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November 2008

tell me something, i don’t know, judge

… yeah please don’t tell me something i already knew, already aware of long long time ago."religious freedom not for muslims" said retired judge, datuk faiza tamby chik when delivering a working paper entitled, “malay and islam in malaysian constitution” at the two-day International seminar on comparative laws (ISCOM 2008). …

a song of freedom for the ISA detainees

yes, we are still hoping and hoping the ISA detainees will be free. let’s continue to press for the abolishment of ISA  so that all detainees will be free. this is a video of paula and howie singing the cliff richard’s song ‘sing a song of freedom’ which was the …

the vigil at the esplanade

UPDATED: photos posted. we, the organisers of the anti ISA vigil in penang on 15 nov. at the esplanade were at the esplanade early to set up thing. we brought along tables for sale of t-shirts and as ‘secretariat’ where a registration book is availble and to put our candles …

our MC was arrested

our MC, paula of masterwordsmith-unplugged blog was arrested at the anti-ISA candlelight vigil last night. went to the police station at 9.30pm. 6 of us organisers, several from the press (chinese press mostly and malaysiakini’s athi) and several attendees of the vigil – in total about 20 (including 2 priests) …

why the prosecution is not appealing??

yes, you read it right. regarding the altantuya’s case, the prosecution confirms that it will not file an appeal against the political analyst’s (razak baginda) acquittal. why? why oh why? somebody… some higher up or what… working behind the scene quietly pushing them not to do it? so now razak …

those arrested tells their stories

first and foremost, read sunny lim’s interesting account with lots of pictures. ambrose poh, one of those three i bailed, wrote of his account in malaysiakini’s letter section. his story also appears in malaysia today. in malaysiakini, there was also an article where bk ong got mad that his video …

big bang? yeah bang away the money!

penangites who passed the esplanade past few days, must be appalled to suddenly see a gargantuan structure sprouting out of nowhere all of a sudden. as i passed by esplanade quite often during my office lunch time, yes i notice the structures. didn’t really know what it was until last …

vigil back to esplanade

most humblest apology many times for the change of venue of our candlelight anti-isa vigil – it’s back to the original venue – ESPLANADE. very sorry ah. just last night… er… early morning today, i put up the post (and email lots of people) that the venue had been shifted …