Posted in Current Issues, Freedom of Information on Feb 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH) calls on the Malaysian government not to use OSA to persecute opposition and to amend the draconian law.
FIDH is a Paris-based international human rights network which consists of 141 human rights organizations worldwide. The statement was issued on 6 February in conjunction with its local [...]
Posted in Activities, Politics, Talks on Feb 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Shahrir Samad was the last speaker. In the end he attracted the most questions from the audience. Shahrir has often been perceived as a ‘rebel’ in Umno. He might be ‘liberal’ in certain issues, however Shahrir is a traditionalist when come to Umno basic tenets.
Throughout the night, Shahris played the role of chief apologist for [...]
Posted in Activities, Talks on Feb 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Y4C (Youth for Change) had its last session of the Courses for Critical Thinking (Kursus Pemikiran Kritis) on New Economic Policy yesterday 6 February.
The final forum held in Bar Council Auditorium at 20:00hr 6 February, was titled ‘Adakah Dasar Ekonomi Baru mampu menghadapi globalisasi?’ (Does NEP have the ability to face challenges of globalization?). [...]
Posted in Announcement on Feb 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
A new book on Dollah vs DrM has just been published by Kinibook. I have made a small contribution to this volume. For this, I must thank Nathaniel, a bright young chap, who I got to know a few months ago. (check out one of his initiative Bangkit.net)
Initially I was not so keen to [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Toll on Feb 6th, 2007 No Comments »
At Bukit Aman, ASP Rajakopal told me that the police had to pay a visit to my office. At 15:00hr, Rajakopal and his colleague ASP Sohaimi Daud arrived at Suara Keadilan office at Brickfields.
I must admit they did the raid ‘politely’. Although I was forewarned by lawyers that under OSA the police have the power [...]
Posted in Activities, Incident, Party on Feb 6th, 2007 No Comments »
OSA Questioning in Bukit Aman
Four of us, Hatta, Ronie, Khalid and I, were summoned to Bukit Aman on Monday morning. Tan Sri Khalid arrived the earliest. He drove straight into the compound of the Police HQ at 9:30hr. He had to wait for the rest of us who took our breakfast at the warung outside.
Some [...]
Posted in Activities, Party on Feb 5th, 2007 5 Comments »
Our demonstration on 4 February 2007 was the 4th of PROTES anti toll hike gathering. The protest was held at at IOI Mall Puchong. At 16:00hr we assembled in front of the Mall, just outside the Starbucks cafe.
From the Mall, the crowd marched toward the road, and re-assembled by the side of the higway. We [...]
Posted in Politics, Viewpoint on Feb 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
Work Minister Samy Vellu told the press that the public has NO right to know the content of highway concession agreements. He said a toll agreements is “It is part of a government document which cannot be revealed.â€
At a press conference on 2 February, Samy attacked PROTES leaders for revealing details of the document in [...]
Posted in Activities, Community, Festival on Feb 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Chinese New Year in my hometown Melaka is always joyous and lively. In the recent years, Jonker Street has been the center of Chinese festive events.
For the celebration of Chinese New Year, the area adjacent to Jonker Street has been decorated with arcs, lanterns, lights, and so on. Every year this was a joint effort [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Freedom of Information, Toll on Feb 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Solidarity from Irene Fernandez
Press Statement: 2 February 2007
UPHOLD THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION OF THE CONSUMER: STOP THE LEGAL ACTION
The rapid response from the police to question three political leaders, Tan Sri Khalid, Tian Chua and Ronnie Liu arising from a police report made by Gabungan Pemimpin Mahasiswa Malaysia and Jaringan Pelajar Islam Se- Malaysia comes [...]