Walaupun Perdana Menteri Najib Abdul Razak menjanjikan media yang bebas ketika mengambil alih tampuk pimpinan, namun buat kali pertama kartunis tempatan berdepan dengan tekanan dari jentera negara melalui institusi penguatkuasaan, selepas 100 hari pentadbirannya. Kartunis yang paling sinikal terhadap Mahathir Mohamad, Zunar mengaku bahawa insiden sedemikian tidak pernah berlaku walaupun dalam zaman pemerintahan bekas PM… Continue reading ‘Tak pernah di zaman Mahathir’: Kartunis ditekan jentera negara
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Book blames peninsular politics for Sabah immigrant woes
Book title: Lest We Forget Author : Dr Chong Eng Leong This is a book which has long been in the writing considering that the writer, Dr Chong Eng Leong, filed an election petition back in 1999 alleging that there were phantom voters in the then Likas state constituency. He had stood there as… Continue reading Book blames peninsular politics for Sabah immigrant woes
MKini: Kilang cetak ‘Gedung Kartun’ diserbu
Ogos 26: Selepas menyerbu pejabat Gedung Kartun semalam, Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) hari ini menyerbu kilang percetakannya dan merampas plat reka bentuk cetakan majalah humor itu. Selain merampas 408 naskhah majalah humor politik semalam, kementerian itu juga dikatakan turut mengadakan rampasan serupa di dua buah negeri. Enam pegawai bahagian penerbitan KDN tiba di… Continue reading MKini: Kilang cetak ‘Gedung Kartun’ diserbu
Zunar launches political cartoon magazine
Malaysia’s top political cartoonist Zunar (real name Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque) and his team are launching a fortnightly political humour magazine, Gedung Katun (Cartoon Warehouse), filled with Malaysian parody and satire. The ‘alternative cartoon magazine’ will probably have to compete head-on with the popular Gila-Gila publication in the comic magazine market – with one main difference:… Continue reading Zunar launches political cartoon magazine
Is Malaysia a multi-racial or a single racial country?
If it is already our common consensus that Malaysia is a multi-racial country, then we must agree that the country has to show multi-elements: multi-cultures, multi-educations, multi-economy and multi-politics. It is inevitable to have stronger and weaker groups among diversity. Thus, policies to help the weaker group are indeed necessary in certain historical period. But… Continue reading Is Malaysia a multi-racial or a single racial country?
The Malaysian Way to better English
Kee Thuan Chye, who retired from journalism in May, is an advocate of good English, having edited a column on the subject in a national paper for years. He also authored the book March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up, which has been translated into Chinese. I was recently invited by the Education Minister… Continue reading The Malaysian Way to better English
Mangsa Utusan Malaysia
Perdana Menteri Najib Abdul Razak telah menggariskan konsep “1Malaysia” sebagai “pedoman” pemerintahannya setelah mengambil alih tampuk kerajaan. Empat bulan berlalu, selain “Amanah Saham 1Malaysia” yang menjadi rebutan ramai, pendekatan yang lain tidak begitu memberangsangkan. Sejak 8 Mac 2008, lidah UMNO, Utusan Malaysia dengan tajuk yang sensasi, mereka ilusi ketegangan hubungan kaum. Malah, akhbar ini cuba… Continue reading Mangsa Utusan Malaysia
Mengapa berdemonstrasi?
LIBERALISATION: Follow-through action crucial
6 July, 2009 The stock market barely reacted to the liberalisation measures unveiled by Prime Minister datuk Seri Najib Razak last week. Nevertheless, some of the key reforms, such as scrapping the 30% bumiputera equity ownership requirement, were well received. http://english.cpiasia.net/http://staging.sdscom.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Mm_60n61_762.pdf
Chief Secretary’s “careful study” required comment sighted…
As a journalist working fulltime for 25 years, I was mainly based in Peninsular Malaysia most of my working life, except for occasional short travel stints to Sabah and Sarawak, so much so I must plead ignorance on many things going on in the two East Malaysian states. To the extent I also feel… Continue reading Chief Secretary’s “careful study” required comment sighted…