Tag Archives: repression

the ISA for new victims

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

I’m about to head out to East Malaysia for a much-needed break. More debauchery and some heavy thinking in between.

I leave West Malaysia today knowing that Abdullah Badawi has finally succumbed to using the ISA. ...Continue


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the hindraf crackdown

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

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


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