Here are some of the pictures of the solidarity vigil that was held at Blog House in Bukit Damansara, 14 September 2008. Our thoughts were not only with Raja Petra and Teresa Kok but also the Hindraf 5 and all other ISA detainees. We appeal to the good sense of the Badawi administration to abolish […]
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UPDATE,16 September 2008: I salute Zaid Ibrahim for taking the most honourable step to resign. At last YB Zaid Ibrahim has decided to join the rank and file of brave people by resigning from Badwai’s cabinet. It has been quite sometime that Zaid Ibrahim’s position was untenable in the Cabinet because he was unable to
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UPDATE, 13-9-2008: Malaysiakini reports that “Journalist Tan Hoon Cheng was released this afternoon and is now back at her house in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.” How is Malaysia going to face the world with such draconian acts? L-R: Raja Petra Kamarudin, Tan Hoon Cheng, Teresa Kok (courtesy of Malaysiakini) At about 1.00 p.m. today, Raja Petra
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Malaysiakini reported … Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng has been arrested today under the Internal Security Act at 8.30pm at her home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. MCPX She is the second person to be arrested today under the tough security law which allows for detention without trial.It is learnt that she has been
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NST has reported here that … “Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) today, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.
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BREAKING NEWS “Kota Kinabalu High Court today declared null and void the election of Tan Sri Joseph Kurup (PBRS) as Pensiangan MP in the March 8 general election.” – reported BERNAMA. PBRS is one of the component parties of BN.
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The National Budget, which is prepared by the Minister of Finance who is also the Prime Minister in our case on behalf of the Cabinet and presented to Parliament each year, is like a blueprint for the economic well-being of the country for the ensuing (generally speaking) 364 days of the year. Its importance to
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Update, 8 Sept. 2008: “A total of 49 Barisan Nasional members of parliament are to take part in an eight-day agricultural study tour to Taiwan beginning today.” – reported Malaysiakini. The Star online reported here today that “Barisan Nasional MPs have been asked to submit their passports for an overseas study trip ahead of Sept
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At about 6.00 p.m. this evening veteran journalist Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail passed away at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He was 84.
Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail passed away Read More »
Here’s wishing all my Muslim constituents, friends, readers and their families “Selamat menyambut Ramadhan Al-Mubarak.”
Wee Choo Keong has been elected Member of Parliament for Wangsa Maju (P116) during the 12th General Election on 08 March 2008 until May 09, 2013. In 1987 he was detained by the Government under the notorious Internal Security Act (ISA) for 60 days in solidarity confinement.