I thank the Polis Diraja Malaysia for the response to my commentary on why the police are impotent in fighting rising crime in the country. Massaging of official statistics and reports Firstly, with regard to the lengthy explanation on how the crime count statistics are generated, whilst the information is quite useful, it does not … Read more
CPI Intro: We are sharing with readers the response of Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) to a commentary by Dr Lim Teck Ghee on “Why police are impotent in dealing with growing crime” (23 July 2012). Interested readers are encouraged to send in their views on the various points raised by PDRM in defending the official … Read more
This coming Wednesday, P. Waythamoorthy who is the Hindraf leader in exile, will be returning to Malaysia via the causeway from Singapore. Waythamoorthy is leaving Britain which had in 2008 granted him political asylum after his Malaysian passport was revoked. It is reported that the Malaysian High Commission in London on Friday had been unable … Read more
A few days ago a colleague sent me a copy of an email which read: Though the government is denying it, we are seeing severe escalation of serious crime in the country. At lunch today, I learnt from a member of [respectable organization] that the xxxxxx Embassy is now holding briefings on crime and … Read more
New Straits Times group managing editor A. Jalil Hamid recently wrote an analysis of the recent changes in the civil service top leadership. The article titled ‘Of accountability in the civil service and putting people first’ ended with the lines “[t]hose in the public service can now look forward to a better and a more rewarding … Read more
Introduction by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee On 2nd July 2012, Hindraf again filed its civil action suit in the UK that was first initiated in 2007. For five years now, the country’s official and mainstream media have successfully blanked out this case from public consciousness as well as engaged in demonization of the Hindraf cause … Read more
By R. Shan Hindraf after three years of research will be filing a class suit against the British government in seeking relief by way of non-monetary and monetary consequential damages in reconstructing the position of the marginalized and discriminated Malaysian Indian society in the country that has suffered the full range of economic, material, psychological, … Read more
Once more the government appears to be clueless and befuddled as to why the non-Malay young do not want to take up civil service jobs. Once more, there will be a taskforce and a high-level committee at work to produce yet another report on how to attract non-Malays to join the service. Once more the almost … Read more
Dr Paraman Subramaniam has responded at great length to my note of May 7th. He has reasserted that there are 450,000 stateless Indians in the country at this point in time. While acknowledging that there is a need to undertake deeper research by using the population census results and current population statistics maintained by the … Read more
The Sedition Act has reared its ugly head again. This time it is against Irene Fernandez and former Perak Menteri Besar, Nizar Mohamed. We have seen how the Sedition Act was used against Karpal Singh, a prominent lawyer and politician, when he was charged for insulting the Sultan of Perak for saying that His Majesty … Read more