Anwar vs Najib - the final round.

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Hishamuddin Rais’ latest article in Malaysia-Today presents you the final round: which one would you choose as the future prime minister of this country - Anwar Ibrahim or Najib Tun Razak? He says all Malaysians have a duty to make this choice, and the truth is we do not have many choices.

Would you choose submarines (including dubious space travels and lose billions of the rakyat’s money) or would you rather choose the possibility of PEOPLE BOSSing politicians around?

‘Military torture’ camp in Malaysia?

I haven’t got over Raja Petra (Kamaruddin) and ALL…tantuya yet, and now this.

We are told there is a two minute video clip that shows military commandos being tortured by their trainees (THE SUN).

A military torture camp in Malaysia?

Why don’t you say it in court?

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Sometimes I think ministers and politicians treat Parliament as their comfort zone, or their safe haven. After all, they have immunity for saying controversial stuff there.

It’s very easy for a PM-in-Waiting to go on a CLEAR-MY-NAME campaign before he actually assumes his premiership as Parliament is not like the courts. There are no prosecutors, no defense lawyers, nor are there any lawyers doing a watching brief, like Karpal Singh.

Yes, people are the judge in Parliament. And there are lots of prosecutors there in the name of Opposition MPs. But there is only so much one can do in Parliament. You have to wait hours before you get your turn to speak or ask questions. I know, I’ve seen how things work there.

When a law becomes cruelly insane…

Will the Members of Parliament unite for justice to call for the release of the HINDRAF 5?

As BLOGGERS UNITE for HUMAN RIGHTS today, I’d like to highlight a grave human rights issue in Malaysia - the detention of citizens without trial.

This law is cruelly inhuman because you and I can be thrown behind bars without proof or police investigation. Can this be called law?

Despite several sectors calling for their release, yesterday, the Federal Court snuffed out the appeal by five Hindu Rights Action Force (HNDRAF) leaders who asked to be released from detention under the dreaded Internal Security Act.

With this judgement, they would have to remain in detention for TWO YEARS under the security law, although it is quite uncertain what is their crime.

Can anyone please tell me WHAT IS THEIR CRIME?

Close to 1 million cases pending in courts !

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Above is the Palace of Justice ! The Justice Ministry. See what grandeur! But alas, the grandeur is ONLY in concrete, not brains!

UNBELIEVABLE ! to hear Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law Minister) Zaid Ibrahim (NST, 9 May 200 say this:

There are more than 900,000 unresolved cases in the lower courts alone. At the High Courts, the number of cases stands at more than 91,000.

“Enough studies have been carried out by the government, the Bar Council and the Human Rights Commission on causes for the backlog. It is time we see results,” he said, adding he has given himself six months to reduce the number of unresolved cases.

“It is cause for concern because most of the cases involving the layman is in the lower courts.”

Why not have trams in Penang?

Penang bloggers have launched a campaign called Bloggers for Trams in Penang, to raise awareness of people regarding the viability, economic (not to mention touristic) benefits of trams as part of the Island’s public transportation.

Initiated by Anil Netto,  who has a little write up of the benefits of trams in his blog,  the campaign is expected to draw Penang bloggers and others to blog about the issue and carry the poster (above) in their blogs.

So start the ball rolling, will ya?

This CANNOT be Mahathir

Ex-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad can be many things, but can he ever be pro-Israel? Could he be asking Ehud Barak for money to fund UMNO during the 1999 General Elections, in return for “unlimited” US military bases in the country? Were there plans to establish diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv?

That is what that letter above says. No matter how I detest the former premier, I am shocked that someone could stoop so low to defame him as such.

I remember how desperate UMNO/BN was in 1999, but this scenario CAN’T be possible. Knowing Mahathir !

Sex, secrets, spies and spice

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Even life in MCA is getting spicy-er by the day. I guess with its dwindling membership and lack of drive, its spin doctors have to keep the party news-worthy.What with secret spies snooping around to catch anti-OKTs (Ong Ka Ting) with their pants down.

Former Health Minister Chua Soi Lek, who just managed to pull his pants up (he was caught in a sex DVD with a woman just after new year’s day this year), is now wailing that his name is top on the spy squad’s “hit list”.

“I am disappointed if this secret group is true because I am among those who have been identified by the group as not supporting the top leadership and should be ‘destroyed’,” said Dr Chua who called a press conference over the matter (STAR, 13 May 200

But do Malaysians really care if their ministers or politicians get caught in a sex act, in a murder, or simply pissed drunk?

Where were you on 13 May 1969?

A BIG insult to Malaysians !

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“I cannot foresee the country without Umno. The Malays only know Umno and its allies. I cannot imagine how the Malays will behave or react without Umno on the scene,” Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (STAR).

I am Malaysian and I see this as a BIG insult to my Malay brothers and sisters.