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February 2008

phantom voters at army camp

er… actually the heading should be ‘phantom voters at abandoned army camp’. on tuesday, 19 feb, several MAFREL volunteers, including me, had a brief press conference right in front of the abandoned army camp in jalan sultan ahmad shah (just next to citibank). the picture you see here, shows us, …

observers training in penang mainland

MAFREL’s penang training session for election observers received good response so far. however, the  response for the mainland is not very encouraging. hence, i’m now publcising it to let more people know. all those penangites staying in the mainland, time to do something! be an election observer! The MAFREL’s FREE  …

look what 50yrs of 2/3 got you! (part II)

continuing part II of singam’s excellent article which i posted here. We live in a country that has not seen any real change of government since its inception 50 years ago.  understand change of government. Their fear of change is real and should not be trivialised. Proposals  of too much …

look what 50yrs of 2/3 got you!

found this excellent piece by SV singam (who might be a long lost friend from those sangkancil/beritamalaysia days) in haris’s blog. —————————————————————– The ruling coalition has enjoyed an almost unbroken 50 years of 2/3 majority in parliament. The only time  this overwhelming majority was lost was in 1969. Immediately, the …

independent bodies to keep an eyes on things

taken from NST, notice that this article first started by mentioning MAFREL as one of the independent bodies monitoring the election. with this, i would like to remind all those in penang of MAFREL’s training session for observers. at the mainland, it will be on 23 feb, while at the …

imitating christ

ok sunday, usually i don’t post serious stuff so here is a joke i came across in zorro’s blog at one of his comments box. ————————————————— The old priest lay dying in the hospital. For years He had faithfully served the people of the nation’s capital. He motioned for his …

SPR’s public hearing on electoral roll

attention everyone, especially those who had signed up to be MAFREL’s election observer – SPR is conducting a public hearing to the objections to the electoral rolls for penang on 19 feb 1 (tues) at 9.00am at dewan sri pinang, room A. according to BK ong, MAFREL’s northern coordinator: Expected …

ayo! time for samy to podah!

from anil netto’s blog – a meet organised meet the students function at a hotel in penang, after the students gave him a hard time, he stormed out in a huff. from zorro’s blog (of which this picture was taken) – almost got bashed up by hindraf supporters at a …

‘porn pilot’ to escape from the law…

…. because he is the son of a VIP datuk, the ACA director general! i guess many of you were aware of the news of the MAS pilot who was caught for a crime linked to child porn. well, today i received this in my mail-box:(note: zakaria is secretary general …