rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
An invite for Anwar's PKR. The picture is bad and we'll need to verify if an invitation has, indeed, be extended to PKR for the event. In the meantime, we can ask the question: Will Anwar Ibrahim accept the invitation to be guest-of-honour from Chin Peng , who killed thousands of Malaysian soldiers and civilians in atrocities sponsored by the Communists against a democratic and Merdeka Malaysia? Can't...
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Insider gets democratic over Dr M's remarks. Lawyer Art Haron's critic of Dr Mahathir's views on democracy has been answered by fellow columnist at The Malaysian Insider. Read Sinatra Z - An Answer , here. Art's piece was published in MI here but Zaidel aka Sinatra's response hasn't been published by the online news portal. Sinatra's pro-M stance shines through like a crazy diamond. His concluding...
A little about .... (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 17 - ANI: A High Court in Malaysia has ordered Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) president S. Nallakaruppan to provide evidence regarding his claim that Anwar Ibrahim had received 60 million ringgits from him and gaming company Magnu
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
You trust this guy? A lot of people seemed excited about the re-appearance of P. Balasubramaniam in a 88-sec video clip shown in RPK's Malaysia Today . In the clip, Bala claimed to have been offered a RM5 million bribe by a person called Deepak. And Bala now wants us to trust him when he said that the first Statutory Declaration was true, not the second one. You trust him? I don't. This was the guy...
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Do a Samy, Anwar! Anwar Ibrahim's RM100 million defamation suit against NSTP was in the news [read here ]. I should say "padan muka" or serve you right to the NSTP, as the newspaper company is pursuing a suit against blogger J eff Ooi and I in Jan 2007, but I shan't because, as I've said before, I am dead against politicians suing newspapers (just as I don't think newspapers should be suing...
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Who's Lying Now? Once upon a time, only politicians like Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Syed Hamid Albar and Zainuddin Maidin would call bloggers liars. These days, bloggers are calling other bloggers liars. Unlike those politicians, though, Ibrahim Yahaya and Syed Imran aren't making sweeping statements h e r e [ Bloggers should stop spreading lies , Bernama 9/11/09 ] and whether you agree with their views...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The High Court Tuesday set Nov 23 to hear Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's appeal against trial on a sodomy charge against him.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
In an exclusive interview with DNA,Anwar Ibrahim, former deputy PM of Malayasia spells out his plans for the future, like becoming prime minister
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
No way in Hell ... First, Zaid Ibrahim , PKR's biggest Umno catch (after Anwar Ibrahim and Azmin Ali, of course) decided to go on two months' leave. Then, Salehuddin Hashim is said to have quit the secretary-general post of the party. Now, Jeffrey Kitingan said he quits as VP citing loss of confidence in the party's leadership. To tell you the truth, some of the things I learned of party politics...
Bibliobibuli (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
The banned books issue is (hurray) the cover story in Starmag today , and there is a writeup about the Right to Read event, jointly organised by Sisters in islam and Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ). The article highlights the confusion that surrounds the banning of books which all to frequently causes publishers to lose money and deprives the public of information. Suaram chairperson K. Arumugam...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian court sentenced a prominent opposition lawmaker Thursday to six months in prison for biting a police officer at a protest two years ago. Tian Chua, a longtime ally of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, was found guilty in the...
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
AA behind Zaid's "frustrations"? Zaid Ibrahim makes an intriguing subject for students of politics, Nuraina A. Samad told me when we heard of news the Umno-2-PKR man is taking a leave of six months from PKR. I'm quoting Nuraina because I got close to Zaid through her (they were college mates at ITM or something like that). B ut what's more intriguing at this point, if you ask me, is the...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
MALAPPURAM: Malaysian Leader of Opposition and former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim visited the Syeds of Panakkad,on Thursday. He visited the grave of Syed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal, former president of the Muslim League. He held ...
rocky's bru (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Blame the rakyat, YBs. After so many by-election victories, you don't expect the Pakatan Rakyat camp to be graceful in the Bagan Pinang defeat. But I expected the leaders to be retrospect, to also look at themselves for flaws. Anwar Ibrahim , in his blog, reproduced Azmin Ali 's posting here which unabashedly, and quite unfairly, blamed the voters for electing Isa Samad. So bitter was Azmin that he...
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim’s judicial and political travails of more than a decade ago came up for introspection at the launch of a book on the trials involving him that became an international cause célèbre. The book ‘Anwar on Trial: In the Face of Injustice’ was written by lawyer Pawancheek Marican and launched in Kuala Lumpur [...]
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