Category: Helen Ang

The government is willing to help Malays in other countries where they are a minority, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said recently.  May I appeal to the government of India to help Indians in Malaysia who are a minority?   The Umno-led Barisan Nasional, while it is willing to “assist the advancement of Malays??? anywhere… Continue reading India, please help our Indians?

By Helen Ang   At the state assembly sitting on Thursday, Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng fielded criticism from Umno representative Shabudin Yahya who chided him for misusing the term ‘Amal Makruf Nahi Mungkar’ for political gain.   Malaysiakini reported that Lim denied deriving political mileage as charged by Umno but rather “was attempting… Continue reading Penang Umno on ‘Amar Makruf Nahi Mungkar’

By Helen Ang Two weeks ago on Nov 4, the New Straits Times carried the headline ‘Zaid lucky to be born a Malay, says Syed Hamid’. Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim had said in his LawAsia 2008 conference speech on Oct 31: “The obsession with the Ketuanan Melayu doctrine has in fact destroyed something precious… Continue reading Honey, I shrunk the Indians

Anil proposes, Chamil disposes Helen Ang Two seasoned journalists Anil Netto and Chamil Wariya tried their maiden hand at fiction with differing results.   Anil’s short story ‘Penang back to the future’ took me down memory lane. Its protagonist Ann had spent “a happy, carefree childhood playing on the streets with the children from the… Continue reading Anil proposes, Chamil disposes

By Helen Ang The accusation ‘Umno bully’ saw both sides dancing with shadows, one defending and the other denying the charge. Just-retired MCA chief Ong Ka Ting made the allegation by invoking perception. Ong said in his keynote address on Saturday that many people perceive power-sharing by BN to be neither effective nor fair, and… Continue reading BN bully and beggar’s beef

By Helen Ang There is no typing error above; I did spell ‘Hundraf’ for Human Rights Action Force. Hundraf is the twin spirit of Makkal Sakthi, an expression translated as People Power, not Indian Power. Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar is reported by Bernama as saying the Indians are not neglected in Malaysia. What he… Continue reading The Hundraf of Umno’s making

By Helen Ang An alert should go out to embassies in Kuala Lumpur cautioning foreign nationals. The updated travel advisory: (1) Open houses in Malaysia are possibly illegal,(2) If a tourist should saunter into the premises, he may be guilty of trespassing, (3) A tour group could be banned by Malaysian authorities for unbecoming behaviour,… Continue reading Hindraf demonised: Polishing the devil’s horns

Great eggpectations Standfirst: The Supremacists put all their eggs in one basket but the outmoded eggist ideology of Mahasneerism was rejected as Oilwellians have wised up. Helen Ang Our story of planet Oilwell continues from last week. Flashback: To thwart Anoo-war’s takeover bid, the Able-doolah administration hatched a half-boiled plot to sequester 40 pro-consuls in… Continue reading Great eggpectations

After centuries of divide-and-rule eggism, the people of planet Oilwell began to lend their ears to opposition chief Anoo-war’s new political equation. By Helen Ang, Columnist Orbiting the binary stars of Jonathan and Swift in the outer reaches of delta quadrant, Boleh constellation, were nine planets. It is on the third rock from the suns,… Continue reading Anoo-war and our eggciting times