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Malaysian youth held for threatening to vandalise Hindu shrine

The Times of India, Jan 15 2010 -- Malaysian police have nabbed a youth who posted on a website that he was ready to vandalise a Hindu shrine at Batu Caves near here. (....more)

More trouble for MIED

The Malay Mail, Thursday, January 14th, 2010 -- It was learnt that Ismail had ordered CCM chief executive officer Datuk Azmi Ariffin to investigate complaints against the MIED involving alleged breach of trust, financial mismanagement, abuse of power, negligence and breach of statutory duties by the trustees. (.....more)

The 'Allah' spat masks ethnic Malays' feelings of insecurity

Financial Times, By Kevin Brown in Singapore , January 13 2010 -- The roots of the conflict lie in an Umno decision three years ago when, as part of a licensing regime through which the government controls the mainstream media, but not the internet, the home minister barred the Herald from using the Arabic word Allah to describe the Christian God. (....more)

MIED fiasco blows up

The Malay Mail, Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 -- The nine trustees of MIC's billion-ringgit educational flagship Maju Institute for Education Development (MIED) have been slammed with an unprecedented legal action that could provide an insight into alleged irregularities that has wrecked the credibility of the party. (.....more)

Loyalists leave Samy Vellu high and dry

themalaysianinsider.com, Jan 12 -- MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu and his troubled brainchild, MIED, has been thrown into further disarray, after loyalist Tan Sri Dr K. Ampikaipakan quit as AIMST University chairman, trustee and director of MIED. (......more)

Bombs tarnish Malaysia's terror record

Asia Times Online, Jan 12 2010 -- No major UMNO leader called for restraint in the days leading up to the planned protests against the "Allah" court ruling, while the cousins - who have typically opposed freedom of expression on the putative grounds that it would threaten national stability - went as far as to defend the planned protest. (......more)

Bootlicking Samy Vellu for Dummies

By: Traveler, ‎Monday, ‎January ‎11, ‎2010 -- Some Malaysians have acquired the art of bootlicking their leaders to rise on the political ladder particularly Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) fellows and some are expert bootlickers. These MIC fellows use various methodologies. (.....more)

Church attacks will alienate East Malaysia, says Klang MP

Neurosurgeon hired escorts again: police

Malaysia in an Uproar Over Use of the Word ‘Allah’

The New York Times, January 10, 2010 -- Some political analysts and politicians accuse Prime Minister Najib Razak of raising racial and religious issues as he attempts to solidify his Malay base. In a difficult balancing act, he must also win back Chinese and Indian voters whose opposition contributed to his party’s setback last year. (.....more)

Rebels move against leader of Najib’s Indian party

TheMalaysianInsider.com, Jan 09 2010 -- Many other MIC leaders and grassroots members are also said to be on the look out for a vehicle through which they hope to jump to Pakatan Rakyat if they feel the Barisan Nasional ship is about to sink for good. (......more)

Indian set on fire in Melbourne

The Times of Indian, Jan 09 2010 -- Police said that as he was getting out of the car, four men attacked him, pushing him back against the vehicle and pouring an unknown fluid on him. One of the men then ignited the fluid with a lighter before all the attackers fled. (.....more)

AIMST CHIEF QUITS

The Malay Mail, Friday, January 8th, 2010 -- Tan Sri Dr K. Ampikaipakan had been implicated land — alienated by the Kedah government to build the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology University (AIMST) — in the name of IMST Sdn Bhd. (.....more)

Kuala Lumpur Churches Firebombed over Allah Issue

Asia Sentinel, Jan 08 2009 -- Kuala Lumpur is also bracing for rising Malay protest in advance of the trial of 12 so-called "cow's head" protesters who are expected to go to court on April 12 for sedition for an incident that happened last August when they were arrested for carrying a cow's head to the Selangor state government headquarters in protest of a plan to relocate a 150-year-old Hindu temple in what was regarded as an ethnic Malay area. Cows are sacred to ethnic Hindus. (.....more)

Can Christians Say 'Allah'? In Malaysia, Muslims Say No

The Time, Friday, Jan. 08, 2010 -- "Why are the Christians claiming Allah?" asks businessman Rahim Ismail, 47, his face contorted in rage and disbelief. He shakes his head and raises his voice while waiting for a taxi along Jalan Tun Razak, a main thoroughfare in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital. "Everybody in the world knows Allah is the Muslim god and belong to Muslims. I cannot understand why the Christians want to claim Allah as their god," Rahim says as passers-by, mostly Muslims, gather around and nod in agreement. (....more)

Film industry expresses solidarity with ‘Jaggubhai’ team

The Hindu, Jan 06 2010 -- “It’s a murder,” said K.S. Ravikumar, the Rs.15-crore movie’s director. “Our efforts of more than a year have been wasted.” ‘Jaggubhai,’ which originally was to have featured Rajinikanth, is set to release this Pongal. Rajinikanth assured the Jaggubhai team that people would come to cinemas to watch the movie. (.....more)

Rathore charged with abetting suicide, arrest imminent

The Times of India, Jan 05 2010 -- Ruchika, who was molested by Rathore here Aug 12, 1990, when she was just over 15 years old, had committed suicide Dec 28, 1993 by consuming a poisonous insecticide. (....more)

Nearly Half Of Tamil School Pupils Do No Fare Well In UPSR - Khalid

Jan 5 (Bernama) -- He said this could be due to a lack of support from the parents of the pupils who were mainly in the lower income group or absence of an effective mechanism help them achieve better performance. (.....more)

Hindraf Selvarani: Suicide or Murder?

Australian Racism and Overseas Students

Asia Sentinel, Monday, 04 January 2010 -- The weekend murder in Melbourne of Nitin Garg, an ethnic Indian living in Australia, is a tragedy that appears likely to further complicate attitudes and relations between the two countries. Concerns about a series of attacks on Indian students – particularly in Melbourne – have led to a string of visits to India by senior Australian government figures, and an inquiry by a Senate Committee. (....more)

God and Allah in Malaysia

Asia Sentinel, Sunday, 03 January 2010 -- In general, according to a think-tank source in Kuala Lumpur, "Judges in High Court have been giving very independent judgments that have been overturned by the Court of Appeal. So let's wait and see whether this will happen again." (....more)

Hindraf Chairman Sues Penang Deputy Chief Minister, Nine Others, For RM100 Million

Dec 31 (Bernama) -- The four had used the six media to defame and tarnish his good name as Hindraf chairman, he said, adding that the alleged defamatory words gave the meaning that he was a Hindraf leader without integrity and had cheated the Indian Community of its money for the purpose of filing a civil suit agaisnt the British government in London. (.....more)

MIC quest for Indian hearts begins with lowly branch chairmen

themalaysianinsider.com, Dec 27 2009 -- Palanivel, who has been criticised for inaction since his Oct 10 election as deputy president for a second three-year term, is touring the country and meeting branch chairmen to infuse new thinking and give them confidence to take up the battle with Pakatan Rakyat. (.....more)

MIC Leaders Told To Reconnect With Indian Masses

Dec 27 (Bernama) -- He also said that the Indian voters would be classified under four colours, namely green (which would group the BN's "fixed deposit" Indian voters), yellow (for those who would likely abandon the BN if poorly managed), red (for party members and people whom the MIC has lost and has to win back) and white (which would group potential members and voters) (....more)

N D Tiwari denies role in sleaze tape

The Times of India, Dec 26 2009 -- It played visuals of an old man purported to be the former Union finance minister and current Andhra Pradesh governor, N D Tiwari, in bed with two young women. While the man was without his pajamas, the two women were without a shred of clothing. (....more)

Samy Vellu Denies MIC Failed To Register New Voters

Dec 24 (Bernama) -- "It is not true to allege that the MIC was not agressive in registering new voters based only on data for October 2009. The EC should see the whole picture without depending on data from the EC Assistant Registrar alone," he said. (.....more)

M'sia govt under fire

AFP, Dec 24 2009 -- The end buyer of the stolen kit was not immediately clear. A number of countries subject to US arms embargoes, including Iran, Sudan and Venezuela, have F-5 fighters that use the antiquated engines. (....more)

Mahathir Returns Fire on Critical Book

No-confidence vote against Thanenthiran

NST, Dec 20 2009 -- Fifteen of the 27 central committee members were present at the meeting, which took place under a canopy in the car park in front of opposite the party headquarters in Worldwide Business Centre here yesterday morning.. (....more)