Posted in Anwar, Politics, Viewpoint on Jun 30th, 2008 12 Comments »
When Hollywood did poorly in box office, its producer made “Superman 2″.
I was not surprised with the vicious attack from the BN regime. The BN guys are sore losers, thus we have anticipated a massive crackdown against our democratic movement.
The conspirators should be reprimanded for lacking creativity. These guys are too lazy and did not [...]
Posted in Politics on Jun 28th, 2008 9 Comments »
PM Abdullah canceled two projects—PORR and Monorail in the 9th Malaysia Plan.
He said the decision is not political and is not because Penang is ruled by Pakatan Rakyat. It is hard for the people to believe that the BN Federal Government is fair to all states.
While cutting back on Penang and other Pakatan’s states, the [...]
Posted in Parliament on Jun 26th, 2008 6 Comments »
PM Abdullah is delivering his speech on the Mid-term Review of the 9th Malaysian Plan.
He started his speech at 11:30hr.
We MPs received the full document on Monday (23 June). The 120-odd-page document is published in two versions, English and Malay. We will be debating this document next week.
In his usual monotonic style, Pak Lah is [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Parliament on Jun 25th, 2008 3 Comments »
I received a reply from the Secretary of Dewan Rakyat yesterday (24 June) informed me that my question on Waytha Moorthy was rejected.
I submitted a question to the Home Minister requesting clarification whether Waytha Moorthy who is now living in exile in UK would be arrested upon his return. If yes, under what act?
The ground [...]
Posted in Freedom of Information, Politics on Jun 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
At the final days of Abdullah’s premiership, his government is probably trying to do some good to correct the wrongs of Mahathir’s era. Yesterday (24 June) we got the news that the publication permit of Harakah was restored to its original twice a week.
It is definite a good news. Harakah is more than a mouthpiece [...]
Posted in Freedom of Information, Parliament on Jun 25th, 2008 5 Comments »
Something odd happened this morning (24 June). When I entered the Parliament, the lobby was empty. The usual flock of journalists banished from the scene.
Later I realized that the Parliament has made a new ruling that journalists are not allowed to hang around in the lobby. In fact, the restriction went beyond that. Besides the [...]
Posted in Fuel Hike on Jun 23rd, 2008 9 Comments »
It is now 18:30hr. The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shahrir Samad is making concluding speech.
The whole day of debate today is nothing but an exercise to justify the government’s ill-thought and unpopular decision to raise petrol price. Actually, it is a waste of time when the government already decided and insisted on burdening [...]
Posted in Fuel Hike, Parliament, Visual on Jun 23rd, 2008 7 Comments »
This morning (23 June), a few of KeADILan MPs decided to ride bicycle to the Parliament. Gobalakrishnan, Hee Loy Sian, Zulnordin and I gathered at Bank Negara and biking to the Parliament House.
The action was to highlight the hardship and impracticality of changing lifestyle. Even if the people wanted to change lifestyle: using bicycle, or [...]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Talks on Jun 18th, 2008 3 Comments »
Photo with Ashvin Raj, a friend from Facebook who attended the forum
The ISA Forum last night (17 June) was attended by about one hundred people. I don’t think the ayttendance correlated with the level of support for the issue. On the contrary, I can confidently say that a majority of Malaysians do not support the [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Talks on Jun 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
I will be giving a talk in the forum on Internal Security Act (ISA) tonight (17 June 2008). The forum is organized by Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI), Civil Rights Committee and Bar Council’s Human Rights Committee. Other panelists include: Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan (President of Bar Council), Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (Chairperson of GMI) and family [...]