Sigh, no coverage of Brendan Pereira’s plagiarism at all. Ciak lat. Very discouraging. But on we go, for now.
malaysiakini flash – amidst speculation that he might be asked to resign from his posts in government-linked entities (Petronas, etc), Tun Mahathir apparently says he would rather be fired than resign. This typically defiant attitude of the old man is highlighted by the mildly amusing graphic Malaysiakini uses (he was standing through a 4WD at a Petronas station near an airport, as I recall) -
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New Selangor police chief Deputy Commissioner Datuk Ismail Omar has a meeting for his subordinates that seems more like it was a meeting for the press really – he hit all the right PR notes.
Re: the case of Suresh Kunasekaran / K. Suresh however, he could barely have missed by wider margins. From the report, he seemed more concerned about the ‘tarnished image’ of the police than finding out what exactly happened to that poor guy.
Days are passing, there are no new findings (how hard can it be for someone sincere to get to the bottom of this?), and I can only imagine the family’s increased anguish as the media, then the people cease to care about this case :(
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Super briefly: religious department officials remain defiant about their intrusion in Langkawi; representatives from civil society point out again how any trappings of a police state that we have can all be traced back to TDM; seems to be lots of swindling going round – flying schools, hospitals and all.
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This one is precious though. Guess which university got the biggest research grant handout from the government?
University Paling Malu :| Putting taxpayer money to fund the quest for knowledge by a n institution that knows – pardon the expletive – jack shit about truth and integrity.
Exaggerating? I would be had it’s Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah not called documented video evidence of full frontal harassment and gangster-like intimidation “merely singing and cheering“
[...] Detention without trial is bad enough. The rise of deaths in detention give rise to at least two possibilities – either one is now more likely to commit suicide or die of ‘natural causes’ in detention than before, or those who detain have been taking more unlawful liberties and traitorously abusing the authority they hold in trust. I have no evidence however, and therefore can only be said to be speculating. The cause for my speculation is the ongoing case of K Suresh, as well as Suhakam’s recent findings on a case involving S. Henry – an 18 year old boy who died while being detained under the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance. [...]