Tag Archives: government

malaysiakini’s interview with Uthayakumar

It’s late and I’ve got an early appointment tomorrow, but was very, very heartened and happy Uthayakumar’s having his say. What should the response be? I think I’ve said enough on this issue.

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some shorts and a to-do list

Just got back from playing with massive house-sized machinery and a bit of investigation here and there. In any case, bone, bone tired. Some quick shorts:

  • CIJ and WAMI calls for the lifting of the Minnal FM presenters, according to Malaysiakini. At least this travesty is getting s ...Continue


hindraf casualties

If you do a search on google on the phrase “Truth is the first casualty of war”, you might land yourself on the Guardian website with quite a number of responses. The first to have realized this truism was, apparently, ...Continue


our social responsibilities

Can you feel it? Surely you feel it, too. Tensions rising, the news from the north predictably bleak amidst the onslaught of happy-happy news on the mainstream media. You must feel it, too - there is hardly anyone in Malaysia who doesn’t, I’m willing to bet. Feel what?

Well, feel the descent into chaos.

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the hindraf crackdown

Things seem to be heating up, and the crackdown has begun. When you have the Chief Minister stepping up to the plate and demanding some justice for people thousands of miles away, it begins to look more and more like Myanmar than Malaysia over here. True to form, Nazri wets himself and tells the Chief Minister of Tamil Naidu to, basically, ...Continue