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Kematian Sugumaran: Adakah polis telah bertindak melampaui hak undang-undang?

January 30, 2013 by johnlee_my

Merujuk kepada kes kematian C. Sugumaran, berumur 40 tahun, yang dijumpai mati terbujur kaku pada 23 Januari lalu – memandangkan kematian Sugumaran kini dipersoalkan dan disyaki bersangkut paut dengan keganasan polis – Gerakan Malaysians for Beng Hock meminta dengan tegasnya supaya penyiasatan dijalankan dengan segera, dan tindakan yang sewajarnya harus diambil sekiranya terdapat sebarang tanda-tanda … Read more

Invitation to the launching of Oeko Report by Dr. Ronald MCcoy

January 24, 2013 by johnlee_my

24th Jan 2013 To All our distinguished guests, Invitation to the launching of Oeko Report by Dr. Ronald MCcoy Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) wishes to extend its invitation to all our distinguished guests for the above event . You are cordially invited to the launch of a scientific report on the Lynas rare earth … Read more

Beng Hock: The dead brought to life in documentary

January 24, 2013 by johnlee_my

Teoh Beng Hock was the man who died while in the custody of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters in Shah Alam. We read about him, we saw his photo in the news, and we remember the emotive images of his sobbing sister. We knew him as a political worker. He was law-abiding and … Read more

Adakah kanak-kanak sengaja dibawa sebagai ‘benteng pertahanan’ di demo?

January 22, 2013 by johnlee_my

Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat (HKR) pada 12 Januari 2013 berlangsung tanpa apa-apa insiden yang tidak diingini berlaku sepanjang perhimpunan itu. Pihak polis walau bagaimanapun menyatakan bahawa pihak penganjur telah melanggar tiga daripada 27 syarat yang dipersetujui antara mereka dan polis sebelum ini. Tiga syarat itu ialah larangan membawa kanak-kanak berusia bawah 15 tahun; membawa plakad, … Read more

RCI proceedings: Facing up to the truth of where Malaysians come from

January 20, 2013 by johnlee_my

The pro-Umno author and blogger Syed Akbar Ali, in a post critiquing the Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah, has argued that it would not be out of place to have a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate why one million immigrants who were mostly Chinese and Indians were given citizenship in … Read more

Budak diherdik dengan panggilan ‘keling bodoh’

January 19, 2013 by johnlee_my

Beberapa minggu yang lalu, saya telah membawa anak-anak ke taman permainan berhampiran tempat tinggal kami. Taman permainan itu agak luas. Di satu sudut, terdapat alatan permainan kanak-kanak – gelungsur, buaian, jongkang-jongket dan sebagainya – manakala di satu sudut lain terdapat tanah lapang yang walaupun tidak begitu luas, cukup untuk kanak-kanak lelaki bermain bolasepak. Saya memang … Read more

Open letter to PM by Tindak Malaysia

January 18, 2013 by johnlee_my

Surat terbuka kepada Najib Razak Tiada maklum balas daripada Perdana Menteri berkenaan Program Reformasi Pilihan Raya Malaysia/Malaysia Electoral Reform Programme (MERP) Pada 20 Dis 2012, Tindak Malaysia bersama-sama dengan 10 NGO yang lain telah melancarkan Program Reformasi Pilihan Raya Malaysia di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor. Dokumen itu menyatakan apakah perubahan-perubahan yang perlu … Read more

Media statement: Bank Islam acts unprofessionally and unjustly in suspending Azrul Azwar

January 18, 2013 by johnlee_my

Civil Society’s Joint Statement – 17 January 2013 Bank Islam acts unprofessionally and unjustly in suspending Azrul Azwar We, the undersigned organisations and individuals, call on Bank Islam to reinstate its Chief Economist, Azrul Azwar Ahmad Tajudin, who has been suspended for presenting an analysis based on computer simulation which projects a probability weighted … Read more

How the Ayatollah’s fatwa changed the life of Salman Rushdie

January 16, 2013 by johnlee_my

CPI introduction As our country struggles to understand the Islamic system and as the religious rhetoric gets more shrill and strident, all of us – Muslims and non-Muslims – would do well to reflect on the lessons that can be gleaned from one man’s epic odyssey and his attempt to reclaim his life from … Read more

Kes rogol tidak mengenal cara berpakaian, tempat mahupun rayuan

January 10, 2013 by johnlee_my

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