Like local workers, migrant workers in Malaysia can be sacked from their jobs anytime by their employers. What is good is that Malaysia allows migrant workers to file complaints for wrongful dismissal at the labour and industrial relations departments, and pursue the matter all the way right up to the highest courts of the land.… Continue reading Exploitation is why employers prefer migrant workers
Month: September 2012
Dr M’s new preoccupation in lobbying for warship purchases
A national news daily had as its front page report a story with the headline title “Keep him locked up”. I am sure that my Barisan Nasional friends are beginning to think of this solution in respect of our former prime minister as the flow of half-baked or senseless suggestions and proposals from Dr Mahathir… Continue reading Dr M’s new preoccupation in lobbying for warship purchases
What the devil we know should know
If the oracular Dr Mahathir Mohammed thinks the ‘devil we know’ is running the country, who knows better? The government while promising transformation and boasting about attaining the status of “the world’s best democracy” appears to be wavering as Malaysians see it heading in the opposite direction with the latest denunciation of dissent. The… Continue reading What the devil we know should know
Court grants interim suspension of Lynas’ TOL
September 25th, 2012 The Kuantan High Court has granted Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) an interim stay for its application to suspend the temporary operating licence (TOL) issued to the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) on Jan 30. Pending the court decision on Oct 4, the Lynas TOL is temporarily suspended. Responding to the decision… Continue reading Court grants interim suspension of Lynas’ TOL
Bruno Manser Fund asking for global bank freeze on Taib assets
The Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) is a well-connected international organization “committed to maintaining the threatened tropical rainforests with their rich plant and animal life, and to campaigning, in particular, for the rights of the peoples who inhabit the rainforests” with an especial focus on Sarawak. One of the BMF principals – its eponymous founder… Continue reading Bruno Manser Fund asking for global bank freeze on Taib assets
Activist group wants court to suspend Lynas’ TOL
The Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) movement will apply tomorrow (Sept 25) to the Kuantan High Court to suspend the temporary operating licence (TOL) issued to the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) until hearings for its two judicial review cases are completed. Tan Bun Teet, a co-applicant to revoke the TOL and spokesman for… Continue reading Activist group wants court to suspend Lynas’ TOL
Parties colluding with growth of religious intolerance
In the years that I have been to Indonesia I have seen it change from a fairly tolerant society, especially after Suharto, to a less tolerant one in a relatively short time. This growing intolerance is not racial but religious. Sometimes it is between Muslims and Christians but increasingly it is between one Muslim sect… Continue reading Parties colluding with growth of religious intolerance
Do not rush the education blueprint
In his presentation at a forum discussing the blueprint recently unveiled by the Ministry of Education, Dr Lim Teck Ghee called on the government to see the document as a first step towards resolving the longstanding crisis in the education system but to avoid treating it as a roadmap that must be strictly imposed.… Continue reading Do not rush the education blueprint
DPP decides no inquest for Kathir Oli shooting death
Exactly one year after the wanton police shooting death of Kathir Oli, father of four young children and successful businessman, the Deputy Public Prosecutor told dismayed family members and the Parti Sosialis Malaysia that he was sticking to his stand in not calling for an inquest. He had instead decided to charge three friends of… Continue reading DPP decides no inquest for Kathir Oli shooting death
Apa tujuan anak muda mengibarkan bendera Sang Saka?
Apa nak jadi dengan anak muda zaman sekarang? Memijak bendera negara dan gambar pemimpin, mengibarkan bendera lain selain daripada Jalur Gemilang dan melondehkan seluar menunjukkan punggung ke arah gambar yang sudah dipijak-pijak ketika orang ramai meraikan sambutan Hari Merdeka baru-baru ini bukanlah perbuatan yang boleh dibanggakan walau apapun sebab dan alasan yang diberi. Penjelasan tentang… Continue reading Apa tujuan anak muda mengibarkan bendera Sang Saka?