The National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal and the Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) fiasco have raised many concerns about transparency and corporate governance and its importance in promoting an honest sustainable corporate culture in Malaysia. The recent NFC and PKFZ fiasco has shown us how elected representatives and political leaders have allowed themselves to … Read more
Islamic educator, Salah Salman: “A secular society is not a godless society. It is a society that respects pluralism and the peaceful coexistence of those for whom faith is a fundamental part of life, and those who reject religion.” CPI Introduction In his conclusion on the rise in Islamic education in Malaysia which appeared … Read more
Introduction by CPI Recently, the CPI published an explanation from the Polis DiRaja Malaysia in response to public concern about rising crime in the country and official statistics which provide an opposite picture of the trend in the last three years (see the exchange in CPI between Dr Lim Teck Ghee and ACP Ramli Mohamed … Read more
Prakata oleh CPI Topik ‘Bangsa Jawi’ yang diutarakan A. Ghani Ismail di blognya menyentuh beberapa aspek yang jarang mendapat tempat dalam perbincangan umum serta mungkin tidak diketahui khalayak ramai. Peringatan Ghani bahawa pada suatu masa dahulu penduduk Melayu di Semenanjung pernah mengenalkan diri sebagai ‘Orang Jawi’ adalah wacana yang menyimpang dari arus perdana. Menoleh kembali … Read more
CPI introduction We are reproducing below an excerpt from a former MCA insider who has left the country for good. The excerpt is from his letter responding to a request from his friend asking him to consider a return to Malaysia. The excerpt provides a personal but important perspective of the role of non-Malay parties … Read more
Malaysian civil society’s latest effort in campaigning against the newly introduced Section 114A to the Evidence Act 1950 – Internet Blackout Day – is gaining momentum and has received more endorsements from prominent websites, Netizens and politicians. Bar Council has confirmed taking down their website to support this while the Democratic Action Party (DAP) is … Read more
Pusat Komas is totally shocked and appalled by the recent comments and statements made by the former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad and present PM Najib Razak saying that the Merdeka theme was chosen based on Islamic demands. This trend of thinking is in fact one of the strong factors that has been reinforcing the … Read more
I am among the four billion or so people worldwide who watch the Olympics 2012 on television, albeit in snatches, now in its final stretch. While I enjoyed seeing Usain Bolt win gold twice in the 100m and 200m sprint races and Michael Phelps chalk up gold after gold for an Olympic record of 18 … Read more
Recently our Prime Minister had announced an allocation of RM180 million to uplift the economic standing of the Indian community. It was indeed a major announcement and a big step forward on the part of the government to help the Indian community. However in practice whether this allocation will help Indians in the long run … Read more
I welcome and appreciate Dr Lim Teck Ghee’s thoughtful comments on the Polis Diraja Malaysia’s response to his earlier critique on the PDRM and crime . It appears that the police tend to be quite defensive and the public are also getting more frustrated and increasingly fearful of the security situation in our country. Hence … Read more