“Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done”
- Lord Hewart, R. v. Sussex Justices, Ex parte McCarthy
The Altantuya Shaariibu murder case was closed in the eyes of the Malaysian courts last week when Special Forces officers Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar were sentenced to death.
Yet it doesn’t take [...]
It’s now exactly a year after the historic 12th General Elections.
While I may shake my head at some of the political antics that have gone on since then, things have unmistakably changed. The MSM is forced to report the opposition’s POVs. Political awareness has never been higher. Every decision the government makes is placed under [...]
So I’ve been refreshing Malaysiakini nearly non-stop, as you have probably been too. Thoughts on the Perak crisis:
- Anwar has made the biggest mistake in this crisis so far. It’s not even that he was outsmarted by Najib, or that he has zero to show for all his grandstanding over overthrowing the current Government. It’s [...]
Nearly 9 months on it’s still clear we are voting not for Pakatan, but against BN.
Take recent statements by Lim Guang Eng and Tian Chua:
Meanwhile, Guan Eng said the Pakatan did not make decisions unilaterally.
“If any problems occur, we will resolve it through musyawarah, that is through discussions. All three parties must hold discussions and [...]
It’s odd how the same people who spoke out loudly against UiTM’s bumi-only policies now demonize Mukhriz Mahathir for suggesting that the school system be unified. I am particularly disappointed that PR politicos are milking this for all it’s worth.
Does it take an education degree to understand that racially segregating children until they are seventeen [...]
I think today hope was restored in many around the world when Barack was elected. Not simply because he was black, although if you read his acceptance speech the significance of a black man ascending to the White House did not escape him:
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for [...]
Ahmad has been stripped of party posts and suspended from UMNO for 3 years. Fitting enough in my book – although from the reports that are coming in there is still a simmering conflict in the works. Some called for the ISA or Sedition Act to be used against Ahmad, but I think it would have been a bad [...]
There I said it. If you watched it last night then do drop a note and tell me what you thought. Will update with youtube links once they are up.
Briefly, LGE opened with a flurry of accusations, touching on 5-6 “land scandals”. As the night went on though they focused on one particular scandal, the [...]
Continue reading about I Think Lim Guan Eng Lost the Debate.
Well now seriously. When Khalid Ibrahim made his suggestion for 10% of UiTM placements to be opened up to non-bumis, who did you think he was looking out for? The non-bumis? When was the last time you heard Chinese or Indian students clamouring for UiTM allocations? A degree from UiTM is probably worth less than [...]
On March 1, 2008, then Cabinet Minister Rafidah Aziz said this about PAS’ calls for a debate with Abdullah Badawi on their election manifestos:
Rafidah also said that it was unnecessary to accede to a PAS suggestion for the party to have an open debate with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and [...]
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