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Raja Petra Kamarudin on Civil Disobedience

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http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/17149/84/

Published by Malaysia Today

22 January 2009

Civil Disobedience 101

Some have asked me about the meaning of Civil Disobedience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience). It’s actually quite simple. You defy the powers-that-be, but you do it in a passive, not active, manner. You do not resist. You just do nothing. And is this not what Malaysians are good at, doing nothing?

For example, when they charged me in court and asked me to plead ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’, I refused to enter a plea. I told the judge, “I shall not respond to the charges on the grounds that the charges are both mala fide and defective.??? The judge, however, took that as a ‘not guilty’ plea.

I then raised my voice and told the judge, “I did not plead not guilty! I said I refuse to respond to the charges.??? He still took that as a ‘not guilty’ plea and I now face trial.

In another earlier case, I pleaded ‘not guilty’ and the court set bail. I then refused bail and was sent to the Sungai Buloh Prison for three days. My wife came to prison at the behest of the prison authorities who were worried about my safety. Sirul and Azilah had threatened me in front of a senior prison officer, Thana, and they were worried that I might not survive prison.

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Rocky on Sombre Economic Times Ahead

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I million Malaysians could lose jobs this year http://rockybru.com.my/2009/01/i-million-malaysians-could-lose-jobs.html January 19, 2009 The government is slowly telling us the bad news. Yesterday, the Human Resources Ministry says 45,000 Malaysians could lose jobs over the Chinese New Year period alone! [Read here, the Dep Minister beats around the bush about people losing jobs temporarily and factories … Read more

Ancient Mariner on KT Byelection Result

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  East Coast Disaster http://cyusof.blogspot.com/2009/01/east-coast-disaster.html For the ruling Barisan Nasional, that is. Although he has dismissed it only as a ‘minor setback‘, losing a parliamentary ‘buy” election in a Malay heartland again must surely be very painful for PM-in-waiting Najib, who had tirelessly led the BN campaign in Kuala Terengganu. And if even MCA’s Ong … Read more

malaysiaku.tv

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  http://rockybru.com.my/2009/01/malaysiakutv.html Click here to watch. It’s a new blog television programme. The first feature video, Air dan Api, discusses an issue that’s been bugging many Malays since March 2008: Melayu dicabar dan tercabar. The talk show features Khir Toyo and Mukhriz Mahathir. It would have been perfect if they had managed to get Khairy … Read more

‘Envelope journalism’ in KT?

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http://mustafakanuar.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/envelope-journalism-in-kt/

January 17, 2009

 

‘Envelope journalism’ is a term, popularly used in countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines and elsewhere in Asia, to refer to the unethical practice of bribing journalists in the form of money, gifts or the use of facilities to journalists in an attempt to seek favourable media coverage.

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Dr Bakri Musa on Towards A Competitive Malaysia

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Towards A Competitive Malaysia # 86 http://www.bakrimusa.com/archives/towards-a-competitive-malaysia-86 Chapter 12:  Fragmentation of Malaysian Society January 7, 2009 Minorities in America and Malaysia  Minorities in Malaysia behave like Hispanics in American in not wanting to integrate with or accept the mainstream culture. Unlike the Hispanics however, Malaysian minorities are not interested in maintaining their own ways, except … Read more

Malik Imtiaz on The Freedom To Be

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http://malikimtiaz.blogspot.com/2009/01/freedom-to-be.htmlMonday, January 5, 2009 (I start a monthly column with The Malaysian Insider today. My column will appear on the first monday of each month. This is the first (I have made some minor changes since submitting it)) The Freedom To Be In his seminal work, “Islam And The Secular State: Negotiating The Future Of … Read more

Zaid Ibrahim has something to say about Malaysia Boleh!

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Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s speech at Regional Outlook Forum, Singapore       http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/16703/84/ Published by malaysia-today.net Speech by Datuk Zaid IbrahimRegional Outlook Forum organised by Institute of South East Asian Studies 1.     I want to thank ISEAS and in particular Ambassador Kesavapany for this honour. Ambassador Kesavapany told me that I would have 30 minutes or … Read more

Ancient Mariner on Failed Privatisation

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Failed Privatisation http://cyusof.blogspot.com/2009/01/failed-privatisation.html Wednesday, January 07, 2009  One afternoon some time in early 1984, as a long time president of the Klang Port Authority’s Senior Officers’ Association (SOA), I was summoned for a meeting with the then prime minister Dr. Mahathir at his office in Kuala Lumpur. Also with me were fellow presidents Ruslan Zainal … Read more