We would like to provide some feedback to the speech made by Prime Minister Najib Razak on 21 October 2010 to the Umno general assembly in which he gave the impression that there is a ‘social contract’ whose terms are set in stone. He also told the delegates that no Malaysian should question it. … Read more
Terima kasih Tuan Yang Di-Pertua memberi peluang untuk berbahas usul menjunjung kasih terhadap titah Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agung. Pada Mac 16, dalam ucapan YB Kuala Krau, usaha [untuk] liberalisasikan ekonomi dibangkit. YB Kuala Krau telah memohon pada kerajaan agar kepentingan orang Melayu tidak diketepikan dalam perlaksanaan polisi liberalisasi ekonomi. Saya ingin sokong permohonan … Read more
A costly ‘new ministry’ emerges from Budget 2011. Let’s for the moment call it Kija or Kementerian Idris Jala which runs the various activities around Idris Jala who is Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department and also the CEO of Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu). The total cost of Kija is approximately RM6.19 … Read more
by Kim Quek I refer to the banning of my book The March to Putrajaya and the various reasons given by the Home Ministry secretary-general Mahmood Adam as reported by Bernama and relayed by various web portals and blogsites yesterday (Sept 30). The ban was effected by invoking sub-section 7(1) of the Printing Presses and … Read more
24th Sept. 2010 – Koon Yew Yin What is the true reason for University Tunku Abdul Rahman not to accept my Rm 30 million donation? On 13 September 2010, the UTAR Board of Trustees and Council issued a press statement which puts the blame for the withdrawal of my donation of RM30 million on … Read more
(Below is the full text of senior lawyer Azzat Kamaruddin’s talk delivered at the ‘National Congress on Integrity’ on Malaysia Day Sept 16 in University College Sedaya International.) Our lives, attitude and outlook are formed by the encounters we experienced. With your indulgence I shall begin my discussion of this subject, by sharing with … Read more
Press statement (Sept 9, 2010) Today I call this press conference to refute the statement made by Ipoh MCA politician Thong Fah Chong as published a few days ago. He said that I wanted a seat on the Utar council and because of that the university cannot accept my RM30 million donation to build … Read more
The scheme by Umno to boost its fortunes by using the ‘Allah’ controversy has backfired, and destabilised religious harmony in a multi-religious society. A campaign was launched by Umno to reverse a High Court judgment that ‘Allah’ could be used by The Herald, a Catholic weekly. It was supposed to be a brainwave – an … Read more
A long lighted fuse led to the fire bombings. These were not isolated events done on sudden impulse. This was a part of the political calculus of racist and religiously bigoted leaders to drive home to their opponents that they can at any time incite their followers to whatever actions necessary to demonstrate their might … Read more
Press statement by Dr Lim Teck Ghee Picture courtesy of lucialai.org/ The Dec 31 High Court ruling reversing a Home Ministry ban on the use of the word ‘Allah’ for the Catholic weekly newsletter Herald in its Bahasa Malaysia section appears to have given the religious hardliners the perfect New Year present to continue … Read more