Category Archives: On the Beat
Slipping into our racial cocoons ( 18 May 2014 )
Seriously I find it disturbing that the voices of mono-ethnicity and mono-religion are becoming louder in Malaysia. They may be the minority but not many of us seem ready to tell them off, and the result is they remain unchallenged. […] Continue Reading
Our right to speak up ( 11 May 2014 )
We live in a multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural Malaysia, where any law, whether hudud or civil, will affect all of us. SERIOUSLY, I am fed up of being told that I should not comment on the proposed hudud laws by […] Continue Reading
Fight to keep Malaysia secular ( 04 May 2014 )
PAS members attending the 59th muktamar at Stadium Melawati in Shah Alam. – Filepic It is simply wrong for anyone to suggest that non-Muslims have no right to debate on the hudud issue on the basis that they do not […] Continue Reading
Hudud slowly getting a foot in ( 27 April 2014 )
Many of us, particularly non-Muslim voters, never took seriously what PAS’ ultimate plan is. But now, we’re faced with the dreaded reality. IF there’s one thing that PAS is consistent about, it has to be its ambition to set up […] Continue Reading
A matter of principle ( 20 April 2014 )
No one could stop Karpal Singh from speaking up on what he believed in. He did not care if he was taking on the prime minister or even a sultan. He had taken on all of them. SOME time in […] Continue Reading
Eyes riveted on custody tussle ( 13 April 2014 )
Rightly or wrongly, many Malaysians are asking if the ‘conversion’ option is just a way for a new Muslim convert to gain custody of the children. THE legal tussle involving a Muslim-convert father and the Hindu mother with both getting […] Continue Reading
A fresh round of bad publicity ( 06 April 2014 )
A Filipino Navy boat patrolling waters off the coast of Sulu province in the Philippines, a day after the abduction of a Chinese tourist and a Filipino resort worker in Semporna, Sabah. – EPA The abduction of a Chinese national […] Continue Reading
When emotions take over ( 30 March 2014 )
A family member of missing relative on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 from China breaks down as she speaks to the media at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia 19 March 2014. -EPA Amid speculation and suspicion, what is being […] Continue Reading
Just listen to them talk ( 23 March 2014 )
Since the mysterious disappearance of MH370, many people have become aviation and crisis management ‘experts’ overnight, judging from the freewheeling comments on social media, especially on Facebook. IT has been two weeks since the mysterious disappearance of MH370 and there […] Continue Reading
Flying in the face of common sense ( 16 March 2014 )
Indonesian Air Force flight crew listen during a briefing at the Medan city military airbase on March 13, 2014 after conducting an aerial search over Malacca Strait. We seem to swallow hook, line and sinker everything the social media dish […] Continue Reading
