ARCHIVES 2012

Setiausaha Politik Menteri Besar Selangor Faekah Husin menegaskan bahawa pelantikan Menteri Besar ialah bidang kuasa mutlak Sultan Selangor.

K Pragalath, FMT

Setiausaha Politik Menteri Besar Selangor Faekah Husin menyoal bidang kuasa Azmin Ali dalam pelantikan Menteri Besar Selangor.

The deputy chief minister (I) should clear the air if he thinks he has been framed over the 'cocky, arrogant, tokong' controversy.

Five months ago, PKR state chief and Deputy Chief Minister I Mansor Othman let the “CAT” out of the bag but now denies ever having done so, that is, uttering the words “cocky, arrogant, tokong” (CAT) in reference to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

Jeswan Kaur, FMT

As an opposition candidate, defector Wilfred Bumburing will have the support of two former Tuaran MPs to woo voters making him a formidable candidate. 

Joseph Bingkasan, FMT

KOTA KINABALU: If there was one thing that MP Wilfred Bumburing did for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition when he defected to the opposition in July, it was to force the disparate  BN branch in Tuaran to unite.

This is because Najib's trump card is the budget goodies and if the polls are held this year, the voters will be tempted to vote for BN in order to obtain the goodies next year.

Selena Tay, FMT

Now that the Budget 2013 has already been tabled, political analysts are again speculating on the date of the 13th general election. Many are of the view that the polls will be held only after February.

Hamidzun Khairuddin menyifatkan dakwaan tersebut sebagai usaha terancang bagi melemahkan NGO yang diketuainya.

Fazy Sahir, FMT

Pemimpin sebuah badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang didakwa pecah amanah melibatkan wang RM200,000 dalam urusan pindah milik pembeli rumah tampil menjelaskan segala dakwaan yang mengaitkan dirinya itu.

(Value Walk) - Even if BN should retain its majority and Prime Minister Najib continues to enjoy high approval ratings, there is a high risk that he will be pushed from office anyway.

(The New York Times) - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Obtaining permission to publish a newspaper in Malaysia, where the print media are dominated by government-linked publications, is likely to become easier after a court ruled that the right to freedom of expression includes the right to publish and is a fundamental liberty, a lawyer said on Tuesday.

(The Malaysian Insider) - The report cited the recent amendments to the Evidence Act 1950, namely Section 114A of the law, which holds the computer or equipment owner liable for seditious content as a very troubling development.

The affected communities have only received information about the conditions of their resettlement through the report leaked to ­the whistle-blower website Sarawak Report. The withholding of the Resettlement Report goes against all international standards on transparency. 

Bruno Manser Fonds