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Malaysia's Rigged Electoral System
May 17, 2013, Asia Sentinel, Philip Bowring -- Each BN seat cost an average of 39,400 votes while each PR one cost 63,200. Those figures show the success of years of outrageous BN gerrymandering which has made nonsense of democratic, one-man one-vote principles. (.....more)
Storm brewing in MIC over senator posts
B Nantha Kumar | May 17, 2013, FMT --According to him, Central Working Committee (CWC) member KP Samy has tendered his resignation letter after being overlooked for the senatorship. “He was promised senatorship by the party president. But, Palanivel has ‘cheated’ him by appointing someone else,” said the MIC man. (.....more)
Urgent need for independent election commission
S.Ramakrishnan,
16/5/2013 -- That is the level of mistrust of the election process by Malaysian people but the Election Commission seems to be insensitive or blind about these intransigencies. This distrust began in 2008 when the use of indelible ink use was cancelled at the 11th hour. (.....more)
Don't label me racist, remarks were based on Constitution, says ex-judge in vernacular school controversy
Bernama, May 06 2013 -- "(If) Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) is for Malays, Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan China (SJKC) for Chinese, Sekolah Jenis Kebangssan Tamil (SJKT) for Indians, when will our future generations be learning in the same class, eating in one canteen, when? There is no room for that," he said. (....more)
Rift appearing in MIC over party polls
B Nantha Kumar | May 16, 2013 FMT -- “Barring people from contesting or making a mockery of the presidential election should not be allowed. Let us be open about things. I do not mind if other leaders want to contest the vice-presidency or other important positions in the party,” he said. (....more)
Alor Setar car repossessor shot dead in quarrel
Bernama, May 10 2013 -- Kota Setar CID chief DSP V. Savaranan when contacted, confirmed that M. Nagenthiran, 30, was shot three times, on the head and back. He said a man in his 30s, believed to be a friend of the victim, had been detained to assist in investigations. (......more)
Malaysia's Najib: Jump or be Pushed
Asia Sentinel, John Berthelsen Wednesday, 08 May 2013 -- "I am told that Najib will hand over to Muhyiddin in October," a lawyer with close contacts to UMNO said. "The change may finally come but voluntarily between Najib and Muhyiddin. We'll have to let it play it out some more." (.....more)
Analysis: Malaysia - It was Never About the Election
Murray Hunter, Monday, 06 May 2013 Asia Sentinel -- It was always about what would happen afterwards. It is extremely difficult to find any real winners in the results which dripped out from Malaysia's Electoral Commission late Sunday night (.....more)
Looking for a genuine partnership
Tuesday May 7, 2013, The Star, Baradan Kuppusamy -- THE Chinese voters, who are about 30% of the electorate, had fervently believed that Malay voters would also reciprocate and ubah (change) the Barisan Nasional government. However, this did not happen. (......more)
The winners and losers of GE13
The Malaysian Insider, May 06, 2013 -- But their lies and scare-mongering didn’t work. More than 50 per cent of the country voted for PR, which performed better than in 2008. The message is out there: Malaysians prefer balance and the truth. Malaysians generally have a sense of justice and hate it when only one side of the story is told, even more so when the bad guys are always the opposition. (....more)
GE13: It’s 133 for BN and 89 for Opposition
The Star, April 2013 -- The much anticipated increase in support by Indian voters appeared to have been muted with MIC winning four parliamentary seats, the same number which the party held going into the polls. (.....more)
Malaysia's Barisan Ekes Out Diminished Win
Monday, 06 May 2013 , Asia Sentinel -- "grievous forms of gerrymandering and malapportionment, a partisan use of civil servants and state resources, extensive vote-buying, off-the-cuff development grants, a badly distorted electoral roll, a pliable election commission, a misrepresentative first-past-the-post system, an absurdly abused media, and a worrying usage of goons." (.....more)
Waytha wants to be the new Samy, says Uthaya
Ram Anand, Apr 22, 2013, Malaysiakini -- "Waythamoorthy just rode on the Hindraf wave and assumed leadership when I was in jail. And that got to his head. He used Hindraf to carve something out for himself." (....more)
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1,172 dubious names in 3 S’gor rolls, says Santiago
K Pragalath | May 3, 2013 FMT-- “We have found 571 suspicious names in Klang, 352 in Kota Raja, and 249 in Kuala Langat,” he said. “They are mostly Bugis and Sulu people from the Philippines. (.....more)
Najib urges Indians to give him strong mandate
May 04, 2013, Bernama -- “You have faith in me, you have ‘nambikei’ in me, give me a strong mandate, I will deliver for the Indian community and the country,” Najib (.....more)
Uthaya! don't mention Indian, a 'dirty word' in Malaysia!
Thursday, 02 May 2013, Joe Fernandez, Malaysia Today -- Indian is a 'dirty word' in Malaysia.
MIC is a dirty term.
Tamil is an even dirtier word unless confined to the Tamil language which is a sacred cow in Malaysia along with Tamil schools, Tamil films and Hindu temples. (.....more)
Anti-Hindraf protest sees burning of Waytha’s effigy
FMT Staff | May 1, 2013 -- Waythamoorthy however dismisses claims that he had 'sold himself to the devil', saying that this was false propaganda created by Pakatan leaders. (....more)
Warrant of arrest issued against Uthayakumar
The Star, Tuesday April 30, 2013 -- “I have an MC from Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia issued by a consultant neurosurgeon for a prolapsed disc and a small tumour on my backbone,” said Uthayakumar at his operations centre in Taman Sentosa. (...more)
When the going gets tough, bomb out your own ceramah and centres
harismibrahim, April 13 2013 -- They spoke of intelligence reports that had BN losing and which reports had the UMNO leadership absolutely terrified about going to the polls next weekend. (....more)
Instant Media's Got Malaysia
Asia Sentinel, Thursday, 25 April 2013 -- "How do we measure who wins? I'm not sure that question is important at this point in time. I think what's important is how much is being spent. Where is the money coming from? Are these public funds? I don't know what the answer is. But those are the questions I am interested in. It's so intense, feeling and support and emotions are quite high." (....more)
‘PAS must apologise for Zul Noordin’s gaffes’
G Lavendran | April 24, 2013, FMT -- Defending the character of Barisan Nasional’s direct candidate for the Shah Alam parliament seat, MIC Central Working Committee (CWC) member KP Samy noted that Zulkifli was a member of PAS until 2008, when the party sacked him for contesting in the 2008 election under the PKR ticket. (......more)
Indians suffered 56 years of internal colonisation!
Thursday, 11 April 2013 Malaysia-Today.net, Joe Fernandez -- Is it really in the Indian interest to see the return of BN stronger than ever or would it be more strategic to keep giving PR the chances that it obviously doesn’t deserve but only until the ruling coalition has been driven out from Putrajaya? The only reason that Umno/BN is being respectful towards the Indians is because of the presence of PR. If PR is no longer around, Umno/BN will ignore the Indians once more like before 2008. (......more)
Muhideen Yassin’s call to Tamil school teachers is shallow and insincere
S.Ramakrishnan
9/4/2013 -- As a caretaker minister his business is to conduct only ordinary matters of administration and not to abuse the government machinery by subtly ordering teachers and other government servants. Isn’t it a waste of government money and abuse of power to have called for such a meeting for political purpose? (......more)
Hindraf leaders should stop acting like children
April 10, 2013 , FMT -- Hindraf’s illusion is dangerous and nonsensical. I am referring to its unyielding stand that the DAP Gelang Patah Declaration is plagiarised from Hindraf’s manifesto. (.....more)
Malaysian Police Ready Two Election Plans
Asia Sentinel, John Berthelsen Tuesday, 09 April 2013 -- The first, a source said, is "how to whisk Prime Minister from the Putra World Trade Center where the Barisan Nasional is holding its election night celebration, back to Sri Perdana, the Prime Minister's residence, safely in the event that the Barisan Nasional loses, or if there is trouble." The second, the source said, is how to bring Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim from his home to the palace to be sworn in if the opposition were to win. (.....more)
The mother of all elections
Todayonline.com, 09 Apriol 2013 -- The big question is whether GE13 will be conclusive, given the monumental fight ahead, and whether there will follow a period of uncertainty, if not instability, and what this will mean for Malaysia and the region. (.....more)
Malaysia's Multi-Ethnic Coalition Near Collapse
Asia Sentinel, Friday, 05 April 2013 -- It is at least partly responsible for the rise in race-baiting in recent months as UMNO and its attack-dog ancillaries such as the Malay supremacy NGO Perkasa raise the spectre that ethnic Chinese, and particularly Chinese Christians in a Muslim country ? will take over the reins of power. (.....more)
Malaysian PM Najib to Dissolve Parliament?
Asia Sentinel, Tuesday, 02 April 2013 -- The question is what equation would allow Najib to continue in his job. His wife, Rosmah Mansor, is disliked by a large percentage of the urban population because of rumors of enormously expensive purchases of jewelry, handbags and clothing. Her former close friend, a carpet-seller and businessman named Deepak Jaikishan, (.....more)
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Malaysia Votes 2013
An Open Letter to BN Chief Mandore P Waythamoorthy
Friday, 19 April 2013 Malaysia-today.net, -- More than 50 years ago, my daughter Indianah was conned into giving herself to a guy called Ummnooo. Ummnooo has always treated my daughter like a nobody; mental torture and verbal insults are part or parcel of her daily life, and sometimes physical abuse. In spite of more than 50 years' requests to grant her proper “status”, Ummnooo just wants her to remain stateless so he can continue his arrogance and threaten to send her back to me so he can use it to embarrass my entire family. (......more)
Gerrymandering Malaysia
Asia Sentinel, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 -- That may well be campaign rhetoric. Polls show a razor-thin margin in favor of the Barisan and most political analysts say the race is so close that the country may well end up with a hung parliament. (.....more)
Call on Election Commission to convene an all-party roundtable conference
Lim Kit Siang, 17 April 2013 -- I have received information that the Bukit Aman and Defence Ministry intelligence do not rule out the defeat of Barisan Nasional in the 13GE. According to one Bukit Aman intelligence estimate, which I cannot verify whether it is from the police or not, the possible outcome of the 13GE for parliamentary elections is as follows: (....more)
‘Competent, dynamic and progressive’ line-up with 5 candidates having degrees from bogus universities
17 April 2013 Malaysia Today -- The most shocking revelation is the listed qualification of the BN candidate for P103 Puchong – A. Kohilan Pillay A/L G Appu – who received an M.SC in Commercial and Industrial Economy (sic) from the Pacific Western University in the United States. This ‘university’ was found to be a degree mill, lawsuits were taken up against it and it was subsequently shut down. (.....more)
Can PM Najib stem the tide?
Apr 16, 2013 , The Straits Times -- But despite the long series of measures he undertook to transform the country’s slacking economic structure and low quality of governance, what seemed to happen was that only his personal popularity grew while the reputation of his party and his coalition slid further. (.....more)
WHAT A SNAKE! Waytha went on hunger strike to get sympathy, kept ROS approval secret
S Jayathas , Malaysia Chronicle, 14 April 2013 -- We are gravely concerned by new evidence that has come into our possession regarding a secret deal and collaboration between P. Waythamoorthy’s Hindraf faction and the UMNO BN regime. (......more)
Grudge Match Shapes up in Key Malaysia State
By Chuin-Wei Yap, The Wall Street Journal, Thursday, April 11, 2013 -- Heavy campaign-related spending by the ruling National Front coalition in the opposition stronghold state of Penang has put the incumbent Democratic Action Party on the defensive ahead of Malaysia’s general and state elections on May 5. (.....more)
Malaysia's Rancid Election
Asia Sentinel, John Berthelsen Thursday, 11 April 2013 -- In the press conference, the two groups alleged that political violence, death threats and widespread electoral fraud are escalating, which is clearly true although seasoned political observers in Kuala Lumpur say things aren't as bad as the two say, and that in fact those committing the ugly acts are a small minority who do not appear likely to infect the larger society. (.....more)
Gangsterism main worry of Kapar folk
April 02 2013, NST -- Kapar MP, S Manikavasagam lodged the report against the national daily and its reporter at 11.30am here at Klang district police station urging the police and Home Ministry to take stern action. (.....more)
Has Waythamoorthy sold out?
March 27, 2013 , FMT Letter -- How did he walk in through KLIA without harassment? Why the Pakatan bashing? Why do you need an alliance with a government that suppressed the Indians for 55 years, which was the main cause that made Hindraf ‘s struggle against this government? (....more)
Malaysia PM expands handouts as delayed election nears
April 2 | Tue Apr 2, 2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced bonuses for the 40,000 employees of national oil firm Petronas on Tuesday, signalling a long wait for a general election is nearly over as he seeks last-minute support from the middle class. (......more) |
