Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Protes Inflation on Jan 31st, 2008 2 Comments »
Although 27 Jan was a Sunday, a magistrate was brought into the lock-up (Pudu Jail). At 14:00hr, all the detainees were brought out from the cell to the front entrance.
As usual, many hardworking and righteous lawyers volunteered their service to be our legal defence team. Our defence was led by Amer Hamzah.
We were aware that […]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Protes Inflation on Jan 31st, 2008 3 Comments »
Lately, the canteen of IPK became a regular hangout for me.
Whenever there was a mass arrest, the canteen area would be used for temporary retention site. Probably the area is the only available space big enough to hold a large number of people.
The atmosphere of arrest had been quite different in comparison to the Reformasi […]
Posted in Human Rights, Anwar, Protes Inflation on Jan 29th, 2008 16 Comments »
No doubt Malaysian police force is one of the world’s most efficient.
Under the leadership of Abdullah, police had acquired new efficiency in clamping down public protest.
Nowadays people could be arrested and charged with ‘illegal’ assembly, even though no assembly had taken place.
On 26 Jan the coalition of parties and NGOs planned to stage a protest […]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Economy, Protes Inflation on Jan 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Now BN is synonym with “Barang Naik”. We have warned the government the risk of hyper-inflation a long time ago.
Instead of implementing prudent measures to stimulate economic growth, the government was busy launching various megaprojects and corridors. These projects bring in no investment in short-term, but partly contributed to inflationary pressure.
Anyway, it looks like we […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics, Economy on Jan 25th, 2008 3 Comments »
Najib said the Government will keep the inflation rate as low as 2.4%, anyone believe him?
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced a three-pronged strategy aimed at softening the impact of inflation:
1. a national food stockpile;
2. a National Price Council; and
3. a National Call Centre with a 24-hour hotline.
Is Malaysia facing an emergency? I guess […]
Posted in Festival, HINDRAF on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Thaipusam is the full moon of the auspicious month of Thai, the 10th month in Tamil calendar.
Although it is not a national holiday, its significance is not less than Deepavali. Public celebration for Thaipusam is even more remarkable and featured more prominently than any other Hindu festivals.
The highlight of Thaipusam has been the mass pilgrimage […]
Posted in Friends & Family, Judiciary on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Picture of Christopher Fernando during Anwar trial. Christopher passed away in IJN at about 3 morning on 19 January.
The news of Christopher Fernando had a heart attack was totally unexpected. In my impression he was rather healthy.
Like most people, I knew Chris from Anwar case. Chris had cheerful and optimistic personality. He was firmly confident […]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Judiciary on Jan 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Happy Pongal! “Thai piranthal vazhi pirakkum!”
Today is the New Year of Tamil calendar. It is the first day of the month of Thai, and the full moon day of this month is called Thaipusam.
I attended the ceremony of Pongal celebration in Tasek, near Ipoh. The function was organized by our KeADILan activist Arjunan. Perak KeADILan […]
Posted in Judiciary, Lingam Tape on Jan 13th, 2008 8 Comments »
Businessman Mr Loh Mui Fah revealed to Malaysiakini that he was the man Lingam spoke to in the clip. He also revealed that his son secretly recorded their conversation.
When Anwar released the clip on 19 Sept last year, Loh must have been alarmed.
He claimed that he had no role in releasing the clip. However in […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Party, Current Issues, Election on Jan 12th, 2008 9 Comments »
Today the front page of The Sun (11 Jan) reported that Parti Gerakan ex-Supremo Lim Keng Yaik said that Koh Tsu Koon should stay as Penang Chief Minister even after the general election.
Earlier, it was expected that Koh being the party national president would/should move to the Federal level. His CM post has been hotly […]