Death sentence: Time for Sirul and Azilah to tell the truth? / Kugan still faces injustice!! (updated)

Updated: see Malik Imtiaz’s insightful comment re: motive and prosecution oddities. Thanks bro!

I agree with the majority who still raise the two most burning questions:

1. What was their motive?
2. Could they possibly have acted without instructions?

That two relatively low ranking policemen could decide not only to murder but to blow up a woman of their [...]

Forum: The Global Financial Crisis and Implications on Malaysia

Sunday night is still on my mind, but in the meantime, a gentleman requested this event be publicised. Important subject, might try to stop by.

6pm – 8pm, Wednesday 12th November 2008

Venue: Lecture Hall 3, Faculty of Business & Accountancy

Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

2008 has seen the United States experience one of the worst [...]

Najib doesn’t care if MORE children die under NS

Video by Bert, via Tian

The man who would be PM:

In announcing the continuation of the programme, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the number of deaths was a small percentage compared to the 339,186 trainees who had benefited from the programme up to now.

For the parents of those who passed away due [...]

Extravagances: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Mind you, classical music is great. But the figures are stunning:

Lim Guan Eng, revealed that the cost to maintain the musicians is a whopping RM3.5 million a month.

“As much as 95 percent of the foreign musicians are paid between RM16,000 and RM28,000 a month and given two months paid leave every year. The conductor is [...]

At this rate, we should boycott National Service

Latest NS victim, 18 yr old Too Hui Min.

I mean seriously, enough is enough.

One, two, three are all bad enough, and one/two/three too many. What are we up to now, 15 deaths?

You don’t have to be a statistician to extrapolate that at this rate, we can only expect more deaths if NS continues. [...]

Figures reveal advising PM = lucrative business

Malaysiakini:

According to Zulkifli Noordin (PKR-Kulim Bandar Baru), Mahathir – who is also the ex-premier – is being paid RM180,000 per year while Abdullah’s advisers Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (women and social development affairs) and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) received RM404,726 and RM549,675 respectively.

The figures were revealed in two separate parliamentary written replies to Zulkifli from the [...]

One NS life lost, another two in danger due to ISA?

I read with great sadness about yet another National Service Trainee death :(

Like the last case, the boy contracted a fever, failed to be treated properly, and by the time he was admitted, it was too late. I guess Najib is too busy with other things to care about these sorts of clearly avoidable deaths [...]

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