Ahmad Ismail (source: Oriental Daily), against a map of Malaya (public domain. Source: wikipedia.org) IMAGINE this. It’s 2013. The Pakatan Rakyat is in government and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is Malaysia’s 7th prime minister. In Kedah, Datuk Ahmad Ismail passionately repeats his 2008 message that Chinese and Indian Malaysians are squatters, and that Malay Malaysians […]
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Blogging the Mumbai attacks
By Cindy Tham(© Rodolfo Clix / sxc.hu) SOCIAL networking sites and blogs already bustle with messages and images on normal days. Last week, traffic shot up, as eyewitnesses posted gruesome reports on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, on 26 Nov 2008. Other than going to the websites of news organisations for the latest reports and other […]
Terror attack victim Hemalatha’s funeral on 3 Dec
KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Dec 2008: The funeral of Hemalatha Kasipillay, 51, who died in the terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, will be on 3 Dec. Her husband, K Sivakumaran, told Bernama that the funeral and cremation will only take place after the return of the couple’s children Nishalini, 19 and […]
Malaysian woman dies in Mumbai terrorist attack
MUMBAI, 29 Nov 2008: Hema Kassipillay, the Malaysian woman who had been reported missing since the terror attacks in this city on 26 Nov, has been found dead. The body of Hema, 51, who had stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel, scene of the worst of the militant attacks, was found by a medical team […]
Commandos free Taj Mahal hotel, Mumbai mayhem ends
MUMBAI, 29 Nov 2008: Indian commandos freed the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel this morning after a gruelling battle with heavily armed militants. The long-drawn battle ended at about 8am local time after three of the remaining terrorists were killed, about 60 hours after seizing the hotel. Yesterday, two of the militants were killed. They […]
Mumbai hostage crisis not over
NEW DELHI, 28 Nov 2008: There is no sign of the hostage crisis at Mumbai’s landmark Taj Mahal Palace Hotel ending this morning despite continuous attempts by Indian security forces to flush out the remaining terrorists. According to the Home Ministry, so far, at least 125 are dead and 327 wounded, including six foreigners, after […]
M’sian may be in hotel hit by attacks in Mumbai
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Nov 2008: A Malaysian national, who was in Mumbai on business, is believed trapped in the Taj Mahal Hotel, one of the hotels in the vicinity of the bombing incidents by terrorists in India. The Malaysian Consul in Mumbai, Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, when contacted by Bernama yesterday said the consulate was […]
