When change rocked the Middle East from Tunisia to Yemen, many were quick to point out that it could not happen in Malaysia. The BN government has a stronger record of governance and, for all of the unevenness of the playing field, holds competitive elections. Yet, as the Sarawak campaign has unfolded, it is increasingly [...]
April 2011
Monthly Archives
Loss of faith in S'wak leadership
Weapon of the weak (Part 1)
APRIL 10 — The people of Sarawak have nothing to lose except the brutish rule that has turned them into subservient and pliant putty. For 30 years, Taib Mahmud and his gang have shaped the putty into unquestioning objects and digits. Receiving a sudden windfall of RM500, RM1,000 or whatever amount must not be treated [...]
Fitnah video lucah : Kenyataan Media Dr Wan Azizah, Nurul Izzah
KENYATAAN MEDIA UNTUK SEBARAN SEGERA 5hb APRIL 2011 Semalam, video seks yang mula-mula disiarkan di Carcosa Seri Negara baru-baru ini telah ditayangkan sebahagiannya di laman web-laman web tukang sorak UMNO. Keluarga kami telah diuji dengan pelbagai dugaan sejak 1998. Pelbagai fitnah dan tuduhan telah dilemparkan terhadap Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Setiap tuduhan tersebut adalah [...]
Taib engages Apco and US cyber-troopers
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is having sleepless nights over Sarawak and its Chief Minister Taib Mahmud. Najib cannot decide which is worse – a strong opposition movement galvanised by his arch rival, Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, or Taib whom he deeply mistrusts. The effective onslaught on the ground, by Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian [...]
Taib must disclose his property purchases
Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud for side-stepping numerous allegations of corruption and abuse of power hurled at him and his family, as has been widely reported in the news portals and blogs. I think he owes the people of Sarawak an explanation how his children can have so much money to acquire so much property overseas. [...]
Barry Wain to Mahathir : Your book is "faction".
Throughout his public life, Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been almost predictably unpredictable. He has delighted in being a maverick, breaking the rules whenever they appeared to make no sense, or got in his way. It was often politically risky and required courage, but it also glorified his image and caught his rivals off balance at [...]
Selangor's FOI enactment passed
The Selangor assembly today created history by being the first state assembly to enact the Freedom of Information Enactment 2010. The enactment was tabled for the third reading today by Tourism, Consumer Affairs and the Environment executive councillor and Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong and was accepted by unanimous vote without amendments. The proposal was [...]