Today, Kugan was honorably buried at the Hindu Cemetary at Kg Baru Batu 14, Puchong. The public statements by those present were clearly made against alleged police brutality.
The opposition obviously were present but interestingly the MIC were inconspicuously missing or annonymously present. Either way, the MIC will be between the rock and the deep blue [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 28, 2009
Kugan and the Real Issues
January 19, 2009
A KTK Ad Lib
Gerakan’s Koh Tsu Koon (KTK) finally broke his silence in the media when he commented this:
“We must focus on re-building unity among the races, reducing the people’s economic burden and re-assuring them of our deep commitment to ensuring fairness and justice for all.” (read here).
Is there disunity among the races? Who has been sowing discord [...]
January 18, 2009
The Day After
As the dust settles, there’s a lot of soul searching and possibly blaming that is going on amongst the BN and Umno leadership. At the same time, PAS and other Pakatan Rakyat parties are on a celebratory mood going into a summit. Not forgetting the bloggers and other non-political personalities.
We shall be reading a lot [...]
January 17, 2009
KT Day of Reckoning – Verdict is Out!
Today is KT voting day and many have come out to vote since 8:00 am. By mid-day today, it was reported that 42% has already voted and the EC expects a very high turnout for this affair. After 12 days of campaigning, the voters decide at the ballot boxes. Let’s see what happens through [...]
January 16, 2009
Malaysia Economic Forecast – Government vs The Rest
We have been talking about how bad the economic situation is turning out till this has become stale. We all know it and feel it but the BN Government is adamant that we will be riding this out and we are OK.
Citicorp was the first to predict Malaysia’s GDP in 2009 will be 0.5% with [...]
January 15, 2009
Fresh Thoughts on KT By-Election
To many people, the KT by-election may have little impact on the overall political scenario of Malaysia. After all, 1 more seat to Pakatan Rakyat will not topple the BN Government. And if BN wins this seat, it may not do much to prove that the so-called “Change” trend is stopping.
There are those that say [...]
January 10, 2009
Education Minister wants to use our children for War Protest
When this was reported in the media yesterday, can you imagine what the parents of schoolchildren will be thinking? Since when is the Minister of Education involved in mobilization for any protests, war or otherwise? Did the Ministry bothered to ask the parents who ultimately are responsible for these kids if this can be done?
First, [...]
January 7, 2009
KT By-Election Fever is On!
January 5 was nomination day and we now have 3 candidates – Umno, PAS and Independent. What seems to be interesting is the way reporting was done to estimate the number of supporters from each camp.
The Star and even The Malaysian Insider quoted a police spokesperson who said that the police estimated about 30,000 BN [...]
January 6, 2009
Double Standard Condemnation – Israel vs Hamas
Today, we read in The Malaysian Insider that the Pakatan Rakyat has called on Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to convene an emergency sitting of the Dewan Rakyat to discuss Israel’s unlawful invasion of Palestine (read here).
By looking at the very potent attacks of Israel, Palestinian officials have put casualty rates at 500+, so reports [...]
January 5, 2009
Turn Your Eyes on Kuala Trengganu
January 17 is the next important date for Malaysians. The Kuala Trengganu (KT) by-election has turned out to be another mother of by-elections so to speak. The Parliamentary seat is now up for grabs and PAS has Abdul Wahid Endut against Umno’s Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh.
However, in light of the bigger picture, it [...]
