PETALING JAYA, 18 June 2009: DAP Member of Parliament (MP) for Beruas, Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham, wants to move a motion in Parliament to sack Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan. He is, however, unlikely to succeed. The Perak DAP chief said he has listed down 14 offences committed by the police […]
Constitution
Govt won’t commit to making Penan report public
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 18 June 2009: The government is still unwilling to commit to making public the Penan task force report. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil continued to be noncommittal when she was asked about the findings of a task force that was set up to investigate reports of sexual […]
PKR: Clearer policy needed on gender representation
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 16 June 2009: The women’s wing of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) wants Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to come up with a clearer national women’s policy on gender representation. “This issue needs political will. We want to see that from the government,” PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin said at […]
Constitutional changes for PKR
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 9 June 2009: Sweeping changes to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s constitution, including direct elections for the top leadership and a nine-year limit on the presidency, will be voted on this Saturday, 13 June, at a special congress. Another key amendment that will be put to a vote is a 30% quota for women […]
Zambry wins in MB vs MB case
By Deborah LohPUTRAJAYA, 22 May 2009: Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir is the lawful menteri besar (MB) of Perak after the Court of Appeal ruled today that the sultan of Perak was right in finding that Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin had lost the confidence of the majority of state assemblypersons. The appellate court set aside […]
Religion and human rights
By Ambiga Sreenevasan, Andrew Khoo and Zarizana Abdul AzizON Tuesday, 28 April 2009, The Star published an article by Dr Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad under the column IKIM’s Views on the question of religion and human rights in Malaysia. We the undersigned wrote a rebuttal. The Star has chosen not to publish our rebuttal. We would appreciate the opportunity of presenting a different […]
Pertinent questions affecting Sivakumar and Ganesan
By Mohamad Hafiz HassanTHE debate on the legality of the removal of V Sivakumar as speaker of Perak state legislative assembly (“LA”) has raised a number of pertinent questions. This is the first and most crucial question: at what point did the first meeting of the second session of the 12th state LA on 7 May (7 May […]
Perak, the opportunity in crisis
By Chua Sue-AnnFOR all the dust it has stirred, the Perak political deadlock has presented a soul-searching opportunity for Malaysians to consider the type of government and onstitutional monarchy it wants. At the dawn of the Perak crisis, many looked with great hope towards Sultan Azlan Shah, a former chief justice and one of the most revered […]
Umno contradictions
By The Nut Graph team“Umno must never practise discrimination to the extent that non-Malays view it as a racist party. The rights of every citizen must always be protected, guaranteed and respected, as provided by the constitution and encapsulated in the Rukun Negara.” Outgoing Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi when delivering his final policy address at the […]
Kelantan Sultan wants people to respect constitution
KOTA BARU, 30 March 2009: The Sultan of Kelantan, Tuanku Ismail Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra today called on the people to respect the national constitution and understand the principles of the Rukun Negara. In addition, he said all the races must appreciate the social contract which had been agreed upon for so long. […]
