Month: January 2013

Kes rogol tidak mengenal cara berpakaian, tempat mahupun rayuan

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2012 berakhir dengan kesedihan apabila pelajar wanita India yang menjadi mangsa rogol berkumpulan dalam sebuah bas di New Delhi, meninggal dunia berikutan kegagalan fungsi organ dan kecederaan otak, selepas dirawat beberapa hari di sebuah hospital di Singapura.  Kematiannya telah mencetuskan tunjuk perasaan besar-besaran oleh orang ramai yang mahukan tindakan yang lebih tegas diambil ke atas penjenayah-penjenayah … Read more

The big, bad Indonesian bogeyman

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 Presently, a film entitled “Habibie & Ainun” is being screened all over Indonesia, a rather cloying depiction of the life of the former President of Indonesia, B.J. Habibie and his late wife. Quite co-incidentally, the film’s protagonist was also recently the object of scorn heaped upon by the former Malaysian Information Minister, Zainuddin ‘Zam’ Maidin. … Read more

What change? A reply to Dr Mahathir Mohamad

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  Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad published a piece called ‘Change’ yesterday in his blog. In it he asked why change governments. He then criticised the socialist ideology. He strangely claimed that “Malaysia has no ideology”. That is completely untrue. When Mahathir came into power in 1981, Malaysia was introduced to the neoliberal ideology. … Read more

Time to set up a Ministry of Minority Affairs

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 As we begin a new year, a rash of old issues and challenges confront the country. Chief amongst them are racial and religious tensions and a rising sense of marginalization and alienation among our minority communities while at the same time the majority community feels threatened and insecure. Many of these problems are deeply entrenched. … Read more