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POPSPAS insists on banning Beyonce With all sorts of other more pressing issues, PAS Youth persists in championing the elimination of fun from the Malaysian social vocabulary
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POPSHindraf trio, 10 others freed from ISA Damage control after the Ipoh affair? Regardless, this is indeed good news. FYI - the ISA (Internal Security Act) allows for detention without trial for up to 2 years, with renewable 2-year detention orders, indefinitely. It has been a continuing blot on Malaysia's human rights record.
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POPSPower Grab in Perak "A return to authoritarian ways in Malaysia?" Once again, Malaysia gets international attention for all the wrong reasons...
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POPSTyranny only for the majority Going by Zambry's statement, that is. Democracy redefined! The guy apparently has a PhD in Political Science - but by the looks of it, not Doctor of Philosophy, but Permanent head Damage...
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POPSWong Chin Huat arrested for sedition Academician, journalist and activist arrested on Tuesday, May 5th 2009 on charges of sedition, by the police, acting on a report made. Police, however, have declined to elaborate who filed the report. Welcome to 1Malaysia...
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POPSNajib sworn in as PM It's official - Najib has been sworn in as Malaysia's 6th Prime Minister, and it's first "annointed" one (as some political commentators have stated).
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POPSNajib Knows Best From the Wall Street Journal Online. With the announcement of a huge stimulus package, Malaysia's next leader shows that he's no economic reformer.
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POPSIdiotic reaction from Home Minister Definitely not the sharpest tool in the cabinet... especially after the politician involved filed a police report, and publicly stated that she was victimized.
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POPSSnow and the whole nation grinds to a halt! It's very surprising how unprepared most of the UK is (with the possible exception of Scotland) when it comes to adverse weather. Snow the past 2 days has litereally ground the country to a halt, with buses and trains facing lots of service disruptions. If it snowed in Malaysia, I can understand... but the UK?
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POPSBoycott products by Jewish companies: PPIM While the intention may be noble, i.e. to send a strong message, the repercussions are going to affect Malaysians (not the US or Israel), of whom thousands are employed by these so-called "Jewish companies". A majority of which are Muslims. Incidentally, PPIM has also been consistently calling for the boycott of 3 entities specifically (although not mentioned by name in the article): Starbucks, McDonalds, and Colgate.
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POPSChampions of Race & Creed Something is silently brewing in Malaysia... Race & Creed has not been the primary focus of certain quarters like it has been lately, for a long, long time...
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POPSCourt orders Raja Petra's release Has Justice finally come (back) to Malaysia? This is definitely great news, regardless. Let's hope Raja Petra's defense lawyers also make sure that he's not re-arrested upon leaving the court, something which the Malaysian Police have done in the past, a blatantly contemptuous action.
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POPSAnyone can be PM According to current PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, that is. Actually, from the Federal Constitution point of view, what the PM said is spot on. Whether the rest of UMNO (Abdullah's party) agrees or not is another kettle of fish altogether...
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POPSComing soon: Fatwa on yoga Soon what color one can, or cannot, use may just be the subject of these folks... As if there aren't enough problems in this world to worry about. Talk about extreme micromanagement....
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POPSRadioactive leak: MP blasts Mindef The issue here is the complacency of the Ministry of Defence, and also the Ministry of Environment, merely because "no report had been lodged". Granted, the leak was very, very minor. Perhaps if a Blinky-type creature suddenly appeared, only then people would take notice?
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POPSDog Food? Or "like" dog food It's funny how the media picks up on things... but I would have to agree that Dog Food is more sensational that "like" dog food. And "sensational" sells better than hard facts any 'ol time...
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POPSMalaysiakini: Law minister threatens to quit over ISA I've always held Zaid Ibrahim in high regard as a politician. He's in fact a total misfit in contrast to the rest of UMNO. He is definitely a person of high integrity. And he really should just quit if the Government refuses to release Teresa Kok and Raja Petra Kamaruddin.