Updated 12:45pm, 3 March 2010 KOTA Marudu Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Dr Maximus @Johnity Ongkili responds to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Maximus @ Johnity Ongkili Constituency: Kota Marudu Party: PBS Years as MP: 1995-2004 (Bandau) 2004-present (Kota Marudu) Government position: Minister of […]
Archives for March 2010
BN’s whipping quandary
By Ding Jo-AnnDigging…and digging…and digging THE big hole our government found themselves in after Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was sentenced to caning for drinking alcohol has just gotten bigger. Stuck between pleasing those who thought moral offenders deserved caning and outraged human rights groups as well as the international community, the government decided to cane three other […]
Normalising caning
By Ding Jo-Ann and Patrick Kratzenstein(Corrected at 3:10pm, 8 March 2010) “The public and world community no longer needs to fear caning as a punishment under the syariah because it is not cruel but instead educates the offenders. It also provides awareness and teaches the offenders to repent and not repeat the acts.” Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, who […]
Kamarul Baharin Abbas (Telok Kemang)
By Deborah LohTELOK Kemang Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abbas’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Kamarul Baharin Abbas Constituency: Telok Kemang Party: PKR (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Negeri Sembilan liaison committee chairperson Membership in […]
Fong Po Kuan (Batu Gajah)
By Deborah Loh and Patrick KratzensteinBATU Gajah Member of Parliament (MP) Fong Po Kuan’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Fong Po KuanConstituency: Batu Gajah Party: DAP (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 1999Government position: None Party position: None Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: None Blog/website: […]
