KUALA LUMPUR: Hannah Yeoh has drawn flak from a Chinese columnist who criticised the DAP politician for wearing a head scarf to a ‘buka puasa’ event at a mosque recently. In a Facebook posting, the Selangor State Speaker and assemblywoman for Subang Jaya brushed off the criticisms after pictures of her at the event were…
High Court denies MP’s bid to transfer sedition case
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today dismissed an application by DAP vice-president Teresa Kok to have her sedition charge transferred to it from the Sessions Court. Delivering his decision, Justice Kamardin Hashim said that he disagreed with the submissions of Kok’s counsel Sankara Nair. Sankara had submitted that the case should be transferred for…
Don’t encourage forcing religious beliefs on others, Bar tells deputy minister
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — A deputy minister’s remark telling non-Muslims to avoid eating in front of fasting Muslims only serves to prod misguided Malaysians into imposing their beliefs upon others, a disapproving Malaysian Bar has said. Criticising Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap’s remark in response to the controversy of a Kedah schoolteacher who…
Axed PAS leaders huddle with DAP, PKR as informal talks on ‘Pakatan 2.0’ begins
KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 ― Pictures from a private buka puasa function last night between DAP, PKR and leaders from PAS’s progressive faction have been making its rounds on Facebook and other social media sites, fueling speculation that talks for a new Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition are underway. Malay Mail Online understands that the pictures…
Dress code rows show Malaysia’s descent towards religious rule
KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The increasingly frequent imposition of conservative dress codes at government agencies here suggests that religious conservatism could supplant Malaysia’s secular administration and drive the country towards theocratic rule as seen in Iran and Saudi Arabia. While media coverage of incidents at the Road Transport Department (RTD), the Selangor state secretariat and…
Berbuka Puasa di kediaman YB Dato’ Kamaruddin Jaafar
Hari ini, saya bersama Lim Kit Siang dan Liew Chin Tong hadir majlis berbuka puasa di kediaman YB Dato’ Kamaruddin Jaafar, Ahli Parlimen PAS bagi Kawasan Tumpat. Saya rasa gembira dan hairan dapat bertemu dengan begitu ramai kawan-kawan progresif PAS dari beberapa negeri yang luar dari Selangor, seperti Salahuddin Ayub, Suhaizan Kaiat, Aisyah, Mujahid, Dr…
Mahkamah arah KDN pulang CD Kristian, tiada keputusan kalimah Allah
Mahkamah Rayuan hari ini mengekalkan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi dan mengarahkan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) memulangkan semula rampasan cakera padat (CD) yang mengandungi kalimah Allah milik seorang wanita Melanau dari Sarawak, Jill Ireland. Bagaimanapun, mahkamah enggan membuat keputusan sama ada Ireland, seorang kerani, mempunyai hak menggunakan perkataan Arab itu merujuk kepada “Tuhan” dalam amalan keagamaannya. Hakim…
To Sarawak DAP, Pakatan is long gone but PKR still clinging
As far as the Sarawak DAP is concerned, the Pakatan Rakyat coalition in the state was dead months ago when the party decided to pull the plugs on all cooperation with their partners, PKR and PAS. Before all the brouhaha that followed PAS’s motion to cut ties with DAP, the state DAP chairman Chong Chieng…