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federal constitution: protection for all

received this from the aliran mailing list: —————————————- Dear friends, Please extend this invitation to your friends and contacts in Penang, Kedah or Perak. The Article 11 Coalition in collaboration with Aliran invites you to attend the public forum “Federal Constitution: Protection for All”. The forum addresses the recent court …

pay only 30 cents extra for petrol, and…

… look what you get! yet you complained! ayo-yo! well well well, look what i found in my letter-box yesterday – a leaflet from jabatan kemajuan masyarakat (KEMAS). this is one side of the leaflet. translated, it says: The public pays only 30 cents petrol increase. The government gives subsidies …

there is a need for IPCMC

there is an interesting article in malaysiakini that talks on ‘the most dangerous place to be’. can you take a guess where? none other than inside the police lock-up! why is that so? because there seemed to be lots of people dying while in police custody. In the last five …

online petition for IPCMC

i guess many of you are aware that there had been lots of objection to the PM’s call to set up the independant police complaints and misconduct commissions and (IPCMC), from members of the police force and several barisan nasional MPs. later on, we heard that the minister in the …

wrong to show affection

“So, they should be given freedom to live as they like? The constitution allows all citizens to do that (hugging and kissing) even by the roadside, in public park? “In England, those acts are acceptable to the people in that country but is kissing and hugging acceptable to Malaysian citizens? …

‘gifts’ for penangites?

when the 9th malaysian plan (9MP) was unveiled, it was said that penang received not one, but two ‘gifts’… or 2 1/2 gifts if you like. what were they? a second link, monorail and the penang outer ring road (PORR), which had already been implemented long ago. (thus the 2 …