“Because the Rajas so easily handed over Singapore, Penang and Pangkor to the colonialists and then the Malay states, the People (“rakyat”) could no longer accept a system that only gives power to the Rajas and the People are not given any role in the country’s politics.” FORMER Umno president and Prime Minister Tun Dr […]
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Aussie jailed 3 years for insulting Thai royal
BANGKOK, 19 Jan 2009: An Australian writer, who had taught English at a university in the northern city of Chiang Mai, today was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to a charge of lese majeste (insulting a sovereign or ruler). Harry Nicolaides, 42, had his sentence reduced from six years when he pleaded […]
