PETALING JAYA: The Taman Medan church incident has uncovered a fundamental difference of understanding about sedition, a law which has gained much notoriety over recent months. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar said that the protest against the church was not seditious as it did not touch the Christian faith. Charles Santiago, Member of…
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My trip to Cairo, Egypt
The DAP delegation to Middle East has returned to Kuala Lumpur this afternoon. This was the first time DAP leaders visited the the region and it was a pleasant and fruitful trip for us. Before I left for Cairo airport yesterday, I joined Steven Sim and Zairil Khir Johari to visit the famous pyramid site….
Yes I’m IGP’s brother, Umno cross protest man says, ‘but it doesn’t mean what I do is wrong’
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — An Umno leader who took part in a Muslim group’s protest against a church in Taman Medan yesterday has admitted to being Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar’s brother. Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar who is the Taman Lindungan Jaya Umno division leader however stressed that his family…
Kejayaan lawatan delegasi DAP ke Asia Barat
Lawatan rombongan Ahli Parlimen DAP yang diketuai oleh Lim Kit Siang ke Jordan dan Mesir telah sempurna dan kami telah kembali ke Malaysia. Lawatan ini, khususnya pertemuan kami dengan pelajar Malaysia di beberapa tempat di Jordan dan Mesir telah meninggalkan kenangan yang manis pada kami. Kami bergembira dapat bertemu dengan pelajar di Amman, Mafraq, Irbid…
Hadi’s unilateral push for hudud an affront to Pakatan, says Kit Siang
KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s insistence on single-handedly pushing for Parliament to debate hudud will define the future of Pakatan Rakyat, as they struggle to deal with a widening rift within the coalition, Lim Kit Siang said. The senior DAP leader said it was bad enough that Abdul…
You’re not welcome here, Isma’s Egypt chapter tells DAP
KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — The Egypt chapter of Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) denounced today DAP’s visit to the Middle East as polluting the motherland of Muslim prophets. The Islamist group said DAP’s dialogue session with Malaysians there was just a facade for its “evil agenda” to erode the identity of Muslims, claiming that the…
DAP’s Middle East jaunt worries Malaysian Islamists
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — DAP MP Zairil Khir Johari was made to explain today the secular party’s trip to Jordan and Egypt this week, after Islamist group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) ran an editorial alleging it was another one of DAP’s ploys to recruit and “manipulate” young Malays. According to the Bukit Bendera MP,…
DAP melawat Jordan, Mesir
Rombongan Ahli Parlimen DAP yang diwakili Liew Chin Tong, Steven Sim, Zairil Khir Johari dan saya mengadakan lawatan ke Jordan dan Mesir mulai 12 April 2015. Rombongan ini diketuai oleh YB Lim Kit Siang, ketua Parlimen DAP. Dalam beberapa hari yang lepas, rombongan kami telah mengunjungi beberapa organisasi dan ahli akademik yang pakar dalam politik…