World’s oldest blogger at 107!

Eric Shackle, a retired journalist whose hobby is searching the Internet and writing about it, emailed me recently. In his mail he said:
“Greetings from Sydney, Australia. Congratulations on your courageous website, which I visited for the first time. You may be interested to learn that Australia’s 107-year-old Olive Riley is the world’s oldest blogger. Her blog is at AllAboutOlive . [...]

Altantuya: Is Susan Loone a ‘foreign agent’?

Update: Najib in trouble? Thanks commentator Libraa for the heads-up.
Someone asked this intriguing question on  FORUM GERAK REFORMASI. It seems there are now efforts to cast doubt on my personality due to my stories on Altantuya. As more yarns are spinning in disfavour against Altantuya, the question remains, not who killed her, but WHY was [...]

Altantuya: What happen to the DNA test?

Blogger Howsy asked this question (all the way from UK) today: Altantuya son’s DNA test: is it out yet?
“Susan, any pointers?”
Malaysia mudah lupa (forgets easily), said Howsy. Well, my dear friend, Malaysia mudah tipu (lies easily) also.
Here’s your answer, confirmation of which I received last night:
On March 12, Bernama reported that DNA experts will [...]

NGO funding: Exxon Mobil and the question of ethics

This article by friend and fellow NGO activist K. Shan, which was sent directly to me, is an interesting read:
“Human rights work, just like any other work involves cost and spending and have turned out to be an expensive state of affiars. NGOs and groups in Malaysia might have come across at many times the [...]

MP who uses ‘F’ word in Parliament takes on bloggers

MP for Kinabatangan Bung Mokhtar Radin out to be ashamed of himself. Yesterday, he urged the government to act against ‘insiders’ who reveal information to Internet blogs and news portals.

This was the MP, who in 2001, used the “F” word in Parliament. I attended the session that day in the August house and felt so [...]

Bloggers United: cartoon by Zunar

This cartoon is courtesy of my favourite “most daring and original political” cartoonist and friend Zunar. His cartoon which takes a dig at politics and politicians never fail to make my day.
Zunar’s cartoons are also featured in Malaysiakini.com. He also has a book “Cartoon About Tun and others“. As a person the man is simple, [...]

“No more guns for gas”

Shwe Gas Movement demonstration outside the Korean embassy, Bangkok, on 26 March 2007.

The prince, the lady and the policeman (2)

As a follow-up to my post “The prince, the lady and the policeman“, sources now say it is the royal family from Johor ( a commentator on the post including some journalists have mentioned it). However, this fact need to be verified before blogsville is a buzz with more rumours.
Now, we hope the newspapers who [...]

Stop, in the name of press freedom

The one and only, Mustafa Kamal Anuar, in Bangkok.
Saying stop – “STOP the abuses, the violations and the lies in the name of press freedom”.
(More inside)

The prince, the lady and the policeman

A movie? No, this is real life, a Malaysia Boleh production.
Fathi Aris Omar, my ex-Malay story editor from Malaysiakini alerted me to this bizarre story in mSTAR online today. Fathi is editor with mSTAR online now:
Royalty beats lover. Lover is in her 20s. She was allegedly beaten because she was found to be having an [...]