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Tag Archives: Malaysia

Haram to be Malaysian?

October 13, 2019

PAS president Hadi Awang, discussing his involvement in the recently concluded Kongres Maruah Melayu (KMM) – by all counts, an …

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Rethinking ECRL

September 11, 2019

In the wake of explosive testimony from Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin,a key aide to former prime minister Najib Tun Razak, detailing …

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Is Pakatan Harapan serious about protecting human rights?

September 1, 2019

It is disturbing and disappointing that the government has once again deported an asylum seeker and his family without due …

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I weep for you Oh Malaysia

August 28, 2019

A few days ago, a friend sent me the video of Anneke Gronloh’s 1960’s hit song, “Oh Malaysia.” Watching it …

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Why empower a demagogue like Zakir Naik?

August 14, 2019

Whatever else you may say about the man, and I have said much about him, one thing is certain: he’s …

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Pastor Raymond Koh and the great cover-up

July 9, 2019

“I defy decent people to read it, without their hearts leaping in indignation and shouting their revolt…” ~ Emile Zola,‘I …

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Zakir Naik and the radicalization of Malaysia Baru

May 2, 2019

  According to news reports, the IGP warned that the police had “uncovered a plan by foreign militants to use …

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Mujahid: behind the reformist facade

March 20, 2019

Mujahid Yusof Rawa, the minister in charge of religious affairs, has carefully cultivated an image of himself as an open-minded …

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The colour of human misery

March 1, 2019

(AP Photo) At a recent symposium on Yemen, one of the panellists, a prominent Muslim social activist, lamented the lack …

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ECRL: time to cut our losses and move on

February 4, 2019

  The East Coast Railway Link (ECRL), one of Najib’s toxic legacies, is an issue that just won’t seem to …

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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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