Category Archives: On the Beat
Way out of line! ( 22 June 2014 )
The statements of Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, border on the absurd with his bizarre interpretations of the laws and court decisions of this country. IS this Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, the […] Continue Reading
Halt the overzealous theocrats ( 15 June 2014 )
Zarena and Mohamad Adzib showing the press statement to reporters after their meeting while her family members and Jais officers look on. IT is said that weddings and funerals have many things in common. They are emotional ceremonies that bring […] Continue Reading
Power of (mis)perception ( 08 June 2014 )
TWO incidents, which took place over the past one week, have really troubled me. These are real incidents that this writer has experienced up close and personal. They are a strong reminder about the power of perceptive reality, and how […] Continue Reading
Hudud is not the answer ( 01 June 2014 )
Pas Vice President , Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (left) and Salahudin Ayub raising their hands at the 59th Muktamar at Stadium Melawati in Shah Alam. PAS leaders should look at their backyard first before blaming the existing criminal laws […] Continue Reading
Stand up and speak up ( 25 May 2014 )
The large crowd gathered outside Penang State Assembly building last week to protest against Seri Delima DAP assemblyman R. S. N. Rayer. Moderate Malaysians have the right to tell our politicians that we want the liberal, secular and plural ways. […] Continue Reading
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
