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Bitter-sweet for Teoh's widow, family
Published:  Feb 24, 2010 7:58 AM
Updated: Feb 24, 2010 9:36 AM

vox populi small thumbnail 'Let us not feel despair and lose hope altogether. Somehow, someday, the culprits of Teoh Beng Hock's sudden death will be punished - either in this world or the next.'

 

Teoh's son born this morning

Justice Seeker: Congratulations to the Teoh Beng Hock family, although the joy must have been mixed with much sadness that the child was born without his father, who was allegedly murdered so cruelly.

The family with the support of right-thinking Malaysians, should bring him up like his father - a highly principled man who didn't want to compromise with the corrupted authorities. I hope one day Teoh Junior will grow up to be as famous in defending the downtrodden.

Loyal Malaysian: This moment of joy must be bitter-sweet for new mother Soh Cher Wei. The promise to register the child using Teoh's surname will be looked into, but the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) still has not been brought to account. There must be justice for Beng Hock!

Cala: Teoh Beng Hock's sudden death in the hands of MACC pains many of us.

Many lose hope. Many leave this country and seek greener pastures in Singapore, US, UK or Australia. To the many who are not leaving but are staying put for whatever reasons, let us not feel despair and lose hope altogether. Somehow, someday, the culprits of TBH's sudden death will be punished - either in this world or the next.

Ms Soh/parents of TBH, how about naming the child Teoh Beng Hope?

Keturunan Malaysia: Congratulations to the Teoh family... especially Madam Soh. Teoh Beng Hock is now undoubtedly a well-known household name and continuously on the lips of most good peace-loving Malaysians. He has become a glowing symbol of our struggle to seek a Malaysian Malaysia with as little racial and religious boundaries and barriers as possible.

I wish to propose that the baby be named Teoh Beng Hock, Jr, to keep the good name of his father intact and well-remembered for generations to come. Let not his death be in vain for what he and we all believe in. Keep the struggle alive, son of Teoh Beng Hock!

Bernard Chen: Well done, Mrs Teoh! May this anak bangsa Malaysia continue to carry his father's spirit of righteousness and continue to bring honour to you and his ancestral line. It is my fervent prayer that he will be a blessing to all who cross his path.

May he grow to be a man of integrity, wisdom and righteousness. May his life be an inspiration and shining beacon of hope to the oppressed and down-trodden.

My prayer for you Mrs Teoh, is that God will give you the strength, wisdom and knowledge to be a mother that will raise a man of character and integrity. Be strong, Mrs Teoh, this is where your fight begins against the evil that brought about the death of your husband.

Flagellation as a mechanism of gender control

David Dass: The real issue is how was the syariah law extended to allow such a sentence to be passed? The Penal Code - the law of crimes in this country - is an act passed by Parliament.

The Penal Code does not prescribe caning as a punishment for women. How was such authority conferred? What next? And why should the men not be caned as well?

Ibn Sulaiman: If we want to preserve the plurality of this country then, we should stop bringing up the issue of the contradiction between civil versus syariah laws. Have we not tenaciously preserved plurality by allowing vernacular schools, which a DAP politician called a "historical fact" when rebutting Prof Khoo Kay Kim's call for a single lingua franca ?

Syariah is also a historical fact which Muslim will preserve.

Gov't forces radio stations to air new local songs

Al: The real focus should be on democratising local radio space by liberalising permit requirements, so that as a medium, it can cater to a wider variety of interests.

Radio is such a powerful medium, but it is now limited to a narrow format predetermined by regulations, major music companies and sponsors. You only hear two percent of available music on radio, played in repetition. Snoop around the Internet, and you can see the potential that radio could become.

Instead of drawing simplistic division between local and foreign music, it's better to distinguish between overplayed, radio-friendly music and undiscovered, underplayed and fresh music, both local and foreign.

We need something like college radio as in the United States, created by real music lovers who can play anything they like - not playlists predetermined and paid for by music companies pushing their products and DJs who sound like class clowns.

Not confused: Information Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim is at it again. Surely he must realise that local radio stations are dependent on advertising revenue and market forces are at play here. Popular radio stations are responding to what the market wants to hear, not what the government, in its infinite wisdom, thinks they should be listening to.

It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realise this, does it? There are many local radio stations that cater very well for those who want to hear local artists. Why put high-handed compulsion in place? It will probably be totally counter-productive, as happened in other areas where ill-thought-out conditions have been placed on the media. Will this guy never learn?

Chin Kuek Ping: Actually, having heard what the Malaysian music scene has produced so far, I actually agree with minister on this (shockingly enough). There are many creative people in the independent music scene in Malaysia, people who make beautiful sounds, not for the money, but out of love for the medium. It's a crying shame most Malaysians would never hear it.

I, for one, would rather hear Mia Palencia or Rezza Salleh or Melina Williams than yet another round of rubbish like Britney Spears.


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