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| 2002-07-18 | Rewriting history for votes The scarring of ideological disputes which forced these
parties apart were to come later. The socialist parties were
damned even before it began because of the Communist insurgency
of Malaya. The British, and later independent Malaya, stalked
them. Mr Ahmad Boestamann was first detained by the British and
then by an independent Malaya and Malaysia for his principled
opposition to both. Originally, the British leaned towards Dato'
Sir Onn as the leader they would leave behind in charge when they
left. The Non-Alignment Summit, the Bandung Conference, Indian
freedom, the strengthening of the anti-colonial movement all made
this imperative. But Dato' Sir Onn fell by the wayside. It was
UMNO with its shrewd alliance with the Malayan Chinese
Association (MCA) and later the Malayan Indian Congress (MIC)
that stepped in. But we move ahead too far into the future.
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| 2002-07-14 | Anwar Ibrahim, Reformasi And the UMNO Dilemma
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| 2002-07-12 | Politics, Not Law, Continues An Injustice
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| 2002-07-11 | A Mentri Besar Annoys A Godfather THE SELANGOR MENTRI BESAR, Dato' Seri Mohamed Khir Toyo, took the
Indian bull by its horns: if the National Front (BN) partner, the
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), could not contain the rampant
Indian gangsters in the Klang Valley, it should ask the Indian
Progressive Front (IPF) to help out. The Indian bull here is none
other than the BN's Indian godfather and MIC president, Dato'
Seri S. Samy Vellu.
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| 2002-06-30 | It is bye-elections time again! The National Front (BN) and UMNO forlornly hope for no more
bye-elections to upset the fractious unity-threatening infighting
within over leaders who stayed on too long. The Sarawak National
Party (SNAP) is in convulsions after its octogenarian president
cannot see why he should give up when he is fit enough to remain
when a nonagenarian. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
president believes he should stay on. How could he not when the
Chinese community he represents wants him out? The Malaysian
Indian Congress (MIC) president, in office for 24 years and not
the longest serving BN party president, insists he should stay on
for as long as he wants. And woe betide any MIC leader who feels
otherwise. The UMNO president resigns, cries, returns to a post
he has held for two decades. None see the writing on the wall,
and their path to sustained irrelevance in their parties is
pockmarked by the odd byelections which frightens them into
sudden reality. Amidst an internal crisis, a bye-elections gives
the BN "proof" of its unity.
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| 2002-06-14 | Sabre-rattling over Kashmir
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| 2002-06-09 | The Indian rich, high and mighty discover the poor
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| 2002-06-08 | Could the siblings survive Dr Mahathir's departure?
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| 2002-06-03 | A 7th century paradise in the 21st century
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| 2002-05-28 | The Prime Minister Prepares for An Ecumenical Elections
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| 2002-05-17 | The MCA Crisis: The Ling Countdown Begins
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| 2002-03-27 | Racial Discrimination: The knives are out
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| 2002-03-14 | Should not Dato' Seri Ling Liong Sik be charged for corruption?
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| 2002-03-13 | Is the Prime Minister's loyalty to King and Country ever in
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| 2002-03-13 | City Hall gets into the toll business
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| 2002-03-08 | A Minister's Wife Opens A Restaurant
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| 2002-02-14 | Could An Enron happen in Malaysia?
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| 2002-02-09 | In the MIC, Man proposes, Godfather Disposes
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| 2002-02-06 | Old Kashmir issue wrapped in an enigmatic new terror blanket
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| 2002-02-02 | The BN policy of racial disintegration
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