Zorro on James Masing Parrots his Penisular Masters

http://zorro-zorro-unmasked.blogspot.com/2009/03/james-masing-parrots-his-peninsular.html

Nothing original from this PRS President. Pet canines run alongside their masters, and fleas dig deep into their “home”. Of course Bloggers make noise, as long as the noise they make registers with the right people. But, this “NOISE” Masing will not like.

APAI commented this on Cobbolt Johns Blog HERE.

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Rocky on…8 bloggers may be charged for insulting Sultan Perak

http://rockybru.com.my/2009/03/8-bloggers-may-be-charged-for-insulting.html

March 12, 2009

The Malaysiankini story says 6 bloggers to be charged tomorrow. The Star’s sms alert says two more could be charged on Sunday. All for allegedly posting comments deemed to be insulting to the Sultan of Perak.

This is news to me as I thought the cybercops were investigating only Jed Yoong [here] and this blog h e r e [Bukit Aman took my statement again on Tuesday, 10 March, here]. I was on the phone with Jed just now. She was taken aback by the news but otherwise alright.

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MP Jeff Ooi on…Go back to the people… and now Chin Peng

 
If law experts’ contradictory views are taken as a bellwether, even the legal fraternity has no clues as to how the constitutional crisis in Perak should play out.
 
[ Read here (Tommy Thomas), here (Dr Shad Salem Faruqi) and here (Dr Mohammad Agus et.al.) ]
 
In the opinion space, The Nut Graph carried an article from the Centre for Independent Journalism that laments on the suppression of debate on the conduct of the royal families, notably the one in Perak. The same article was re-posted in the official website of the Malaysian Bar Council.

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Go straight to jail, do not pass ‘go’, and do not collect RM200

http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/18775/84/

Published by Malaysia Today

Section 124 of the Penal Code reads as follows:

“Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling or attempting to induce or compel a member of Parliament or of any legislative assembly or of any state executive council to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner the lawful powers of such member, assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes by means of criminal force, or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such member shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to a fine.”

 

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Malik Imtiaz on Precedential Transitions

http://malikimtiaz.blogspot.com/2009/03/precedential-transitions.html

Precedential Transitions

The Prime Minister has declared that the anticipated power transition to Datuk Seri Najib Razak will occur as planned. The media has reported this and other news items pertaining to the subject as a transition of Prime Ministers. If this is in fact what the Prime Minister has proclaimed, and it is not apparent whether the Prime Minister had limited his remarks to the transition of the UMNO presidency, then it calls for a re-examination of the way in which governments are formed under the Federal Constitution.

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Walski on Wading Neck-deep in the Straits of Dire

http://asylum60.blogspot.com/2009/03/wading-neck-deep-in-straits-of-dire.html

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

A rather intriguing headline from The Malaysian Insider caught Walski’s attention earlier today.

“Singapore not in dire straits, says PM Lee”

Unlike what we’ve hearing from our own leaders, Singapore’s PM, while acknowledging that things are bad, does it in a way that isn’t insulting to one’s intelligence. A stark contrast from the “Semua OK, Semua OK” statements in the last 3-4 months followed by “Alamak! AlamakI” panic stations right about now.

And technically, PM Lee Hsien Loong is absolutely right – geographically, Singapore is not in dire straits. It is actually at the end of the Malacca Straits. Or maybe even stating that it’s in the Tebrau Straits might be half-way correct.

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Rocky on Selangor MB’s first year

http://rockybru.com.my/2009/03/khalid-says-hes-better-man.html

Khalid says he’s the better man

Is he, really? During his first meeting with bloggers yesterday, Khalid Ibrahim looked a little worn. It has been a trying 12 months since Pakatan Rakyat trounced Barisan Nasional during the 12th General Elections in March 2008 to take over the governing of the country’s richest State. It’s a first year scarred by scandals, unfortunately – assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong’s semi-nude pictures and his own run-in with the empowered Anti-Corrution Commission are two of the latest ones.

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We are All Immigrants

 

*Antara pendatang dan penumpang (English Translation)*

To begin with, I was quite reluctant to comment on the mess  created by the  statement made by Ahmad bin Ismail, the head of the Bukit Bendera, Pulau  Pinang UMNO Division.

Whether he made the statement in reference to Chinese Malaysians is no  longer the question, as the issue has spread and has been  hotly debated.

If it is not handled carefully and smartly, this issue  could make clear water murky, giving opportunity to parties who are keen on  seeing this  country crash, not to mention falling into the hands of  foreigners.

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