Students protest amendment to UUCA By The Sun August 18, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 18, 2008) : About 100 students from public institutions of higher learning staged a peaceful protest at the entrance of parliament building calling for the abolishment of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU). Clad in black, the students who … Read more
Rambling over one too many controversies this week By Paul Sir, Columnist, The Borneo Post Saturday, August 16, 2008 THIS week, I am not short of subjects to write about unlike certain times when I am knocked out by writer’s block. There are so many interesting things happening now throughout the country, including Sarawak. Here … Read more
Not the road to expect after 45 years of independence! By Yu Ji, The Borneo Post Sunday, August 17, 2008 KUCHING: It took a staggering 13 hours for Sarah Freda Wilfred Peerok, a teacher, to travel from Miri to Kuching by bus, yesterday. FREDA: I’m disappointed the conditions have not changed much over the last … Read more
Keeping the public’s interest By Jacqueline Ann Surin, The Nut Graph August 14, 2008 “SEX, Jacky. It’s what people want to read! It’s what will sell the paper!??? This is how my former editor at the first newspaper I worked in justified the images of sexy women and titillating stories in the paper. Often, it … Read more
The day the loudest won the day… or did they? By The Malaysian Insider By Debra Chong KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — An open forum organised by the Bar Council to discuss matters of conflict in family law arising from one party’s conversion to Islam today was interrupted by protesters from several Malay-Muslim movements. In … Read more
Rights group calls for sodomy charge to be dropped By The Malaysian Insider August 8, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — The government should immediately withdraw politically motivated charges against opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. Police served Anwar, who is running for office, with an order to appear in … Read more
The chameleon Published by The Malaysian Insider By *Khalid JaafarAug 2, 2008 AUG 2 — “If you ask me what kind of image I want”, he once told me at my office in Jalan Telawi, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, “I want an image of a liberal.” He does not want to be a true liberal as the … Read more
News ReleaseJuly 31, 2008 State Of The Economy And Political Developments Are Main Voters’ Concerns Four months after the 12th General Elections, Malaysian voters cite the state of the economy and political developments as main concerns, as found in the opinion poll conducted by Merdeka Center released today. The opinion poll, 2nd Quarter 2008 Peninsular … Read more
By Wan Hamidi Hamid, The Malaysian InsiderUPDATEDJuly 29,2008 PETALING JAYA, July 29 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today demanded the police stop their investigations into the sodomy accusations against him in the light of a leaked medical report that found his accuser had no physical evidence of having been sodomised. “Stop the investigation, forward the … Read more
By The Malaysian Insider July 28, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s supporters said today a leaked medical report that states his accuser was not sodomised, backs his claim of innocence but police have dismissed the report as sabotage and meant to confuse the public. Anwar himself has not commented on … Read more