Some 20,000 ethnic Indians have been denied their right to identity and citizenship, says Ramdas Tikamdas. These are the “invisible Malaysians” who encounter unimaginable difficulties in accessing or are denied the fundamentals of human rights in education, health care, employment and housing.
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In another world, religion will not be a tool of exploitation in the hands of exploiters, but it will be a powerful weapon in the hands of the poor and the oppressed, says Asghar Ali Engineer. Veteran unionist K George sadly reports that a group of five unions led by Abdul Razak Hassan of the Railwaymen’s Union of Malaysia is planning to split from the MTUC. They are aligned to Zainal Rampak who lost in the tussle for the MTUC’s leadership. With unionists like these, no wonder membership is falling. Dialogue [...] The working class would be the most affected group due to the recent unprecedented 30-sen oil hike. On the one hand, the Government has given a free hand to capitalists to exploit and squeeze the workers. Now, by reducing the oil subsidy, the government has abandoned the little responsibility it had for the working class, [...] … and it's not just the water, says Ong Eu Soon, in expressing horror that contaminated water could be channelled into our drinking water supply system. Something must be done to curb the ethnic "champions" and hotheads relishing a confrontation, says P Ramakrishnan. Let us not allow future generations to blame us for frittering away the nation’s rich oil resources, says Anil Netto. In 1974 a group of people concerned with human rights set up The Human Rights Organisation of Malaysia under the chairmanship of national poet Usman Awang. The pro-tem committee included such luminaries as Boestamam, V David, Kassim Ahmad, Azmi Khalid, lawyer Gamany, and Professor Rohanna Ariffin. The application for registration, however, was summarily rejected by [...] In our cover story, we publish our open letter to the Prime Minister asking him to take a clear stand on the disrupted forum in Penang. In the aftermath of the disruption, some media reports published contradictory and confused accounts of what transpired. To set the record straight, we carry an eyewitness account of the [...] It's a sad commuters tale from Penang. Half-decent City Council buses have given way to ramshackle bone-shakers and cowboy-style coaches (mini-buses) passing themselves off as buses. Angeline Loh has the story. |
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Readers’ comments
16 May 2012 (10:40) Umno, how much did you spend to bring your crowd? Hello P.Ramakrishnan, Please don't start lying to the readers. You wrote 'The Bersih 3.0 crowd came willingly and voluntarily and spontaneously. There was no inducement.' 'There was no inducement'? Are you really sure or you are just play...