THE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Thursday, 29th April 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. (all pics source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Abdul Wahab DolahConstituency: Igan Party: PBB (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu […]
Archives for April 2010
BN victory or disaster in Hulu Selangor?
By Wong Chin HuatONE of the best ways to understand the Hulu Selangor by-election is to look at the split-voting phenomenon. That happens when the same voter casts votes for different parties in simultaneous parliamentary and state elections. In 2008, due to the personality and ethnicity of the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, MIC’s Datuk G Palanivel, BN suffered […]
Suhakam denied shooting guidelines
By Ding Jo-AnnPETALING JAYA, 30 April 2010: The police have denied the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) a copy of its written guidelines on the use of firearms despite requests following a shooting that happened last year. “The police have told us that there are written guidelines. However, it is a very confidential document,” Suhakam commissioner Datuk […]
Bung Moktar Radin (Kinabatangan)
By Koh Lay ChinKINABATANGAN Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Bung Moktar Radin’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Bung Moktar Radin Constituency: Kinabatangan Party: Umno Years as MP: Since 1999 Government position: None Party position: Supreme council member Kinabatangan division chief Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: […]
Living 1Malaysia
By Jacqueline Ann SurinKrishen Jit (© kyotoreviewsea.com) ON the Sunday morning of 25 April 2010, when Hulu Selangor voters were going to the polls, I was sitting in a Sikh gurdwara in Kuala Lumpur. It was the fifth death anniversary of a dear friend, Datuk Krishen Jit. His spouse, Datin Marion D’Cruz, had organised for prayers to be […]
No replies for 28 April 2010
By Koh Lay ChinTHE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Wednesday, 28 April 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. (All pics source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Abd Rahman BakriConstituency: Sabak Bernam Party: UmnoYears as MP: […]
Choosing to stay
By Ding Jo-AnnWill Quah (all pics below courtesy of Will Quah) WILL Quah believes Malaysian television audiences are a lot cleverer that they’re given credit for. “I’ve heard high-ranking producers and executives say time and again that Malaysian audiences aren’t ready or are too stupid to understand certain issues — like politics, race, religion, wit and international […]
The BN’s culture of “balas budi”
By Deborah Loh(Gift image by iprole, gift tag image by modish / sxc.hu) CHINESE Malaysian community leaders and MCA politicians are reacting strongly to Perkasa‘s calls for the government to “punish” Hulu Selangor voters who didn’t vote for the Barisan Nasional (BN). I believe we are in store for more of such rhetoric, this blaming and defence […]
Ronald Kiandee (Beluran)
By Koh Lay Chin(Source: parlimen.gov.my) BELURAN Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Ronald Kiandee’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Ronald KiandeeConstituency: Beluran Party: UmnoYears as MP: Since 2000 Government position: None Party position: None Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Blog/website: […]
When alcohol trumps polygamy
By Shanon ShahLET’S assume that in a democracy, the purpose of journalism is to provide the public with accurate and reliable information to function as individuals and members of society. By this definition, Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia should then be an accurate and reliable provider of public interest information to Malay-speaking readers across the nation. During the period […]
