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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Let me share a little story of what happened to a young lady driver recently. She had a traumatic encounter with a ‘man in blue uniform‘ and she wrote about the incident on Facebook. I saw the video and after reading the short note accompanying the video, I messaged her asking for more details of…
Rejoice people! This is totally unexpected, after the ugly drama in Perak for the past few weeks. Court rules Nizar as legitimate MB May 11, 09 10:54am The Kuala Lumpur High Court today paved the way for a fresh round of battle in Perak by declaring that BN’s Zambry Abd Kadir was not the legitimate…
A 2009 Perak political commentary reacting to claims of sexual harassment during a chaotic state assembly sitting and mocking the competing accusations.
A 2009 post promoting the planned ‘Black Thursday’ protest response to the Perak political crisis and explaining the symbolism of wearing black.
Popular English idiom touches a nerve The use of the popular idiom ‘Barking up the wrong tree’ touched a raw nerve with an Umno assemblyman who thought that the idiom referred to a person as an animal that barked. Shabudin Yahaya (BN – Permatang Berangan) exchanged barbs with state executive councillor Phee Boon Poh, who…
Bangkitlah rakyat Malaysia! 23 April 2009 Oleh Minda Longlai Malaysia, Perdana Menteri dan Cogankata Hari ini masuk hari yang ke-20 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang ke-6. Tidak dapat dipastikan secara jelas bagaimana rakyat Malaysia amnya dan pemimpin -pemimpin Malaysia khususnya menjadi taksub dengan cogankata. Semua parti politik Malaysia ada cogankata…
Rais Wants Private TV And Radio Stations To Make Changes JELEBU, April 19 (Bernama) — Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim has urged private television (TV) and radio stations to change by putting national interest above commercial value. He would be meeting the management of private TV and radio stations soon…