I got to know Patrick Wong through RPK. Although I did not have the chance to get to know him really well, I knew enough to know that he was a staunch supporter of the numerous efforts to bring about the necessary changes in our country in the hope that, one day, we would truly be [...]

Is it not within the grand scheme of the Divine that you and I were intended to be as free and as equal as the next two persons in New York? Sure, the dynamics of international politics and the unequal location and distribution of natural resources favouring some over others has resulted in inequalities prevailing between [...]

9th November, last year, a weekly anti-ISA candlelight vigil across the road from the Amcorp Mall was to also commemorate the first anniversary of the historic BERSIH rally of 10th November, 2007. Like the vigils that had gone on for several weeks before, this was also intended to be just as peaceful. That night, though, the police [...]

Date: 7th November 2009, Saturday Time: 12pm onwards Venue: Rainforest, Lower Ground, New Wing One Utama Organized by: Youth For Change Admission is free, all are welcome! A frequently cited statistic from 2006 stated that 70% of the 4.7 million Malaysians yet to register as voters are aged between 21 and 35 years. At the same time, the young [...]

Date : 13th November, 2009 Time : 3.00pm Venue : Bar Council Auditorium Speakers : Professor Aziz Bari, Dr. Azmi Shahrom, Hj. Sulaiman Abdullah, Professor Shad Faruqi and Malik Imtiaz For more information, please see here: URL. or contact Ms Lim Ka Ea at kaea@malaysianbar.org.my (Tel No. 03-20317103). _________________________________________________ In March, 2009, the Bar Council formed its Constitutional Law Committee (“ConstiLC”) to [...]

I got there late. Round about 3.20pm, Ashok accompanied Zorro into the building to meet DSP Mahfuz. We were all out by about 4.45pm. Cops wanted to ask Zorro questions about a posting last year that featured an image of what looked like the PDRM logo altered with the super-imposition of an image of a dog. They are [...]

Some of you have taken exception to the Malay Malaysian bring along a non-Malay Malaysian friend, non-Malay Malaysian bring along a Malay Malaysian friend requirement to get an invitation to the Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia forum in Penang on 15th November. If youve missed that announcement on this blog, you can read about it HERE. Im [...]

Zorro called me about 6 oclock this evening to say that he had been summoned to appear at the police commercial crime division near the Bank Negara train station tomorrow afternoon at 3pm. Seems they want to question him on something that was posted on his blog. Dont know what at this time This old @*+% and [...]

Constitutional amendments carried through at the recently concluded UMNO assembly were touted as intended to address the problem of money politics that had long plagued the partys elections. Whether those amendments will in fact achieve that stated objective remains to be seen. And if such amendments prove to be effective, one wonders if PKR, too,  is up [...]

Yesterday morning, the Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia initiative hosted a dialogue with political parties at the Rumah Anak Bangsa Malaysia. The objective : to share with all political parties that might be interested to know our message as encapsulated in the SABM Charter, our proposed method of delivery, to get feedback from these parties and, most [...]

On 3rd November, 2007, a motley bunch of anak Bangsa Malaysia organised a forum at the Dewan Sri Pinang. You can read about that event HERE. Speakers and participants at that forum arrived at a consensus on four major points as imperatives if the concept of Bangsa Malaysia or One People, One Nation is to become a [...]

Commentator Patriot drew my attention to blogger Hussein Abdul Hamids take on my post, The end days of PKR in Sabah?, and suggested I respond. Patriot, here goes. With regard to my sources assertion that Anwar had, concerning the possibility of Jeffrey Kitingan being appointed Sabah PKR state chief, said,“No way in hell will I have Jeffrey [...]

Malaysiakini reports today that Salehuddin Hashim has resigned from the post of PKR Sec-Gen, having today sent in his resignation letter, along with another scathing letter detailing his grievances with the party leadership. Im told that Hisham did not mince his words. He was, I am told, highly critical of Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim and the latters [...]

YB Sivarasa has offered to produce a witness, a woman, in relation to the V K Lingam judicial appointment fixing scandal, in Parliament, to show up the shoddiness of the so-called MACC investigation into the matter. “We propose to bring the witness to Parliament to show to the MACC that there is such a witness and [...]

Im not talking Altantuya here. How many deaths did we see in the National Service camps, the brainchild of Najib? Ive lost count. Now we have 1 dead student and two more feared drowned in a 1Malaysia camp organised by the Kinta Selatan District Education Department. You can read about this tragedy in Malaysiakini and NSTonline. Of course, if [...]

The Majlis Pimpinan Pusat PKR met today. On the agenda, amongst others, was the re-constitution of the PKR Sabah state leadership. Azmins out. The PKR division chiefs have made it clear that hes not wanted. Have these division chiefs made it clear, then, who their choice is to lead Sabah PKR to face BN at the 13th General Elections? If [...]

Penangites, block out 15th November, 2009 in your diary. The Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia Roadshow, which has been planned as a full-day event, hits Penang on that day. The venue : Hu Yew Seah Hall, 43 Madras Lane, Penang We will kick off the event with a half-day youth workshop Ada Apa Dengan Bangsa? that morning, anchored by [...]

Sarawakian and prominent native customary rights (NCR) land lawyer, Baru Bian is to head PKR in Sarawak. You can read about this in the Malaysian Mirror. I first met Baru up in Kuching when I was there earlier this year in connection with the Batang Ai by-election. The last I met him was at a talk in [...]

On 19th October, Malaysiakini reported that former Sabah PKR state chief and current Tuaran division chief Ansari Abdullah had said that there was no evidence whatsoever that a memorandum signed by 18 Sabah divisional chiefs against state chief Azmin Ali was ever sent to Kuala Lumpur. That same report has it that when Jeffery Kitingan [...]