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rape of the penan girls and women

UPDATED:  apart from the 3 malaysiakini report posted originally, now updated with the latest one – ‘penan rape report: NGOs have an open agenda‘.  scroll down to read. 2ND UPDATE:  ‘what can we do about old cases?’ where the police got angry at the report, saying the rape cases happened …

the ant and the grasshopper

ok i’m sure many of you know this classic aesop’s fable, right? and many of you might know the modern version too… but since some of you might not know it, i thought being the weekend is a good time to share some laughter. do read the modern version where …

non quotable quotes by yours truly :)

so please don’t quote me, huh? note:  first update on june 13 (see from nos.  9 onwards) —————– 1.   when people hate you, don’t blame someone, blame yourself. 2.   don’t let an issue you are passionate with, clouded your judgement of people/situation 3.  if you get pissed off, …

pulau betong fishermen livelihood threatened

my fellow citizen journalist (CJ) team-mate, jimmy leow had made two videos before about the plight of the fishermen in pulau betong.  it seemed that their livelihood had been threatened when  commercial trawlers encroached into their fishing grounds within the 5 nautical miles radius.

Forum on Sibu By-election: A Multi Perspective Review

Forum : Sibu by-election: A multi-perspective review Objectives: to learn positive lessons for democracy from the Sibu by-elections from the experiences of those who have been there or are doing work related to Sibu by-election. Perspectives included are: political party, election observers, media and legal. Organisers: Penang Chinese Journaist Association …

an american chinese muslim convert speaks

james yee, an ex army US officer who was station as a muslim chaplain at the infamous guantanamo bay in 1991. (pic  here show  james taken by me during his Q&A time) he was invited by the islamic propagation society international (IPSI) to talk about his time at guantanamo bay …

thank you, people of sibu

as at about 11.00pm, the official announcement is that DAP won by 398 majority. THANK YOU, PEOPLE OF SIBU! UPDATED 12 MIDNIGHT whooa!! i’m so happy that DAP won in the sibu by-election. at last the people had ‘spoken up’. the people had rejected BN!! i see change forth-coming (hopefully). …