Responsible Free Speech

Will Utusan heed Najib’s hypocrisy?

Re: Najib’s comments on Utusan, I’m all for greater media freedoms, but maybe he should check up on his wife before spouting things like:

“This is to ensure that we have a public that is intellectual, critical and capable of being objective,”

“The Westerners say conflict sells stories. But that does not necessarily mean we must [...]

Our video: Gov’t should clean up act, not shoot the messenger. Justice denied for P Babu & publishers

Thanks to MK and MKTV for carrying the press conference we had today on the seizues of Where is Justice and 1FunnyMalaysia. Here’s the video:

Some other facts: I was told that in Johor, authorities have been going round to some book vendors – not even seizing books but just giving the vendors a hard time [...]

My Deaths in Custody book confiscated by cops & Home Ministry!

Malaysiakini:

The authorities have confiscated two books published by Kinibooks, a subsidiary of Malaysiakini, in separate operations conducted in Malacca and Penang.

The books – ’1FunnyMalaysia’ and ‘Where is Justice?’ – were seized from Popular Book in Melaka Shopping Centre, Malacca today, while an earlier operation was conducted at another branch of the bookstore in [...]

Zul & the WSJ – The Star drips with hypocritical venom

Our friends at The Star seem to be having quite a field day with Zul Nordin – yesterday it was “PKR tensions” or something, and today “Defiant Zul.”

Notwithstanding that a gag order has already been imposed on the Kulim MP pending a decision by PKR’s disciplinary board, it seems The Star is flailing desperately at [...]

The Star twists facts to make Najib look good

Seeing it is a relatively slow news day, here’s something a good friend e-mailed to me. Somewhat amusing I guess :)

Joceline Tan wrote in The Sunday Star (17/1/2010) that “The morning after the attacks, [Najib] arrived at the burnt-out Metro Tabernacle Church in the Kuala Lumpur suburbs.” It was accompanied by a big photo [...]

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 [...]

Gobind’s Suspension from “First World” Parliament: Mor like First of its kind in the world? (updated 2)

Updated 2:

Pandikar Amin:

Earlier, Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) argued that although the motion was allowed to be debated based on its “urgency”, a seven-day notice should have been issued before it is debated.

Pandikar rebutted this, saying that it should be debated now since ‘Parliament is no longer like a first-world Parliament anymore’.

I dunno whether [...]

Selangor Land Scam: 70 yr old bachelor retiree almost conned of RM 17 Million by Datuk Amin Pipet – who is this man? (updated)

Updates: Commentator Lim Seng did so detective work, producing the above picture of Amin Pipet from the Selangor website, showing his Datukship in 2004.

I was thrilled today to see the frontpage of theSun, which told the tale of a truly shameless land scam.

I happened to have met the victim, and want to [...]

Bias, bias, bias – Lingam, Jed, Najib

The trend of who is prosecuted and who is not continues to be infruriating.

After Khalid vs Khir, latest to escape is those involved in the Lingam tape scandal. Of four involved, the MACC decided “No Further Action” for one individual, the AG’s chambers decided the same for another two. Something tells me that the last [...]

RSF & RPK

The 2nd public service announcement for today. Was supposed to publish earlier, but blog was down.

This is on RPK, who we are all concerned about, as Monday approaches. Living under threat of having one’s liberty suspended indefinitely is a horrifying thing.

I think I agree with his strategy though, should he be incarcerated once [...]

Cops storm and brutalise peaceful, unarmed, Negaraku singing crowd

Updated with bits and pieces 8.30am. Not sure what’s happening with detainees yet.

Just back from the PJ police headquarters. Over 20 still detained, and likely to be held overnight.

That sucks.

What’s worse were the tales of arrest from earlier. An FRU police charge into an unarmed crowd as they were singing Negaraku as a closing to [...]

Freedom of Information Workshop

A month ago, I had the distinct honour of speaking briefly at a workshop on Freedom of Information jointly organised by Transparency International Malaysia, the Swedish Embassy, and others.

Met some great people there and I’m happy to present here the write-up on the workshop :)

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