Letter to YB Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz
MM Online - Number of flood victims in Kelantan increases to 7,036 people (extracts):KOTA BARU, Jan 21 ― The number of flood victims in Kelantan increased to 7,036 people (2,030 families) as at 5pm...
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MM Online - Academic: Restrict MyKads from kids who can’t speak Malay (extracts):KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — A Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) professor has suggested that Malaysian children be required to...
View ArticleMalaysian caning
Perkasa has called for public officials convicted of corruption to receive mandatory caning and life imprisonment.Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob (second from right) and officials witness a demonstration of a...
View ArticleRacist-political lies - lesson for Malaysia
On Friday in Melbourne a mad man went on a murderous rampage - I am sure most of you must have heard of the murderous way the mad man drove his car right into crowds of people at the Bourke Street...
View ArticleUS warning to China - but who will blink first
Via Malaysia-Today (extracts):Rex Tillerson on right, a former ExxonMobil CEO prior to his appointment as the new US Secretary of State under President Donald Trump (Astro Awani) – The new US...
View ArticleWho should get the Bahasa test
MM Online - Most kids can already speak Malay, Chinese groups say (extracts):KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Ethnic Chinese groups and political parties have criticised a proposal to deny identity cards to...
View ArticleCIA report prompts revisit of BMF scandal
Sometimes we wonder which job in Malaysia in peacetime could be the most dangerous?We aren't taking about the 3D jobs (dirty, difficult and dangerous) that young Malaysians shun because of the social...
View ArticleKit Siang now downplays BMF disaster
"The world is flat"- Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz (Grand Mufti Saudi Arabia, 1993 - 1999)That may be so, wakakaka, but here in Malaysia it's upside-down or downside-up, so take your pick.Now why do...
View Article3 Quickies (3)
(1) MM Online - MACC to ‘corrupt politicians’: You will not escape usUnedifying of an anti-corruption agency to threaten or boast.MACC should act, and act swiftly and silently.As President Theodore...
View ArticleHadi Awang's hudud by stealth
Malay Mail Online - DAP, MCA, Gerakan can meet, so why not PAS and Umno? Hadi asks (extracts):KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has written a scathing remark today against critics of...
View ArticleBack to the Future
MM Online on how Malaysia turned Forex into Genting Highlands (extracts):keep your eyes on the ... er ... ballKUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad lost his credibility after he denied...
View ArticleMahathir repeals GST just like BR1M?
MM Online - Economists rebuff Dr M’s pledge to repeal GSTTidak, berita atas bohongsaya tidak sebut nak hentikan BR1Msebenarnya kerajaan saya akan jamin BR1M khas untuk pribumiKUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 —...
View ArticleDatukship (3)
Five years ago, on 28 August 2012, I published a post on Datukship. And then fours year after that post, on 26 October 2016, I published a sequel to Datukship which I naturally titled Datukship (2),...
View ArticleMuslims massacred in Quebec
MM Online - Canadian PM: Mosque shooting a terrorist attack on Muslims:QuebecQUEBEC, Jan 30 — The shooting at a Quebec mosque during last night prayers which reportedly killed five people was a...
View ArticleMalaysian regulatory services tidurkah?
The recent disaster of the catamaran in Sabah is but one of several Malaysian disasters that points to a apathetic lack of regulatory oversight. Some years ago we had the same problem on ferries plying...
View ArticleMirror of truth
MM Mail Online - Look in the mirror, Muslim don tells Malaysians critical of Western discrimination:mirror mirror on the wall who is the most unjust person of them all?KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Malaysian...
View ArticleDatuk Kong
Malaysiakini - Klang local council demolishes shrine resembling dome of a mosque (extracts):The Klang Municipal Council (MPK) demolished a shrine with a mosque-like dome in Jalan Makyong 5E/KU5, Bukit...
View ArticleHindu hurt Halal-ness?
MM Online - Slammed for being Hindu, Pelita’s director mulls quitting business (extracts):photo on Facebook provocatively captioned "Pemilik PELITA NASI KANDAR ADALAH HINDU"Ramesh is only part-owner in...
View ArticleIsi Overflow?
FMT - How to deal with the bloated civil service (extracts):By Ramon NavaratnamFinally, the government has itself described the civil service as bloated.To his credit, Second Finance Minister Johari...
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