Posted in Activities, International on Nov 14th, 2008 No Comments »
I was in Kathmandu for a 3-day conference on “Peace and Democracy” last week (10-12 November). Nepal had been through a sustained period of turbulent time.
Peace only returned to the Roof Top of the Earth less than a year ago. King Gyanendra who ruled Nepal with emergency order between 2005-2007 was overthrown by an united [...]
Posted in International, Umno, Viewpoint on May 26th, 2008 11 Comments »
Government declared that it is a win-win judgement for Pulau Batu Puteh/Pedra Branca.
How is it win-win? The ICJ ruled that the main island legitimately belonged to Singapore. Malaysia only given two pieces of coral rocks. Where is our “win”?
In fact we have ‘lost’ the islet long before the ICJ ruling:
First, Umno led Alliance Government requested [...]
Posted in Festival, Friends & Family, International, Miscellaneous on Jan 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
A friend Popho from Seoul sent this picture which she took early morning on Day One of 2008.
Korea is at the most eastern tip of Asian continent. She has captured the first rays of the new year.
Since the ancient time, Korea was known as “the land of the fresh sun”, viz. Chosun or in Chinese [...]
Posted in International, Personality, Viewpoint on Dec 29th, 2007 No Comments »
“We are seeking power for the people. We want free, fair and transparent elections. Where there is dictatorship, there is extremism.” – Benazir Bhutto
The death of Benazir Bhutto came as a big shock!
The news reached me during the dinner of <i>”Malam Perpaduan”</i> organized by KeADILan Kapar division. Anwar got the message from his Blackberry.
I have [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Human Rights, International, Judiciary on Dec 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
Recently there have been some good news from Mongolia.
On Nov 23, I received an email from a from Tenger. Tenger who I met in one of the international meeting was a young politician from the ruling Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). We became acquaintance, as we share the same name. Tenger in Mongolian equals to [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, International, Viewpoint on Dec 26th, 2007 No Comments »
I received this message posted to the Comments on my piece “Altantuya”. It was a long writing. I put up an abridged version of his message as a post here, because I think the issue deserved continuous attention from Malaysians:
SHAME
“The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because [...]
Posted in Festival, International, Personality on Oct 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
October 9 is the anniversary of Che Guevara’s death. He was murdered by the imperialist in 1967. This year we commemorate the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara’s martyrdom.
Che Guevara has become a symbol of dignity, rebellion and the struggle for justice. Malaysian youth today have been deprived of our progressive history. The present repressive atmosphere [...]
Posted in Human Rights, International on Oct 8th, 2007 3 Comments »
All over the world, people are marching in solidarity with pro-democracy movement in Burma. Even in Malaysia, the police have been show rare kindness to allow continuous anti-junta protest gatherings in the capital city.
The authoritarian regime in Singapore is one of the few exception. The leaders of ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) have their sympathy [...]
Posted in Human Rights, International on Oct 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Buddhist organizations in Malaysia are expressing concerns and solidarity with the monks and pro-democracy activists in Burma.
Several Buddhist groups and individuals formed the Malaysian Buddhist Solidarity Group and held a small gathering at the Embassy of the Union of Myanmar on 27 September. They appealed to the Burmese government to have compassion and refrain from [...]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights, International, Migrant workers on Sep 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
Burmese migrants in Malaysia held a massive gathering this morning. I was late for the big show as I had to be at Istana Negara to submit memorandum to the King.
I joined the huge crowd as thousands of red-shirt Burmese marching from the Embassy of Burma towards the Embassy of People’s Republic of China. The [...]