PETALING JAYA, 15 June 2009: Senior Umno leaders shot down efforts last year to get ministers to publicly declare their assets and income, former minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim revealed today. Zaid, who was sacked from Umno and joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) on 13 June, blamed Umno leaders for scuttling then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah […]
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Zaid: SIS need not drop “Islam”
By Shanon ShahPETALING JAYA, 11 June 2009: Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has hit out at calls for Sisters in Islam (SIS) to drop “Islam” from its name. Zaid “Most probably those who make such demands are not familiar with SIS’s activities,” Zaid said in a posting on his blog today. He […]
CIJ opposes calls for Utusan’s suspension
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 4 June 2009: The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) has opposed calls to suspend Utusan Malaysia or charge its writers with the Sedition Act. “Freedom of expression thrives in an environment where members of the public are free to agree and disagree among themselves, instead of censuring each other with restrictive laws,” said […]
“What if Chin Peng was Malay?”
By Shanon ShahBUKIT MERTAJAM, 29 May 2009: Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim today asked if former communist guerilla Chin Peng would be treated with as much hostility by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government if he were Malay. “Let us not divide the rakyat by creating new enemies … He is Malayan. Chin […]
Underneath the hot Penanti sky
By Shanon Shah
IT was a hot, humid morning in Penanti on nomination day, 23 May 2009. It could have been the heat, or the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s absence, that made proceedings a tad more subdued compared to the tri-elections of 7 April. Nevertheless, a 1,000-strong crowd turned up to support the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s candidate, Dr Mansor […]
Rais mum over debate with Zaid
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 5 May 2009: After challenging former de facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim to a debate, Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim is now keeping mum. Repeated attempts by The Nut Graph to contact Rais’s office for comment on the possibility of a televised debate have been met with […]
AgendaDaily can sponsor Rais-Zaid debate
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 29 April 2009: AgendaDaily is willing to sponsor a televised debate between Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim and former de facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim – provided both agree to it. “If Rais gives a clear indication that he is open to it, we are willing to […]
Muhyiddin’s colonialist mind
By Ooi HengA COLONIALIST mindset is always linked with phrases such as “these people are not grateful”, said intellectual Prof Emeritus Dr Benedict Anderson one week after April Fool’s Day this year. Anderson was delivering a public lecture, Is Asian Nationalism Unique?, on 8 April 2009 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Anderson is the author of Imagined […]
Zaid: Najib must clarify 1Malaysia concept
By Yong Min WeiKUALA LUMPUR, 24 April 2009: KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak must clarify his 1Malaysia concept as to whether it reaffirms the principle of equality to all, said former de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim. He said if Najib was truly committed to reforms, he must explain and expand the 1Malaysia concept, […]
Testing transition
By Deborah Loh, Jacqueline Ann Surin and Shanon ShahCorrected 11.20am on 2 April 2009 IT might be interesting to find out what Datuk Seri Najib Razak privately thinks of his impending succession as prime minister of Malaysia, which looks set to happen tomorrow, 3 April 2009. Penny for your thoughts (Public domain) Would he perhaps be comparing the responses towards him with those […]
