Category: Bloggers Buzz

Is Malaysia serious about press freedom?By Ong Hock Chuan in JakartaJune 2, 2008   One view of the meeting between newly appointed Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim and bloggers/journalists is from Chun Wai below. Another is from Rocky. The impression you get is that Zaid tries. He may be the only person trying in a dysfunctional… Continue reading Is Malaysia serious about press freedom?

Where were the Editors? By Ahirudin AttanSunday, June 01, 2008   It’s about gumption, eds and journos. We talked about Press Freedom today. We hackled Zaid Ibrahim, the de facto Law Minister, for his lack of commitments. Some said he was a waste of time. But he asked this question of us journalists: “It’s about… Continue reading Where were the Editors?

Govt to take on bloggers By Ahirudin AttanWednesday May 28, 2008 Government to engage bloggers in cyberspaceBy SHAHANAAZ HABIB KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will take on bloggers in cyberspace and respond to wild and baseless allegations raised in blogs. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said remaining silent was no longer an option.… Continue reading Govt to take on bloggers

Let’s Get Engaged By Marina MahathirWednesday May 28, 2008     GOVERNMENT TO ENGAGE BLOGGERS IN CYBERSPACEBy SHAHANAAZ HABIB KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will take on bloggers in cyberspace and respond to wild and baseless allegations raised in blogs. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said remaining silent was no longer an option.… Continue reading Let’s Get Engaged

Tun Salleh calls for Inquiry into his dismissal By Ahirudin AttanSunday, May 25, 2008 Former Lord President speaks out. After nearly 20 years, former Lord President Tun Salleh Abas breaks his silence and challenged an aide to Dr Mahathir to call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate a 1988 Tribunal that dismissed him… Continue reading Tun Salleh calls for Inquiry into his dismissal

UMNO’s Tuah-Jebat Dilemma By Dr M Bakri MusaMay 25th, 2008     The furor over Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s quitting UMNO cannot hide an increasingly obvious and ugly reality: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s incompetence as Prime Minister. Ranting and raving against Mahathir will not alter this singular fact. Only an ardent few – his family members,… Continue reading UMNO’s Tuah-Jebat Dilemma

A Further Note On Jurisdiction And Syariah CourtsBy Malik ImtiazFriday, May 23, 2008 The Federal Court handed down a decision yesterday on the question of the jurisdiction of the syariah courts in the case of Abdul Kahar Ahmad v Government of Selangor & Others. The Federal Court confirmed that it is the Federal Court that… Continue reading A Further Note On Jurisdiction And Syariah Courts

China-Bashing Season Has Begun  By Farish A. Noor  Wednesday, 23 April 2008  While the simplistic thesis put forward by Samuel Huntington in his work ‘The Clash of Civilisations’ reads like a paltry script from a bad movie, it has to be said that bad scripts are often the most believable and effective. It was Huntington who predicted… Continue reading China-Bashing Season Has Begun

UMNO Post Resignation Of Che Det: Early Observations By A M Ubaidah S Monday, May 19, 2008 A friend tried to alert me as I was driving back from the East Coast that Tun Dr Mahathir or ‘Che Det’ the blogger has quit Umno! As I could only call my friend back proper a couple… Continue reading UMNO Post Resignation Of Che Det: Early Observations

Dr M’s Malay Ultra ReduxBy Din MericanMay 19, 2008 The wheel has come full circle for Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. He began his rise up the UMNO hierarchy as an agitator for Malay economic and political rights. The role took him all the way to the top of the greasy pole, as Benjamin Disraeli elegantly… Continue reading Dr M’s Malay Ultra Redux