vox populi small thumbnail 'If they can, they will conveniently exclude Ong Tee Keat from future MCA AGMs or party HQ functions.'
Ketua Kampung: Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai is a revengeful person. The people of Pandan have a lot of respect for Ong Tee Keat as he is probably the only MCA chief who won in a Chinese-majority area. The rest won on Malay votes. Tee Keat is service oriented, bold and does not mince his words.

Terus: This is a fact of life, especially for Chinese Malaysians. If they can, they will conveniently exclude Ong Tee Keat from future MCA AGMs or party HQ functions. Ong, don't beg for an invitation. Do the honourable thing and resign from your post as MP.

Freemsia: From the looks of it, OTK is definitely being prosecuted for his part in investigating the PKFZ scandals. He has stepped on some MCA leaders' tails. The party has reached a new low. Still ever wonder why MCA are losing Chinese support?

Upyours: In the Chinese context, once you have been defeated or ousted, you can expect nothing less than total exclusion. This is intended to bring shame and humiliation to you and family.

CKS: OTK, you know full well you will not be given the chance to defend the Pandan seat comes the next general election. Asking you to resign as MP is probably too much to ask of you as you would be relinquishing your right to stand for re-election for five years.

Your best bet to get back at those scheming MCA leaders is to join either DAP or PKR.

Kula's camp routed in Perak DAP polls

AyerTawar: One thousand delegates have voted. These are party members who work with their leaders and know what is going on in the party. How could Perak DAP chief Ngeh Khoo Ham be dictatorial and bad, and yet receive such a strong endorsement in a democratic election?

The convention is conducted by the national CEC (not Perak DAP) and all accusations about unfair practises, including manipulation by stopping 50 branches from voting, are total lies.

Magnus: 1. "The results are far cry from the polls in 2008 that saw Kulasegaran coming out tops while his staunch rivals, Ngeh Khoo Ham and Nga Kor Ming, were placed fifth and sixth respectively... Following that election, Ngeh was made state chairperson with Kulasegaran as his deputy. Nga was named as state DAP secretary."

If in 2008 Kulasegaran came out tops and Ngeh Khoo Ham (NKH) came fifth in the free and fair party elections, then why was NKH made state chairperson and Kulasegaran his deputy? Why was it not the other way around? What is the rationale behind that decision by the DAP, which on the face of it appears to be unfair and not made on merit or on the actual election result?

2. "Previously, Kulasegaran's camp had accused Ngeh's camp of establishing illegal branches as a means to boost their support base since 2008."

Ahem, after the recent reports of PKR election irregularities, are we now witnessing more political rats surfacing from the ‘more principled' Pakatan Rakyat?

Swipenter: DAP Perak must close ranks now. The long-term struggle for a fair and just Malaysia is more important than ever.

Judges must uphold justice regardless of faith

Rick Teo: Ninety percent of our judges are appointed not based on merit. They were appointed because of their close connection with Umno. When Pakatan Rakyat takes over Putrajaya, a royal commission must be convened and remove all these incompetent judges.

Most of these judges don't even know basic law, let alone presiding on important cases involving complex issues.

Terus: Rick Teo, what guarantee the judges will be different if PKR takes over Putrajaya? In fact, from what is happening in PKR, can you honestly think there will be any difference?

One can see many PKR (ex-Umno) representatives trying to enrich themselves in Pakatan-controlled states. If not for the watchful eyes of the Umno-controlled authorities, they would have run riot already.

I am for a strong honest and accountable government but PKR must show Malaysians first before they can even smell Putrajaya.

Anonymous: A Vaithilingam, when you were the president of Malaysian Consultative Council on Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism & Taoism (MCCBCHST), were you as vocal on this kind of issue? Or did you keep quiet in order to maintain your post and appease the government?

Lim Chong Leong: There was a High Court judge who thinks he is very alim (a learned person). He was presiding on a civil matrimonial case when he told the lawyer from one side not to pursue certain issues, something which the lawyer was duty bound to in the name of justice and the law.

The ‘alim' judge dismissed the lawyer's requests by saying there would be eventual retribution in the hereafter and as such, there was no need to pursue it. Are our judges applying our civil law or some Taliban law?

Abasir: To all those being targeted by the Talent Corporation to return to Malaysia: caveat emptor! Think very carefully. This is what you will be coming back to ... and it will only get worse in the months and years ahead.

Anonymous2 : This is another nail in the coffin for justice and fair play in Malaysia. And you wonder why Chinese and Indian Malaysians continue to emigrate. Vision 2020 is only a mirage and will never be achieved by such biased judgments. No wonder, our FDIs (foreign direct investments) are drying up.

Georgian women put M'sia's death penalty in spotlight

Anonymous: Death penalty do not, I repeat, do not stop drug trafficking. It has failed. It is time to look for other methods. Death penalty punishes the meek and weak, whilst the wealthy drug barons are alive and kicking, and living well.

Inspektor Klueso: Sadly, the ones sent to the gallows in just about all cases are the lowest in the food chain - the mules - while the masterminds and kingpins never seem to be caught. In this regard, law enforcement is consistent with everything else in our semi-failed state

It just like MACC's track record of prosecution and jailing offenders - only the minnows are ever hauled in, while the buayas (crocodiles) and whales flaunt their invincibility and wealth at will. Cry me a river.

Dennis Madden: Every plane landing in Malaysia carries the message - death for drug runners. Ignorance is no defence in law. It's just a pity that Malaysia isn't so enthusiastic about pursuing its own home-grown criminals.

Monochrome: How ironic, while we are busy sending foreign drugs mules to the gallows, in Malaysia, we are urging foreign countries to show compassion and leniency to our drug mules caught overseas. Why the double standard?

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