Kata Mukhriz Mahathir menurut laporan, sekiranya rakyat Kedah mengasihi ayah beliau, janganlah kecewakan Dr M kali kedua. Akibatnya internet meribut lagi dengan kutukan. Kenapa Mukhriz kecenderongan mencari pasal, tak tahulah aku. Pada sejarah, Dr M adalah terang-terang orang yang paling dikutuk dalam sejarah seluruh Gugusan Kepulauan Melayu, jauh lebih berbanding dengan Marcos. Kerana ada Internet, … Read more
CPI foreword The Tanda Putera filmmakers are marketing their movie as an educational product on the claim that the events they have depicted are based on established truth. “My team and I did a lot of research, such as studying documented materials and photographs, to make sure the scenes were backed by historical facts,” its … Read more
Sebuah rencana tentang transformasi kebudayaan Arab di kalangan orang Melayu dan komen seorang rakan tentang banyak ucapan yang sebelumnya sering diutarakan dalam bahasa Melayu tetapi sekarang lebih banyak dalam bahasa Arab menjadi tajuk perbualan di antara rakan-rakan dan keluarga. Fenomena ini – unsur-unsur Arab dalam budaya Melayu jika bolehlah dikatakan demikian – mula kelihatan dengan … Read more
I thank the Polis Diraja Malaysia for the response to my commentary on why the police are impotent in fighting rising crime in the country. Massaging of official statistics and reports Firstly, with regard to the lengthy explanation on how the crime count statistics are generated, whilst the information is quite useful, it does not … Read more
CPI Intro: We are sharing with readers the response of Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) to a commentary by Dr Lim Teck Ghee on “Why police are impotent in dealing with growing crime” (23 July 2012). Interested readers are encouraged to send in their views on the various points raised by PDRM in defending the official … Read more
This coming Wednesday, P. Waythamoorthy who is the Hindraf leader in exile, will be returning to Malaysia via the causeway from Singapore. Waythamoorthy is leaving Britain which had in 2008 granted him political asylum after his Malaysian passport was revoked. It is reported that the Malaysian High Commission in London on Friday had been unable … Read more
Save Malaysia Stop Lynas is both relieved and pleased that the Kuala Lumpur High Court on July 26 rejected the second attempt by Lynas to obtain an injunction to prevent SMSL from publishing allegedly “defamatory statements” against the company. Campaign spokesman Tan Bun Teet said SMSL is “heartened and encouraged” by the court decision upholding … Read more
Malaysian civil society groups have called upon members of the public to sign a petition urging the government to ratify the International Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). The online campaign was launched on July 5 by 34 NGOs seeking to commit the Malaysian government to ICERD which promotes equality and … Read more
The official and government-friendly printed media have been carrying column after column on the “water crisis” in Selangor during the past few weeks. Readers will have noticed that the finger of blame for this so-called ‘crisis’ has been pointed towards the Selangor state government and the larger Pakatan Rakyat coalition. The prime minister and his … Read more
Mengikut takrif Kamus Dewan, ‘gelandangan’ ialah orang yang pekerjaannya atau tempat tinggalnya tidak tetap. Mereka menjadi fokus satu rencana di akhbar baru-baru ini dan merupakan fenomena yang sudah lazim bagi mereka yang berada di bandaraya Kuala Lumpur dan mungkin pusat-pusat bandar yang lain juga. Apa yang kita tahu ialah mereka bukan penjenayah. Menurut wawancara dengan … Read more