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review of the sibu by-election

attended the sibu forum yesterday. there were about 50 people in attendance and several media people, including my friend, susan loone. she had written about the forum in malaysiakini and you can read about it below as i CnP from malaysiakini. ong boon keong, one of the speaker, had also …

penang says no to sports gambling

so finally the penang govt. has decided to ban sports betting. when our dear PM decided to legalise sports betting and gave the license to his crony, vincent tan, everybody jumped up and made lots of noises. there were protests here and there.  in the penang CM’s wesak day message …

cut subsidy? how about cut the pay of MP…

… so that they’ll know how to save, eg flying economy like penang’s CM instead of flying business class. … or stop bailouts! …or as tony pua, PJ MP said, how about checking on corruption and leakage? (read from his blog) idris jala, the minister in the prime minister’s dept. …

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 …

MACC investigating the PM? don’t hold your breath!

with regards to his now infamous ‘i help you, you help me’ speech to sibu voters. after karpal singh had made noise that what the PM said was against the by-election law,  and after the election commission had side-tracked the issue, saying it should be under MACC… well there you …

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 …

the PM openly, publicly bribed…

… and yet MACC is doing nothing. sure. they dare not or they wouldn’t want to. if it is a member of the opposition talking the way the PM did, you can bet your bottom ringgit, MACC would quick as a lightning came down on them. “let’s made a deal. …

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). …

by-election is like christmas

this is taken somewhere from the net. ——————————————- By-Elections Are Like Christmas… People spend a lot of time and money preparing for it… People make wish-lists, promise goodies… People do hell a lot of decorating… Fracas happens…not unlike shopping for present and goodies… If you’re naughty, you’re not getting any… …