Historical current-affairs posts covering Malaysian and Sarawak public issues, media, governance, infrastructure, social controversies and events from the period in which they were written.
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Historical current-affairs writing from the archive — public issues, media, infrastructure, governance, social controversies and events.
The haze is often blamed on oil palm plantations, but the reality is more complicated: fire, peatland, economics, land ownership, enforcement and responsibility all intersect long before the smoke crosses a border.
I am not feeling well today. Went to the toilet a bit too many times yesterday and this morning. Down with fever last night. I slept the whole night, from 7.30pm till this morning. Heat stroke? All the traveling and standing under the sun for the past two weeks. Food poisoning? Too much beer? Wait,…
A 2010 commentary on the Al Islam controversy, rule of law and what the author saw as inconsistent official responses to politically and religiously sensitive cases.
A 2010 post about Rais Yatim, Malaysian Twitter culture and the #yorais hashtag reaching Twitter’s trending topics through political jokes and commentary.
A 2009 satirical post imagining Malaysian politicians and public figures commenting on the missing RMAF engine controversy through Twitter-style jokes.
Who is Mohd. Faizi Bin Che Abu? He’s quite a celebrity judge I think. 1. He’s the Magistrate who sentenced Batu MP and PKR strategic director Chua Tian Chang, aka Tian Chua to six months’ jail and a fine of RM3,000 for biting a police constable’s arm like biting sugarcane. Reality bites for Tian Chua By…
I laughed my ass off when I read that Isa Samad was named as BN’s candidate for upcoming Bagan Pinang by-election. Is it Umno so devoid of good candidates that it needs to put a recycled thrash for contest? Funny how BN apologists started the battle by defending its candidate credibility at the word ‘go!’.…