Archive - 18 October 2008

What the winners and losers say

What the winners and losers say

MCA candidates for the top party posts express hope that the newly-elected team will help unite the party and implement much-needed reforms.
No urgent need for deputy BN chief post

No urgent need for deputy BN chief post

muhyiddin yasin muhyiddin yassin Responding to a call made by MCA Youth yesterday, Umno vice-president Muhyiddin Yassin says that the current vice-president’s posts are adequate.

Two men, two trees, smoke and ants

Two men, two trees, smoke and ants

A state legislator and his neighbour were caught in a heated quarrel over trees, smoke and ants. Both had lodged police reports against each other in Kuching.
MIC: Speed up race relations council

MIC: Speed up race relations council

MIC president S Samy Vellu says an inter-race relations council can be established even before the proposed Race Relations Act, to promote racial harmony in the country.

Tee Keat is new MCA No 1, Soi Lek No 2

Tee Keat is new MCA No 1, Soi Lek No 2

updated 11.25pm The hotly contested MCA polls came to a close tonight, handing Ong Tee Keat the presidency and 'underdog' Chua Soi Lek another chance at Malaysian politics.
Minor commotion at MCA meet

Minor commotion at MCA meet

A minor commotion broke out when an elderly woman started shouting at MCA veteran Yap Pian Hon over an issue which occurred 20 years ago.
It's D-day for MCA

It's D-day for MCA

comment All questions will be answered in a few hours as MCA members elect new party leaders. But who will emerge triumphant and who will be forced into oblivion?

Hear Hindraf's cry for freedom

Hear Hindraf's cry for freedom

hindraf gandhi opinion Hindraf has proven itself as the most empowering social movement in the half-century history of multiracial and polyglot Malaysian society.
PM: No review of ISA

PM: No review of ISA

Despite repeated pleas by Barisan Nasional component parties, the prime minister rules out reviewing the Internal Security Act for now.
...but MCA says Umno dominates BN

...but MCA says Umno dominates BN

ong ka ting mca In his swan song speech, outgoing MCA president Ong Ka Ting says that the ‘power sharing’ principle in Barisan Nasional was not practiced in the right spirit.
Abdullah: Umno is not a bully

Abdullah: Umno is not a bully

updated 2.45pm The premier, in rebutting a remark made by the outgoing MCA chief, has denied that Umno has ever ‘bullied’ other component parties at their expense.
Pak Lah - The good and the bad, Pt 2

Pak Lah - The good and the bad, Pt 2

podcast realpolitik 4 line version yun yang and ong kian ming The sad fact of the matter is that we cannot even name one significant reform which Abdullah has put in place in his five years as prime minister.
The political animal

The political animal

"Man is a political animal," said Aristotle. He exists in and by society. The differences among men are not entirely subdued in the political community.

The diversity in the faculties of men leads to different and unequal rights and opportunities in property and wealth acquisition, dividing society into different interests and parties.

ISA: Suaram activist released

ISA: Suaram activist released

cheng lee whee updated 9.15pm 27-year-old Cheng Lee Whee has been released from the Johor Jaya police station. She has been asked to report back to court on Nov 1.