AG himself prosecutes lawyer’s peaceful walk

Rushing out to try and catch Jeff. From SK.com

Lebih kurang seratus orang berkumpul di lobi Makhamah Jalan Duta untuk menunjukkan solidariti dengan tahanan-tahanan polis yang ditangkap semalam.

Pada waktu ini kes berkaitan dengan perarakan damai yang melibatkan 8 aktivis yang ditahan pada hari Ahad sekarang didakwa secara langsung oleh Peguam Negara sendiri di Makhamah Sesyen [...]

PJ: Budget Rot and Rotten Bkt Gasing Development

Finding the Star often too boring to read, I’m glad Lulu caught the report on the rotten RM 245 million budget in Petaling Jaya.

(Also see her brilliant reply to Sothinathan)

She wrote:

some suspicious things which the Star highlighted

* 70% of the budget is allocated for management
* RM730,000 would be spent on training.
* RM340,000 allocation for flowers
* [...]

Zam: theSun’s relentless crusades make it Nathaniel Tan’s mouthpiece?

Being BOTH young and KeADILan, guess that’s my Freespace column dreams chucked out the window :P :) (c’mon, show ‘em you don’t care! :)

Nik wisely opined that the Zam crusade against theSun is to hit back ‘on behalf’ of people like Khir Toyo and his corrupt gang who’ve robbed Selangor dry.

Zam is apparently [...]

flash: Congratulations Broga!

These residents worked really hard to ensure that they didn’t get stuck with an incinerator that would’ve really screwed up their environment, their homes and their lives. Yeay citizen activism!

Busy few days, but will try to squeak out now and again :)

Horrendous KL flooding barely reported? RM 2 for the dumbest ‘SMART’ Tunnel in the world

My God, did you see the pics in The Star online? Can you imagine how much suffering was endured by thousands upon thousands of poor KL-lites :( :(

All this and that darn DS Samy Vellu dare to announce RM 2 toll for this blardee ‘SMART’ tunnel. Fat lot of good it’s doing!! :(

It’s not as [...]

flash: Demolishers back at Kampung Berembang!

Update 11.30am: From Arul of Jerit – Apparently, the developers obtained an ex-parte injunction, which calls for the villagers to attend an inter-parte hearing on 14th March. The developers are using the ex-parte injunction as justification to tear down the houses; they have massive manpower support from RELA members, who outnumber the villagers greatly.

Suaram has [...]

Differently abled man forced to urinate in his pants; Selayang Municipal President Zainal Abidin Azim refuses to see wheelchair bound citizens unless they drag themselves up 9 floors

Murugan Rajoo, 36, was born without legs. On Jan 4, he was detained by the Selayang Municipal Council for over an hour, and forced to urinate in his pants.

Sequence of events: Mr. Murugan (front row in light blue shirt with hands raised) is a petty trader without a license who claims he first applied [...]

Rumah Nyawin: Government inflicted loss of homes and properties

Is it only floods that are plunging Malaysians into the terrible suffering that comes with being made homeless? Apparently not – the government seems keen to imitate the rains that are inflicting homelessness and destitution on Malaysians around the country.

This post is really late but: On Jan 4th, Sarawak state officials demolished an Iban longhouse [...]

little points: Mass Wedding realities, political bits, Suhakam-Berembang, Sabah NGOs

really got a lot on my mind today……….. so just some little points for now:

Checkout a grand, multi-ethnic mass wedding in Johor, sponsored by the state government. It looked pretty, impressive, and laudable to me, until I checked again midway through writing this post and noticed that ‘multi-ethnic’ meant only 1 orang asli couple, 2 [...]

2 Demolitions and a Wedding

Earlier, I had missed a video of the Kg. Chubadak demolitions, have a look. Victims include a family of orang kelainan upaya (OKU), and the themes are the same – demolitions long before the scheduled date, developers refusing to negotiate or talk, and the voices of villagers drowned out by the heavy machinery of heartless [...]

Government refuses to pass water (secrets), Diversity of Class F contractors, Kelantan insurance

What is our government’s obsession with secrecy?

The concession agreement for the supply of water in Selangor as well as the government audit report on Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) will not be disclosed to the public, the energy, water and communications ministry has decided.

This is despite a very recent 15% hike [...]

GLC’s and (the lack of?) Meritocracy, DU Assemblyman’s Efigy

hmm, seems like a slow news day.

But let’s have a look at snippets from the PM on GLC’s -

The government today hailed an ongoing overhaul of government-linked companies for improving competitiveness but denied further reforms, such as mergers, would squeeze out the private sector.

Abdullah, who became premier three years ago, also said the changes had prompted [...]

Give Vui Kong a 2nd Chance Please

Help resist the clampdown on the truth!