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no pressure?

it was not a not a political decision, said our PM. no pressure exerted on the judges, said he. sure. no pressure from the gomen. the pressure was right there, live, on the day itself, in front of the court – the 300 or so muslim people who gathered in …

religious freedom trampled on

in my last post when i lamented about no freedom of religion after lina joy’s verdict, a commenter, jee, asked me not to exaggerate the issue  – that s/he and i are still free to practise our religions. sure but i was not talking about s/he and i. i was …

Muslim groups brace for Lina Joy decision

from malaysiakini: Muslim groups brace for Lina Joy decisionMay 29, 07 1:54pm Muslim groups nationwide have been told to be adequately prepared for themuch-anticipated Federal Court decision on the Lina Joy case tomorrow. Mosques, surau, and non-governmental organisations have been urged to holdspecial prayers so that the judgement is "in …

lina joy’s verdict soon

UPDATED:  Tuesday, 28/05/07, 2:10 AM LET’S PRAY FOR LINA JOY… no matter the outcome, even we already know what the verdict will be (see comments) lina joy’s verdict was suppose to be out in june last year but somehow it was postponed until now. at that time when the verdict …

50 posts to independence – no. 16

i had been tagged for the ’50 posts to independence’ by dr darren hsu which started by nizham bashir . i am tag no. 16 which means there had been 34 bloggers before me who had done the tag already. yes i had notice a few prominent bloggers doing this …

they want more

"please sir, can i have some…. more?" so asked little oliver twist with a bowl in his small hands. the big fat man growled and shouted and pandemonium broke out as he chased oliver around. well that was what the ‘magnificient 7’ (as jeff ooi put it) asked for too …

why and how may 13 happened

The series of events surrounding the ‘May 13’ riot has been documented by Dr Kua Kia Soong in his latest book May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969 which will be launched on Sunday in conjunction with the 38th anniversary of the tragedy. read the article in …

do away with RELA!!

"The government has set up what’s little more than a vigilante force to target foreigners. Given RELA’s repeated abuses, it should be disbanded right away. "– Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch (HRW). that’s right. there was a call from HRW to the malaysian government to disband RELA …

faces of the killer family

the father and sonthe mother(both pics taken from NST)and the poor victim, r. ganesh, a migrant worker from india.(taken from al jazeera english) "They hit me with sticks, rubber hose and iron rods. I was also deprived of food and water. They chained my hands and legs before locking me …