The family and friends of P. Kathir Oli, who was shot dead by a plainclothes policeman on 15 Sept 2011 outside an Ipoh pub, held a protest last Friday outside the Perak police headquarters to condemn the Chief Police Officer’s biased statement on the shooting and demand an explanation and apology from him. Prominent representatives … Read more
Following the announcement by Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to stop the teaching of science and mathematics in English from 2012, Malaysia is once again embroiled in a messy controversy, this time cutting across political and racial divisions. It is messy because the ideas are aplenty and issues are floating around without proper focus. Sadly, both … Read more
Malaysia and post-apartheid South Africa stand out as middle-income countries that implement affirmative action (AA) in favour of a majority population group. Malaysia intensified AA amid continuation of a political order and consolidation of executive power, while South Africa democratized and devolved power while promulgating majority-favouring AA. The full paper can be downloaded here Introduction … Read more
Journalist Sharaad Kuttan admits to being a gay atheist. Along with being “a Johor Baru-born, Singapore-bred, social science-trained, Pakatan Rakyat-voting, occasional gym-going, bald, feral Malayalee-type of Indian”. In his latest Malaysian Insider column, Sharaad writes to reassure that he does not believe there is any reason to fear that his type will one day rule … Read more
During the past year, there have been three controversies arising from regressive policy decisions of the Ministry of Education which have set our educational system backwards. The three controversies revolve around The teaching of Science and Mathematics for Fourth Form students in Bahasa Malaysia instead of English The use of the Interlok book as a compulsory … Read more
Minister of Higher Education Khaled Nordin, in his speech announcing the establishment of the National Council of Professors, reminded Malaysian professors to not only be “super gurus” in focusing on their respective careers but to contribute their expertise and participate in national life. The recently established professors’ council comprising over 1,500 professors in the … Read more
Media statement We, the undersigned Malaysian academics and researchers, as well as colleagues from other countries researching on Malaysia, wish to record our serious concern and objection to the recent actions taken against Professor Abdul Aziz Bari of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Prof Aziz Bari is currently being investigated by the police … Read more
Media Statement 19th October 2011 The Malaysian Academic Movement (MOVE) would like to draw attention to the recent allegations and undue pressures asserted upon our fellow academic Professor Abdul Aziz Bari. We are concerned and troubled by the negative remarks and personal attacks towards Prof Abdul Aziz. He is well qualified to make his … Read more
The unexplained delay in submitting the auditor-general’s (AG) annual report to Parliament is shaping up to be a major scandal. Sin Chew Daily reported today that when asked when the AG’s report will be presented in Parliament, an official from the AG’s office casually replied that it would be on Dec 1, which is the … Read more
Introduction by CPI Part I: Wikileaks: Malaysian racial economic preferences critiquedIn Part II below reproduced from Malaysia Today, we find an assessment of Malaysia’s most prominent think tanks provided by American diplomatic sources and made available through Wikileaks. Although this confidential analysis was submitted in March 2007, its conclusion remains largely true today. The … Read more