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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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POPSBBC: OECD names and shames tax havens The Philippines is already reported to be taking steps to remove itself from the blacklist. "The Philippine government would take the necessary steps to ensure we meet their expectations," Trade Secretary Peter Favila told the Associated Press news agency. "It is really up to us to prove them wrong." Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that his country should not be on the blacklist at all. "We should not be in that category as, in practice, we have been committed to OECD requirements," he said in a statement. Uruguay has also objected to its inclusion on the list. "In Uruguay, we are not a tax haven," President Tabare Vazquez said. "Uruguay may not be a monastery, but it is not a casino," he added. ... BBC
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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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POPSObamamania going wild in Kenya Businesses and some of Kenya's often unpopular politicians rushed to publish newspaper announcements congratulating the president-elect while other companies have launched commemorative products and Obama-themed advertisements.
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POPSMalaysiakini: Explosive claims linking Najib to Altantuya A statutory declaration made on July 1, 2008 implicates Malaysian Deputy PM Najib Abdul Razak of being involved with the Altantuya murder case. Najib has, to date, denied any involvement. Then again, he also denied that there would be a hike in fuel prices, mere days before the increase was announced. Go figure...
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POPSMalaysiakini: PM dissolves Parliament Lucky 13 it was after all... PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced the dissolution of the Parliament this afternoon. Just one day before, our flip-flop master had said it wouldn't happen today...
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POPSZam boleh! Boleh make Malaysia-Indonesia ties worse than before Unspun doesn't get it. How can a former journalist be so ingenuous and insensitive as to lash out at Indonesian journalists for their aggressiveness in reporting? Indonesian journalists are aggressive because that's what journalists in countries with a free press do. They question, the challenge and they act as a check and balance to the powers that be. Unlike in Malaysia where the only thriving journalists seem to be the journalists most adept at obsequiousness (wow, did I spell it right?). Which opens up the question of what kind of a journalist Zam was like before he was elevated to the post of Information Minister.
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