Aug 31, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government in Perak will fall, claimed Perak Barisan Nasional chief and former menteri besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali. “It’s not easy, (but) I’m very confident,” he said, predicting that BN would resume its … Read more
By DERRICK VINESH, The StarMonday July 7, 2008 NIBONG TEBAL: The state government can undertake its own monorail project with a comprehensive and workable business plan, said a transport researcher. But Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) School of Civil Engineering dean Prof Dr Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah said the state must first carry out a viability … Read more
By The Malaysian Insider July 7, 2008 PETALING JAYA, July 7 ? The crowd was way smaller than the predicted one million and the 50,000 capacity stadium was not filled to the brim but Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim last night challenged the government to debate about the pump price hikes. Some 20,000 people defied police … Read more
By Columnist Tunku Abdul Aziz, New Straits Times July 6, 2008 LET me begin this Sunday morning with a confession. I have an instinctive, and some say pathological, disdain for politicians, though not politics as a science. That, I suppose, is why I have always given political parties of all persuasions a wide berth, and … Read more
ocument.write(parent.prscreen) Published by thespec.comBy Gwynne DyerIndependent July 5, 2008 Reading the first reports about the accusations against Malaysia’s opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, I had to check the date at the top of the page. Had there been a time-slip? Was this file 10 years old? For Anwar to be accused of sodomy again, 10 years … Read more