Category Archives: On the Beat
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
Aliens in our midst ( 09 March 2014 )
How well do we really know our foreign guest workers who help to keep Malaysia functioning? SO it’s now official – Malaysia has a population of 30 million people. I guess this will include a lot of foreigners who are […] Continue Reading
Driven round the bend ( 02 March 2014 )
Malaysian motorists are very good at multi-tasking. Malaysian drivers have been rated as the worst in the region and we enjoy killing ourselves on the roads, with fatalities of up to 7,000 a year. IF you think Malaysian politicians are untrustworthy, […] Continue Reading
Of Ibrahims and satay in Kajang ( 23 February 2014 )
From left: Khalid Ibrahim, Ibrahim Ali, Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh and Ibrahim Ahmad Badawi Lately, whether by design, fate or plain coincidence, we have been seeing, reading or hearing about people or issues that involve the name Ibrahim. THERE is […] Continue Reading
Land of many contradictions ( 16 February 2014 )
Middle Class Malaysia is a pretty confused group. But then, the country is confused anyway. THE Malaysian middle class, especially those living in Petaling Jaya and Subang – easily the biggest suburbs of middle class residents in the country – […] Continue Reading
The circus is in town ( 09 February 2014 )
Our politicians should spare us the blushes and sign up for media engagement courses. WE are indeed still in a silly season. From gaffes over the price of kangkung to comparing a politician to the likes of Winston Churchill. From […] Continue Reading
