CPI foreword During the past few months, Umno and its hatchet organizations and supporters have launched a concerted series of attacks on Suaram, the human rights organization. The latest of these attacks have involved the despicable use of what should be politically neutral state authorities such as the Companies Commission, social security agency Perkeso … Read more
CPI foreward Hindraf analyst Dr V.S. Paraman writes CPI an update on the activities of the rights movement and the fresh strategies put in play since the return of their exiled chairman P. Waytha Moorthy. ******************** Hindraf awaiting Najib’s, Anwar’s response By Dr S. Paraman The return home of Hindraf chairman P. Waytha Moorthy … Read more
Kes rogol yang melibatkan dua gadis berusia 12 dan 13 tahun menarik perhatian ramai di Malaysia ketika ini terutama sekali kerana pasangan lelaki yang didakwa tidak dikenakan hukuman penjara atau sebatan tetapi hakim mahkamah memberi kenyataan bahawa hakikatnya mereka telahpun disabitkan kesalahan dan sabitan berkenaan direkodkan. Sebaliknya mereka dikenakan perintah ikat jamin berkelakuan baik setelah … Read more
Some friends have asked me as to how history will remember Dr Mahathir Mohamad. This has led me to thinking about Ho Chi Minh, Sukarno, Nehru, Lee Kuan Yew and other Asian giants of colonial and post-colonial history, and how Dr Mahathir measures up to them. However, comparing him to other leaders in our … Read more
Mahathir Mohamad telah mempelawa PAS untuk melaksanakan hukum hudud di bawah payung Barisan Nasional (BN). Nyata bahawa pelawaan ini cuma sebuah taktik politik yang kecil. Namun begitu, satu pertimbangan yang ringkas boleh dilakukan mengenai kemungkinan PAS bersekutu dengan Umno, sama ada untuk tujuan melaksanakan hukum hudud atau untuk sebarang sebab yang lain. Kesimpulannya perpaduan … Read more
Malay rulers were against any move to turn the country into an Islamic state from the very beginning of Malaya independence talks, said Hindraf Makkal Sakti in a statement released today. During the pre-independence talks for Malaya, Hindraf supremo P. Waytha Moorthy said the rulers definitely backed for the establishment of a secular state … Read more
Hindraf sent two letters, hand delivered to the Prime Minister Najib Razak and to the Prime Minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim on Aug 28 requesting meetings for the Hindraf chairman P. Waytha Moorthy to individually to discuss approaches to permanently addressing the socio-economic problems of the marginalized Indians. Hindraf believes all past and current approaches fall way … Read more
Satu rencana tentang kekuatan dan kelemahan sekolah jenis kebangsaan Cina di Malaysia yang tersiar baru-baru ini, patut direnung bersama bukan sahaja oleh mereka yang berkhidmat di Kementerian Pendidikan tetapi seluruh rakyat yang mahu melihat perubahan sistem pendidikan negara ke arah yang lebih baik dan yang boleh menjadi teras kepada pembentukan satu masyarakat majmuk bukan daripada … Read more
Below we are reproducing views from several CPI columnists and regular contributors on the whistleblower’s letter detailing the way in which crime statistics have been processed to provide the misleading conclusion that crime is on the decline in the country. We await with interest the official response – whether from Hishamuddin Hussein, the Home Minister … Read more
The judicial review of the Lynas temporary operating licence will be heard at the Kuantan High Court this coming Tuesday. Date: 28 Aug 2012 Venue: Bandar Indera Mahkota Kuantan Court complex Time: 9.00am Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) spokesman Tan Bun Teet explains: We are appealing against the approval granted to Lynas of a temporary … Read more