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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 …

obama and malaysia

my two favourite online news portal, malaysiakini and the malaysian insider, carried an article on the parallel between the US elections/obama and malaysia. i like both articles. they are more or less what i wanted to voice out too but since i’m not so articulate and profilic, i’ll just CnP …

leafleting ISA flyers in public

is there such a word as ‘leafleting’ anyway? well i first learned of that word from suaram penang a year back when they organised a ‘leafleting’ campaign something about protest against privitisation of hospital. the leafleting was done in the general hospital, and of course i was there and had …