CPI introduction We are reproducing below an excerpt from a former MCA insider who has left the country for good. The excerpt is from his letter responding to a request from his friend asking him to consider a return to Malaysia. The excerpt provides a personal but important perspective of the role of non-Malay parties … Read more
Malaysian civil society’s latest effort in campaigning against the newly introduced Section 114A to the Evidence Act 1950 – Internet Blackout Day – is gaining momentum and has received more endorsements from prominent websites, Netizens and politicians. Bar Council has confirmed taking down their website to support this while the Democratic Action Party (DAP) is … Read more
Pusat Komas is totally shocked and appalled by the recent comments and statements made by the former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad and present PM Najib Razak saying that the Merdeka theme was chosen based on Islamic demands. This trend of thinking is in fact one of the strong factors that has been reinforcing the … Read more
I am among the four billion or so people worldwide who watch the Olympics 2012 on television, albeit in snatches, now in its final stretch. While I enjoyed seeing Usain Bolt win gold twice in the 100m and 200m sprint races and Michael Phelps chalk up gold after gold for an Olympic record of 18 … Read more
Recently our Prime Minister had announced an allocation of RM180 million to uplift the economic standing of the Indian community. It was indeed a major announcement and a big step forward on the part of the government to help the Indian community. However in practice whether this allocation will help Indians in the long run … Read more
I welcome and appreciate Dr Lim Teck Ghee’s thoughtful comments on the Polis Diraja Malaysia’s response to his earlier critique on the PDRM and crime . It appears that the police tend to be quite defensive and the public are also getting more frustrated and increasingly fearful of the security situation in our country. Hence … Read more
Kata Mukhriz Mahathir menurut laporan, sekiranya rakyat Kedah mengasihi ayah beliau, janganlah kecewakan Dr M kali kedua. Akibatnya internet meribut lagi dengan kutukan. Kenapa Mukhriz kecenderongan mencari pasal, tak tahulah aku. Pada sejarah, Dr M adalah terang-terang orang yang paling dikutuk dalam sejarah seluruh Gugusan Kepulauan Melayu, jauh lebih berbanding dengan Marcos. Kerana ada Internet, … Read more
CPI foreword The Tanda Putera filmmakers are marketing their movie as an educational product on the claim that the events they have depicted are based on established truth. “My team and I did a lot of research, such as studying documented materials and photographs, to make sure the scenes were backed by historical facts,” its … Read more
Sebuah rencana tentang transformasi kebudayaan Arab di kalangan orang Melayu dan komen seorang rakan tentang banyak ucapan yang sebelumnya sering diutarakan dalam bahasa Melayu tetapi sekarang lebih banyak dalam bahasa Arab menjadi tajuk perbualan di antara rakan-rakan dan keluarga. Fenomena ini – unsur-unsur Arab dalam budaya Melayu jika bolehlah dikatakan demikian – mula kelihatan dengan … Read more
I thank the Polis Diraja Malaysia for the response to my commentary on why the police are impotent in fighting rising crime in the country. Massaging of official statistics and reports Firstly, with regard to the lengthy explanation on how the crime count statistics are generated, whilst the information is quite useful, it does not … Read more