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the case of r. subashini saravanan (part II)

UPDATED: link to lots of articles on this issue including one from asia news with heading ‘ catholic bishop wants constitution respected, christians protected from islamic law’ – read this post of beritamalaysia. part I. ok now i’m going to append below the 2 statements issued by the malaysian consultative …

the case of r. subashini saravanan

all the catholic churches in malaysia had been directed to read out the following statement in church beginning from today (31 march) and everyday for a week until 8 april. —————————————- STATEMENT BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF MALAYSIA ON THE COURT OF APPEAL DECISION IN THE MATTER …

when do you like to retire?

at the gomen’s retirement age of 55? MTUC’s (malaysian trades union congress) proposal of 60? when you can afford to buy an exclusive yacht like the cobra sultan? ok don’t go that far… maybe by the time you managed to own a mansion like klang’s councllor, zakaria? well some people …

banning and/or controlling blogs

first we have this…. (picture from malaysiakini) … a letter from the gomen itself requesting newspaper not to quote or refer to online websites or blogs. then in came the zam zam guy, the minister of misinformation who said…. (picture taken from a commenter in susan loone’s blog) yeah, he …

possible to eradicate poverty?

well ok, he means the hardcore poor. PENANG: Hardcore poverty in the country can be eradicated in three years, said Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop.  “The Government is confident of eradicating hardcore poverty by 2010 as planned under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.  “Everything is on track to …

“i love all women”

UPDATED:  read susan’s blog about nilal getting suspended from her job and she thanking us bloggers for supporting us.jeff ooi’s blog also has some update:ku nan blooper: backlash in indonesiainternet governance: even indonesial looks dowon on uschun wai: embrace bloggers to avoid ku nan blooper ===== "i love all women". …

don’t they ever think first? (2)

with reference to my post ‘don’t they ever think first?’, it seems that the incident on the mykad lucky draw had somewhat become a circus show, with this person accusing that person of this and that, this person saying no i didn’t say this and that, and so on. what …

don’t they ever think first?

oh boy! i was right. 1 1/2 years ago i had described this move as silly and now… the minister himself agreed. what am i talking about? the move by the then home minister to offer lucky draw prizes (which include myvi car, motorcycles, tv, etc) to people to encourage …

bloggers are liars….. not!!

continuation from my previous post. bloggers don’t lie, mr PM, you did bought the RM175 million jet, see (which you went on to say it was leased, not bought). and what about the RM30m ‘cobra sultan’ yacht? they were partly right, it was for you, though not bought by you. …

bloggers are liars

“Lies after lies are being told,” Abdullah was quoted as saying. “They feel they are free, they cannot be disturbed and they can say whatever they wish to say.” ‘they’ here refer to… who do you think… none other than people like me… bloggers who writes on socio-political matters. of …