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Malaysian Law Minister not aware of Yong’s case
Jun. 16 | Andrew Loh – Malaysia’s “de facto Law Minister”, Mohd Nazri Aziz, says he is not aware of Yong Vui Kong’s case, Malaysian news portal Malaysiakini reported yesterday. “Nazri (left), who is a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department,...
Red light area gets out of line
Mar. 20 | From the Star Online By Seah Chiang Nee With Singapore allowing in a million foreigners in the past 10 years, it just had to happen. Recent police crackdowns on hot spots was an eye-opener on how deep organised crime has dug in Do not be afraid of the...
Malaysian economy – the worst is yet to come
Feb. 27 | February 25, 2010 Press statement from the office of Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s Parliamentary Opposition Leader. The latest declaration by the Prime Minister that “the worst is over” when the country’s GDP grew at 4.5% in the last quarter of...
Malaysia: whose God?
Jan. 15 | Religious tensions are rising in Malaysia over the name of Allah. A recent high court ruling, allowing the use of the Arabic word for God, has sparked protests in Mosques and attacks on Christian churches. The issue has highlighted the fate of the minority...
Youth leaders from S’pore & Malaysia condemn attacks on Malaysian churches
Jan. 14 | Wong Chun Han Young Singaporean and Malaysian politicians have united in speaking out against recent attacks on churches in Malaysia. Youth wing leaders from the Singapore Democratic Party and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People’s Justice Party) issued...
TOC Editorial: The edge of tolerance
Jan. 13 | Malaysia pulls back from the brink, again – but it should not rely on riding its luck It always seems to take the worst to bring out the best in people. Days after a rash of attacks on churches in Malaysia last weekend, the country’s politicians...
Malaysia to introduce 4% GST
Dec. 27 | The GST should not be introduced in haste in a Third World country like ours. DR A. SOORIAN, on Malaysia’s introduction of the GST
S’pore 3rd world democracy, Malaysia 3rd world mentality
Sep. 2 | The main reason Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman decided to kick Singapore out of Malaysia was the speech made by its then Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, in the Malaysian Parliament in May 1965 questioning the Malay government in Malaysia… If 50 years...
Why Yasmin Ahmad was so important to me
Jul. 31 | Yasmin Ahmad is the late Malaysian film director. She died of a brain haemorrhage on July 25 after collapsing with a stroke. She was 51. Alfian Sa’at Yasmin Ahmad had many Singaporean fans. During one of our meetings, she confided how she had found...
Mas Selamat captured – all thanks to the ISD!
May. 8 | Gerald Giam Malaysia cleans up the mess. Singapore takes the credit – shamelessly. “DEPUTY Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng commended the Internal Security Department (ISD) officers for going all out to track down the escaped terror leader Mas Selamat,...
Sharing of information between 3 countries led to Mas Selamat’s arrest – Star Online
May. 8 | From The Star Online: Fugitive Mas Selamat nabbed KUALA LUMPUR: Fugitive suspected Singaporean terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari has been arrested by Malaysian police. It is learnt the fugitive, who escaped from a Singapore maximum security detention centre...
Mahathir to rejoin UMNO after Badawi steps down
Mar. 28 | From the Malaysianinsider: KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — Despite saying that he would not come to the Umno General Assembly because of rampant money politics in the party elections, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today surprised Umno delegates by making an...
Press statement from Anwar Ibrahim on repressive actions by Malaysian government
Mar. 24 | March 24 2009 A phase of repression descended on Malaysia as Najib Razak seizes control of the reins of power, even before officially taking over as Prime Minister, and unleashes his brutality and violence on the people. Last night, a rally of about 10,000...
Anwar: We’re ready to form new gov’t
Sep. 16 | TOC thanks Malaysiakini for allowing us to publish the following report here. Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim told a 25,000-strong rally tonight in Kelana Jaya stadium that he had the numbers to form a new government tomorrow. “Tonight on the eve...
Not sodomised – report
Jul. 28 | Why has this medical report surfaced only today, over one month after the allegations were made, after Anwar spent a night in jail, and after the police have spent so much time and money on this case? Malaysian opposition PKR secretary-general Salehuddin...
Politcal saber-rattling
Jul. 26 | If you want to negotiate, lets negotiate. There is no need to encroach, no need to test the market or our waters. Malaysian Foreign Minister on S’pore claims to areas around Pulau Batu Puteh
Anwar Ibrahim’s press statement
Jul. 17 | From the office of Anwar Ibrahim. On Saturday, 12-07-2008, the police came to my house to serve a Section 111 Criminal Procedure Code notice, harassing my family and demanding my presence at the IPK Kuala Lumpur (Federal Territories Police headquarters)...
