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Monthly Archives: September 2015

Ambassador Huang’s unacceptable behaviour

September 28, 2015

Wisma Putra was right to summon Ambassador Huang Hui Kang of China to protest his unwarranted interference in our domestic …

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UMNO’s Red Terror Gambit

September 21, 2015

When illiberal regimes lose their legitimacy, when they run out of excuses, when they feel their power slipping away, they …

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A paradigm shift in Malaysian politics?

September 15, 2015

In response to the massive BERSIH rally last month, UMNO – let’s stop pretending that they are not behind it …

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A new low for Wisma Putra

September 7, 2015

The newly minted deputy minister of foreign affairs, Reezal Merican, has warned that Wisma Putra would be monitoring Malaysians involved …

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Malaysia’s original sin – institutional racism

September 4, 2015

Malaysia’s original sin: “rejection of the principle of equality of all its citizens contained in the Malaysian constitution. This legal …

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Dr. Mahathir: The road not taken

September 1, 2015

Dr. Mahathir is a compelling figure that Malaysians both love and loathe. He inspires and exasperates in equal measure. When …

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We will “be forever a sovereign democratic and independent state founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations.” – Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Proclamation of Independence speech, August 31st 1957

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty” ~ John Basil Barnhill

The Short Shrift

Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

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“It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

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