Month: November 2008

Zaid Ibrahim vs Shahidan Kassim

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By Zaharan Razak

Monday, November 3, 2008

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, read this posting, it is about you!

This site proposes Zaid Ibrahim to head a new political movement to give voters another choice in the next general elections to vote in a new government.

This site sees Zaid Ibrahim as a forward looking intellectual and Shahidan Kassim as a heel-digging, has-been, neo-feudal petty chief whose hidden agenda may well be feathering his own nest. Zaid is a symbol of the new Malay while Shahidan is a symbol of the old Malay which is dragging the country down with too much historical baggage.

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What’s wrong with the ISA?

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By Deborah Loh
The Nut Graph

October 31, 2008

WHEN it comes to justifying the Internal Security Act (ISA) 1960, the Malaysian government has honed its replies down pat — after the usual noises about how we still need such laws to keep the peace, they then fall back on the old chestnut — others are now doing it too.

This deft attempt at deflecting responsibility is being repeatedly played out by our leaders, especially now, when faced with growing calls by civil society groups and even from within the Barisan Nasional (BN) ranks to abolish the law.