By Lee Shi-Ian, New Straits Times July 19, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council yesterday described the recent questioning of lawyers who had represented private investigator P. Balasubramaniam as an act of intimidation. “This would amount to threatening lawyers into revealing information which cannot be revealed due to lawyer-client relationship,” council president Datuk Ambiga … Read more
With whom will the army stroll? Azly Rahman From: ILLUMINATIONS, Malaysiakini No man is an island, entire of itself; MCPX every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, … Read more
document.write(parent.prscreen) Published by The Malaysian InsiderJuly 18, 2008 WASHINGTON, DC, July 18 — United States Senator Joseph Biden Jr today called on Kuala Lumpur not to repeat the mistakes of the past in prosecuting opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, urging the Prime Minister “to drop this political attack on a respected opposition figure”. Biden, … Read more
Written by: DATO’ SALEHUDDIN HASHIM and NATHANIEL TANPosted on July 18th, 2008 by Nathaniel Tan Malaysiakini was kind enough to publish a piece I co-authored. Thanks guys! – “When you eliminate the impossible, that which remains – no matter how implausible – must be true??? “In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man … Read more
From YB Lim Kit Siang’s Blog Police Black Eyes By Din Merican, Programme Director, PKR July 17, 2008 Yesterday, the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi promised that there will not be another “black eye??? trauma for Anwar as happened ten years ago. However, the police has received a “black eye??? of its own making, in its … Read more
By Dr Teck-Yong Eng July 18, 2008 I highlighted previously that the state of corruption in Malaysia is now at its gravest level of concern. Corruption is one of the major causes of poverty and inequality in wealth distribution. It has dire consequences resulting from manifestations including behaving dishonestly, corrupting the administration of law and … Read more
document.write(parent.prscreen) written by palmdoc Published in Malaysian Medical Resources July 17, 2008 I came across this news report: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was stripped naked, had his private parts examined and some other body parts measured during a medical check-up at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital last night. Heck, I don’t think even rape suspects are … Read more
Charges Are Filed As Alliance Seeks To Topple BadawiBy JAMES HOOKWAY, Asian Wall Street Journal July 17, 2008 Malaysian police arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on suspicion of sodomy, setting the stage for another confrontation between his supporters and the ruling National Front government 10 years after Mr. Anwar was arrested and later jailed on … Read more
COMMENT BY OON YEOH, The Star Thursday May 15, 2008 Malaysian Insider, a bold attempt at creating a full-fledged online newspaper, is open to working with brand owners on innovative forms of advertising. MALAYSIAN Insider, which emerged right before the general election, has become a staple of what I refer to as the “Malaysiakini crowd??? … Read more
By the New York Times July 17, 2008 BANGKOK — In what seemed a reprise of one of the more unusual moments in recent Malaysian history, police officers wearing ski masks seized the country’s most prominent opposition politician, Anwar Ibrahim, on Wednesday and took him to jail on suspicion of sodomy. After saying he would … Read more