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Kampong Don Quixotes And their EnemiesBy M. Bakri MusaMay 18th, 2008 Leaders of Kongress Permuafakatan Melayu (Malay Solidarity Congress) are obsessed with fighting imagined enemies of so-called Ketuanan Melayu.  These kampong Don Quixotes are consumed with slaying foes that exist only in their florid imaginations.  Like the deluded knight-errant de La Mancha, these leaders are… Continue reading Kampong Don Quixotes And their Enemies

Cops to start probe, PM backs report against media By Wong Chun WaiSunday, May 18, 2008 Expect reporters and editors to be called up by the police soon. So would members of the Royal Commission and government officials involved in the inquiry. The PM has also said he supported the police report lodged against the… Continue reading Cops to start probe, PM backs report against media

The Dilemma of National Service Training Program By Dr Chua Soi LekFriday, May 16, 2008 Every time there is a death among the participants of the National Service (NS) program, it generates a lot of publicity, sympathy and anxiety among parents. The issue should be viewed more rationally. Last year, a comparison was made between… Continue reading The Dilemma of National Service Training Program

The mysterious pamphlet in ParliamentBy malaysianinsider.com reporterMay 15, 2008  UPDATED: DPM Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s reaction to pamphlet — the prime minister’s position is governed by the Federal Constitution and he cannot be dismissed in such a cavalier fashion.KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Someone went through a lot of trouble in Parliament today. Not just… Continue reading The mysterious pamphlet in Parliament

National Service call to parentsBy Prof. Dr Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad RasdiMay 13, 2008 I have been calling for a public inquiry on all the National Service deaths since six letters ago. Yet nothing has come out from our unconcerned Lee Lam Thye or Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil, the director-general of National Service, Ministry of Defence.… Continue reading National Service call to parents

Sedition and the first ‘Royal ISA detainee’        NO HOLDS BARREDRaja Petra KamarudinSunday, 11 May 2008  In honour of Umno’s 62nd Anniversary today, allow me to educate you a bit on some of our forgotten history and the unsung heroes of the fight for Malaya’s independence from Britain. Ironically, the Sedition Act was a British instrument… Continue reading Sedition and the first ‘Royal ISA detainee’ : NO HOLDS BARRED

The Cheek of NUJ! Where is Ahmad Shabery Cheek? Saturday, May 10, 2008ROCKY earlier reported this: I’m always a supporter of the National Union of Journalists, so when its president Norela asked me last week to become a panelist at its World Press Freedom Day forum at the NST this morning, I said yes. The… Continue reading The Cheek of NUJ! Where is Ahmad Shabery Cheek?