Parliament has created a monstrous law that defies legal logic as much as it flies in the face of promise of reforms towards a more inclusive and participatory democracy, writes Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.
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Speaker Dewan Rakyat pada 18 April 2012 menolak usul Ahli Parlimen Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj untuk menyiasat campurtangan korporat dalam isu pengendalian kursus kejururawatan di kolej swasta. BERN/ZURICH, Switzerland – The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland confirmed on 20 April 2012 that Switzerland has given legal assistance to Hong Kong in a money-laundering case against Musa Aman, the Chief Minister of Sabah, reports the Bruno Manser Fund. The Centre for Independent Journalism has issued a World Press Freedom Day message calling on the people to reclaim their right to media that can play their role of bearing witness and informing society. We, Malaysian media civil society organisations, condemn the arrest of two journalists and police violence towards others who were covering the sit-down protest for free and fair elections in Kuala Lumpur on 28 April 2012. The Malaysian government should impartially investigate alleged excessive use of force by police to disperse tens of thousands of peaceful protesters in Kuala Lumpur calling for election reform, Human Rights Watch said today. Eight villages from the Baram district have protested against the proposal to build mega dams in the district, reports Mark Bujang. Members of the Save Sarawak’s Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers) and some concerned citizens held a peaceful demonstration in front of a leading hotel in Miri on 16 April to send a strong message to reject the Baram Hydro-electric Dam project. In the wee hours of dawn today, the students’ and Occupy Dataran encampment in KL was violently ambushed by a group of thugs. After the ambush, everyone sat down and victims of violence started to tell stories of what happened. Temme Lee reports. Suaram has announced that an inquiry into the alleged corruption, misuse and abuse of taxpayers money, linked to the purchase of the two Scorpene class submarines, back in 2002 will commence on Thursday, 19 April at the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI), a first degree court that deals with civil litigation matters. |
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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...