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…
Dr M is Allah’s gift to Malaysians, Perkasa says
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — As more support pours in for Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his highly-publicised clash with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Malay rights group Perkasa stepped in today to stand by the country’s longest serving prime minister, labelling him Malaysia’s “jewel” and Allah’s gift to Malaysians. In a report by Malaysiakini, Perkasa…
Ahli Parlimen DAP bersilaturahim ke Jordan, Mesir
AMMAN, 16 APR: Pada 13 April hingga 15 April lalu, rombongan DAP yang diketuai oleh Ahli Parlimen Gelang Patah Lim Kit Siang telah membuat lawatan ke Jordan. Penolong Setiausaha DAP Zairil Khir Johari berkata, rombongan bertujuan mempelajari dengan lebih mendalam budaya dan dinamik politik Asia Barat khususnya gerakan siasah Islam yang makin berkembang di rantau…
Global embarrassment for Malaysia if Suhakam loses ‘Grade A’ status, chief warn
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — Malaysia’s reputation on the international stage stands to take a serious beating if the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) loses its “Grade A” status, the agency’s chairman Tan Sri Hasmy Agam said today. Ahead of an international review this October on Suhakam’s status as a National Human Rights Institution…
Nancy Shukri wants more efficient system in Parliament to finalise bills – Bernama
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri (pic) wants the system of having a Parliamentary Select Committee and Law Reform Commission to facilitate the finalising of bills be re-introduced. She said this was because the system used currently was observed to be less efficient to the extent of causing difficulties to the parliamentarians. “It…
The long-suffering Malaysian voter
I’ve been a registered voter for four elections now and, being the hopeless optimist that I am, have always taken great pride in carrying out my duty and privilege as a citizen with every ballot I cast. Being a journalist for almost my entire work life may have dulled a little of the romanticism I…
Zaid: New sedition law leaves us like Russia under Stalin
FMT 10 April 2015 PETALING JAYA: The amendments to the Sedition Act 1948 will render Malaysians much like the Russians under Stalin, said Zaid Ibrahim in his latest blog posting today. Commenting on how the Act was going against the very principles of freedom of speech, the former law minister said the new sedition law…