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Rise against feudal Umno

Posted by admin on May 17th, 2012

Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz
Umno thinks Malays are a herd of cows which they can herd into submission. How do my criticisms on what Umno has done to Malays constitute a reason for Malay disunity?In addition, there are the usual invectives about my joining the DAP, which has caused Malay disunity. Please [...]

Why MCA & MIC still with UMNO?

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2012

Moaz Nair

Seditious remarks on the Chinese and Indians – by some UMNO supporters – that they are “kaum pendatang” (immigrants) and are in this country as “hanya penumpang” (mere surrogates) have not gone down well with the non-Malays. Oddly, some of these non-Malays – labelled as thus – are supposedly [...]

Najib’s gambling with ‘perceptions’

Posted by admin on May 14th, 2012

Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz

With Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak at the helm; the future of the nation is being decided in accordance to the laws of gambling.In Kuantan, bookies are willing and bold enough to give 100:1 odds to Barisan Nasional.They are willing to give RM100 to RM1 if Umno can win in [...]

In defence of Irene Fernandez

Posted by admin on May 11th, 2012

Eric Cheah
Irene Fernandez has come under severe attack in the mainstream press for statements attributed to her in a Jakarta Post interview. One of those statements was: “Malaysia has no legal framework or a particular law to protect workers.” While I may not agree fully with her above statement, the statement [...]

Has the PM forgotten?

Posted by admin on May 9th, 2012

Selena Tay

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has mentioned last year that he is all for electoral reforms as he does not want BN to be seen as winning via electoral fraud. No one knows why he says one thing one day and absolutely forgets it the next day but this is just [...]

A real Malay dilemma

Posted by admin on May 8th, 2012

Christopher Fernandez
If racial polarisation and racism has reached worrying levels in the country, it is really vital and necessary for the Malay community to spearhead moves to cement healthy ties between the races, owing essentially to the fact that they make up the largest grouping by race in Malaysia. The numbers [...]

U.S ‘war on drugs’ that went wrong

Posted by admin on May 7th, 2012

Hatef Mokhtar
* US needs to change its approach toward tackling the problem as number of American drug addicts rising and violence in Latin America escalating.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared drugs “public enemy number one” and introduced the “Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act 1970”.

Post-Bersih 3.0: A time for healing

Posted by admin on May 7th, 2012

Azlina Aziz (Sister in-law to Najib Razak)

On the eve of Bersih 3.0, my husband Nazir and I visited the surroundings of Dataran Merdeka to see for ourselves preparations for the rally. Although it was only 10.30pm on Friday night, a large crowd of protestors was rapidly building up, with police officers lining [...]

Bersih 3.0: UMNO Needs A Game Change

Posted by admin on May 1st, 2012

Dahlia Martin
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s popularity took a hit following a harsh crackdown on demonstrators at July’s 2011 Bersih rally. Looking to salvage his image as a reformer, Najib immediately set up a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to look into the issue of electoral reform.But if he was hoping this move alone [...]

Bersih 3.0: My side of the story

Posted by admin on April 30th, 2012

Adam Tan
Before telling my story, I would first like to clarify where I stand. I stand as a Malaysian, I stand as an individual who believes that Malaysia is a beautiful place, and deserves good governance.I joined the Bersih 3.0 rall, not only to champion for free and fair elections. I joined [...]