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International
A Bollywood Actor Goes Deadly Serious on TV
Asia Sentinel, by Siddharth Srivastava Monday, 14 May 2012 -- It was perhaps one of the most awaited television programs ever to be produced in India. (....more)
Agni-V: China tries to provoke Agni-V fear, says it can hit Europe
Apr 20, 2012 The Times of India
BEIJING: China's strategic experts and the official media are trying to provoke western countries saying the Agni-V missile has a longer range than India would admit, and it can hit cities in Europe.
Lakhisarai killing a story of love, sex aur dhokha?
TNN | Apr 3, 2012 -- Naresh allegedly gave "supari", or contract, to kill Suman over a year ago because his wife opposed his extra-marital relationship with Khushboo (....more)
John Berthelsen, Asia Sentinel, Thursday, 17 May 2012 -- It appears that the major broadcast networks beamed into the country including BBC, CNBC, Australian Broadcasting, Al Jazeera and other international news feeds are put on a five-minute tape delay while electronic devices scan the broadcasts for objectionable keywords, including the name of the opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. (......more)
Sooriyan drags OMS Thiagarajan in Tamil School Spat
The Traveler, Wednesday, May 16, 2012--Klang Midlands Tamil School board Chairman Uthyasooriyan, who is under fire for the 1.9 million outsourcing of multi-purpose hall, has dragged OMS Thiagarajan in the ongoing spat and insinuated that K P Samy did not settle the RM 50,000 donation to Simpang Lima Tamil School (SLTS). (....more)
Indians are Deprived of Political Awakening
Senator S. Ramakrishnan,
16/5/2012 -- After 54 years of BN rule, we did not accumulate any wealth but we are full of fear especially the community leaders. It would be so easy for BN to contain and keep us under their fold. (......more)
Midlands Tamil School board: Death Threat to Legal Threat
Monday, May 14, 2012, 11:13 PM -- Sooriyan, being in social service for more than two decades, should be well aware that he is not above criticism.
The state government provided the land to Midlands Tamil School. That’s Malaysian tax payer’s money.
I-city provided the money to build the Scholl. That’s Malaysian tax payer’s money. (.....more)
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Malaysia has betrayed its own citizens
Senator S. Ramakrishnan ,
14/5/2012
Indians who carry red identity card in Malaysia have no right in the country of their birth and residence for the past 50 years. They cannot get proper job, no hospital and welfare benefit and no voting right. Children with red IC have problem enrolling in schools. (......more)
Happy wedding for Prasanna- Sneha
Times of India, 11/05/12 -- It was a day to cherish for Prasanna and Sneha. The two entered wedding lock on Friday at a grand event in Sri Varu Venklatachalapathy Kalyana Mandapam in Chennai on Friday. The occasion was graced by the family members of both Sneha and Prasanna. (.....more)
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Death threat to K P Samy
Wednesday, May 09, 2012 --
The Klang Midlands Tamil School’s outsourcing of the multipurpose hall issue is heating up. MIC central working committee member K P Samy has alleged that Thinnakkural’s reporter Arasu has issued a death threat for interfering in the Midlands Tamil School issue. (.....more)
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End of the line for Umno’s Running Dog - MIC
V Vijay, Malaysia Chronicle -- The MIC, a parasite that has grown fat living off the blood, sweat and tears of the Indian poor, is headed for total extinction in the coming General Election. They are unlikely to be able to hang on to even one of their Parliamentary seats. (......more)
K P Samy: Midlands Tamil School hall rates ‘a day-light robbery’
Monday, May 07, 2012 -- “Why the rate (rental) charged is like the rate charged for a five star hotel? Why outsource the hall to the contractor who built it for mere RM 1.3 million with RM 600,000 donations from the public?” asked K P Samy. (.....more)
K P Samy
Why this Violence?
The Traveler, Saturday, May 05, 2012 -- Puchong Murali was a creation of MIC. He was the one Samy Vellu arranged to assault Maika crusader Nadaraja and other shareholders who questioned at Maika Holdings annual general meetings around year 2007. Now the same gangster is in PKR. Like politicians, gangsters jump parties, too. (....more)
Puchong PIG
Najib Further Linked to Sub Scandal
Asia Sentinel, John Berthelsen Thursday, 03 May 2012 -- The documents, Gabriel told reporters, show the case has ”has magnified into a web of lies involving a slew of companies formed to complicate the concealment of the blatant robbery of Malaysian and French taxpayers’ money.” (......more)
The minimum wages
Senator S. Ramakrishnan, 3/5/2012 -- The much delayed minimum wages was finally announced by PM the main stream media still hotly debating the consequences of Bersih 3.0. (.....more)
Xenophon may sue Malaysian newspaper
May 3, 2012 The Sydney Morning Herald -- INDEPENDENT senator Nick Xenophon has been subjected to an extraordinary attack by a state-controlled Malaysian newspaper - publishing a 2009 speech in which he was critical of Scientology, but replacing references to that religion with the word ''Islam''. (.....more)
It is a deliberate plan to tarnish the image of Bersih 3.0
Senator S.Ramakrishnan, 30/4/2012 -- The car was rammed onto the protestors and UMNO BN places the blame immediately on Bersih 3.0 rally. The UMNO BN government repeatedly highlighting this episode of Bersih 3.0 over and over with analysis and details added to it shows their sinister motive. (......more)
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A Mystery Company in Malaysia's French Sub Scandal
Asia Sentinel, John Berthelsen, Monday, 30 April 2012 -- Terasasi, however, is at the center of allegations that at least some of the €36 million was funneled through its accounts to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as a commission on the sale of two Scorpene submarines purchased from the French defense company Thales International, also known as Thint Asia. (......more)
Bersih 3.0, Government 0.0 again?
Asia Sentinel, Sunday, 29 April 2012
Police crackdown on rally in Kuala Lumpur once again earns international criticism for government. Protesters demanding reform of Malaysia’s election laws proved Saturday that they could draw an even bigger crowd than they did in July 2011, with attendance estimated by police at 25,000 and by Bersih at 250,000. Take your pick. (....more)
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Malaysia police fire tear gas at protesters
BBC News, 28 April 2012 -- Thousands of protesters marched on a central square in the city calling for changes to the electoral system. They believe the current arrangements will benefit Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling coalition in forthcoming elections. (......more)
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Tamil News
Clashes as Malaysians rally for clean elections
28 April 2012, Channel News Asia
-- Malaysian police fired teargas and water cannons on Saturday as thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital to demand sweeping electoral reforms ahead of widely expected polls. (....more)
Al Jazeera News
Ananda Krishnan makes time for son
The Star, Tuesday April 24, 2012, By TAN SIN CHOW -- Billionaire T. Ananda Krishnan took time off from his busy schedule to meet up with his Buddhist monk son Ven Ajahn Siripanyo, who is at a meditation retreat in Penang Hill here. (......more)
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Veeramani stirred a commotion
The Traveler, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 -- Tamil Nadu Dravidian Association (Dravidar Kazhagam) chief, Veeramani, has once again stirred a commotion in Malaysia earning the ire of Hindu puritans in the country. Veeramani, apparently, disparaged Hindu god Krishna – DK followers visiting Malaysia do this all the time -- in his speech at a Tamil Cultural function, Ipoh. (.....more)
The Star, 16/04/12 -- Now, Malaysians have to be on the lookout for deadly con men pretending to be mediums to gain the trust of unsuspecting victims before robbing and even killing them. (.....more)
The modern Midland Tamil school is our pride
Senator S. Ramakrishnan , 15/4/2012 -- The Selangor Menteri Besar declared open the new school building which includes a convention centre yesterday (15/4/2012). The first Tamil school with a convention centre. (.....more)
Dr M: I have no grudge against anyone, including Samy Vellu
Bernama, Monday April 9, 2012 -- "Everytime he (Samy) sees somebody who has potential, he makes sure they are removed. When you remove the leader, it is not (that) one person who goes off but he takes away his supporters (as well), and as a result, the MIC shrinks," said Dr Mahathir. (......more)
Interlok' stirs ethnic, political waters in Malaysia
By Dustin Roasa, Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2012 -- "The book is designed to indoctrinate Indian children that they are immigrants in this country, that they should be grateful to the Malays for letting them stay," said Thasleem Mohamed Ibrahim, who became an organizer of the anti-"Interlok" movement. (.....more)
Dr M had a personal grudge against me
The New Straits Times, By P. Selvarani, April 08 2012 -- I won't say I am disappointed. I am not the president of MIC but I still have contact with all the leaders. Some people think because I have left the MIC leadership, I am a nobody. But time will show whether I am somebody or not. Every day, I talk to branch leaders. They are the grassroots, that is where the votes lie. We make them happy, they bring double results. We don't make them happy, they feel rejected. (......more)
Malaysian Reform Group Says It's Back to the Streets
04 April 2012 Asia Sentinel -- Anywhere from 700,000 to 1 million Malaysians are living overseas, many of whom, particularly Indians and Chinese, who left because of religious tensions or lack of opportunity, the majority of whom could be expected to vote against the government. There is also considerable concern about the existence of false or duplicate identities, and about the registration of thousands of Indonesian Muslim émigrés as voters, who could be expected to vote for the government. (....more)
Malaysian Socialists on Bumpy Road to Revival
By Baradan Kuppusamy, IPS, 4/4/12 -- Socialists, an important part of the political landscape in the 1960s, were eclipsed by extensive state action against left-wing groups. Internal bickering and infighting among leftists took care of the rest, leaving people without an important voice in this Muslim majority country. (.....more)
One killed in pub brawl
Sunday March 25, 2012, The Star -- “It is believed that the victim was involved in a fight in the pub, and he was attacked by a group. He tried to run away before collapsing about 20m from the pub,” (.....more)
Stage Set for Malaysian Electoral Confrontation
Asia Sentinel, Friday, 20 April 2012 -- Malay supremacy NGO closely linked to UMNO, to be given a police permit to rally at 9:30 am on the same day at Dataran Merdeka, allegedly to defend the country’s monarchy. (....more)
PM on 5th gear towards general election
Senator S. Ramakrishnan,
19/4/2012 -- Institutionalized racialism and corruption is slowing down the transformation programs. PM and UMNO has no will and wish to bring about the structural transformation. (....more)
Local
Tweet with caution
By Baradan Kuppusamy,
The Star, May 15, 2012 -- He had sent out tweets in 2010 that were deemed defamatory and last month, a Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered him to pay RM500,000 (S$200,000) in damages (......more)
Tamil schools to move forward in shaping quality students
11 May 2012 Bernama -- Given the RM440 million allocation to the Indian community, mainly for the reconstruction of Tamil schools, now is the time for them to move forward in shaping quality students to prepare them as the nation's human capital, to be on par with other Malaysians. (......more)
Why Apple is Winning: Innovation, Opportunity and Execution
Baradan Kuppusamy Apr 20, 2012 (IPS) - Malaysia’s new internal security law is as draconian as the colonial law it has replaced, but has the saving grace that it will not target political opponents of the government, say critics. (....more)
Double demo at Parliament gates
FMT, April 19, 2012 -- We are here peacefully because we have a crisis, where more than 300,000 people have not been given their documents such as birth certificates and blue ICs (.....more)
UBS Says No Comment to Sabah Money Laundering Report
Asia Sentinel, 18 April 2012 -- The Sarawak Report said Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption discovered the transactions in an investigation into alleged money-laundering by a Musa associate (....more)
Penang MIC chief Subbaiyah dies
The Star, April 18 2012 -- Subbaiyah, 63, is believed to have suffered a heart attack and died in his sleep at about 5.30am. He leaves behind wife Vallini, daughter Gowri and son Ganesh. (....more)
Uthayakumar’s last try
The Star, 17/04/12, By Baradan Kuppusamy -- The Indian leaders in the PKR are quite different and can’t tolerate Uthayakumar’s alleged racism and anti-Umno rhetoric, which Malays see as anti-Malay and consequently thwarts any association with PKR. (.....more)
Long and Close acquaintance with UMNO has blurred MCA vision
Senator S. Ramakrishnan ,
4/4/2012 -- MCA president Datuk Chua Soi Lek says the number one enemy of MCA is DAP. He wants the MCA to wipe out DAP by getting the people’s support in Chinese community majority seats and emerge stronger. (.....more)
Nigerian who tried to rape cleaner dies after being beaten up
The Star, April 1, 2012 -- It is believed that Onochie Martins Nwanko, who was due to get married next week, had tried to rape a cleaner at the 15th floor of a condominium in Batu 9, Kajang, at 11.30am yesterday. (....more)
Malaysia Clears the Deck for National Elections
Asia Sentinel, Friday, 16 March 2012 -- “If someone suggested to me that is why all the timing seems to be falling into place just about now (in preparation for an election), it certainly is what people are thinking ,” said a Kuala Lumpur-based lawyer. “You need to be aware of what’s going on. Damage control, that is what they are doing.” (....more)
Malaysia and the Global Rare Earth Squabble
Asia Sentinel, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 -- Other nations have largely ceased production of the rare earth minerals because of the detrimental effect mining and processing them has had on the environment. China has belatedly caught up with western sentiment after realizing that substandard mining practices have resulted in environmental catastrophes and has cut back on production, driving prices through the roof. (.....more)
Mahathir's Disastrous Financial Speculation
Asia Sentinel, Monday, 05 March 2012 -- A murky and embarrassing case is closed, hiding top government officials’ involvement (....more)
Lim: The Star is out to get me
G Vinod | February 20, 2012 FMT -- The Penang chief minister later called on the English daily to apologise over Baradan’s column, saying the piece did not adhere to the spirit of “comment is free, but facts are sacred” (.......more)
Najib with his ‘Nathekai’ (Dirty hand) in Thaipusam
By Saravanan -- Anyhow UMNO is succeeding in their marginalizing agenda when MIC, Temple management, Hindu Sanggam and many other NGO, s who support BN government did not take any action to curb the corruption in all levels include the temple donation money. (.....more)
‘Cowgate’ Turns Opposition Fodder
Asia Sentinel, By Baradan Kuppusamy -- NFC is said to epitomise crony capitalism between the UMNO, well-connected families and businesses. Its chairman, Mohamad Salleh Ismail, is Shahrizat's husband and all three of their children are directors.The scandal has implications beyond the status of the minister. Whether she is sacked or not, the scandal is bound to adversely impact rural Malay voters, the bedrock of the UMNO. (.....more)
Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim Swerves MidEast Minefield As Election Looms
15/02/2012, Forbes -- Ambitious Anwar was turfed out in 1998 by vengeful premier Mahathir Mohamad, who has used the latest controversy to smear Anwar as a trojan horse for Jewish and American interests. This is standard fare in Malaysia’s right-wing media, which hews closely to the government line and is either state-run or controlled by political parties. (.....more)
Hindu Sangam and Malaysian temple authorities should revamp Hindu festivals
By Saravanan, Feb 13 2012 -- Mr.Arvind Raj, A senior member says “The truth about Batu caves is, it has no system at all, everyone implement their own rules!” During such festivals garbage is thrown everywhere and the atmosphere doesn’t reflect a holy place. (.....more)
Batu Caves: Temple of Garbage
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 -- Once again Batu Caves has turned into a sea of garbage on Thaipusam where dustbins were hard to locate like kids lost in the crowd and if you are lucky enough to find one, you will be greatly disappointed as these bins will be extremely overflowing. The corrupted temple management is unable to solve this problem year after year. (....more)
‘No real benefits for Indians under Pakatan’
B Nantha Kumar | February 1, 2012 FMT -- Samy was also livid that the state government appointed a corporate figure as director of the Selangor public library after the former director retired.
“Why didn’t the state government promote the deputy director, an Indian woman, to that post? She has worked in the library for 30 years,” he said. (.....more)
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