David Anthony

Bersih has made a bold announcement urging the people to rally to urge the PM Najib Abdul Razak to resign.

The MH17 tragedy is sad, calamitous and distressing. I extend my condolences to the grieving next of kin. The media continues to give full coverage to the tragic event. It is this media coverage that I want to comment on.

Custody of a six-year-old child is violently disputed between both parents. This is a tragic trauma that is going to leave a lifelong scar on the psyche of the child. This child will grow up either as a fighter of the system or a total misfit in society. The latter is more likely because society has allowed this dual system to put down its roots and fester within the social fabric of our country that flies the flag of 1Malaysia.

As the 20th anniversary of Operation Lalang approaches, it is time to recall the blackest days in the use of the ISA.

Low-cost housing and long houses are built to erase the ugly scenes of squatter settlements and relocate the poor behind facades, thereby making poverty invisible.