Posted in Current Issues, Party, Politics, Talks on Feb 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
On Feb 5, after a long stalemate, Najib finally emerged from behind the curtain. A coup d’état against Pakatan Rakyat-led Perak state government was swiftly executed.
We can call this power struggle. However power is not the ultimate aim, neither for us nor for UMNO-BN. Power is only a means for something else.
For Pakatan Rakyat, the [...]
Posted in Activities, Party, Talks, Visual on Dec 7th, 2008 No Comments »
The following is my winding up speech at the final day (30 Nov) of Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s Congress 2008:
Posted in Politics, Talks, Visual on Aug 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Anwar, Election, Party, Politics, Talks on Aug 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Politics, Talks, Visual on May 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
Last Thursday (15 May), I was invited by Astro Awani (Channel 501) to participate in the “Sudut Pandangan” program, hosted by Kamarul Bahrin Haron. The broadcast was live at 20:30hr.
On the same stage, purportedly my ‘opponent’, was Datuk Saifudin Abdullah. The new deputy minister for Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development was once the chairperson of Malaysia [...]
Posted in Activities, Current Issues, Party, Talks on Jan 6th, 2008 3 Comments »
The majority of Pantai Remis’ inhabitants are fisher folk. Some of them are small plantation holders. The parliament constituency is under the MP of Bruas Lim Keng Yeik who is also the Minister of Energy, Water and Communications. Despite being under the patronage of a minister and president of a BN party, the community remains [...]
Posted in Activities, Party, Talks on Aug 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
I was thrilled to have received an invitation to give a ceramah in Pekan 27 July. It was organized by PAS Pekan division which wanted me to speak.
Well, this is not any pekan, but the Pekan with a capital “P”.
I thought it must be exciting to have a ceramah in Najib Razak’s hometown. I readily [...]
Posted in Politics, Talks on Jul 8th, 2007 No Comments »
The video presents the book launching program on 1 July, held in Southern College Johor Baru.
The event witnessed the launch of two memoirs by two veteran Singapore’s politicians, Said Zahari and Huang Xin Fang.
The clip also includes segments of the speeches by Said and Lim Hock Siew.