When the French took to the streets to demand for their rights, the French government took notice. In Malaysia, not only is the government not listening, it's also using fear and intimidation.
On Murugiah 'elected' as new PPP leader
John Johnson: To KS Nallakaruppan and Kayveas, your time is over, just like Khir Toyo and the other cronies. One can see the overwhelming support for Murugiah and this is what the people want. The Barisan Nasional machinery is going to go full swing to ensure that both Nalla and Kayveas will stay in power as everyone has a vested interest.
When the French took to the streets to demand for their rights, the French government took notice. Here, in Malaysia, it's the other way around - fear and intimidation are used to control the people. Not anymore. The new generation of the ‘rakyat' are more educated, more expressive, more knowledgeable, more well-versed with the law, and more than capable of standing up for their rights.
Our judicial system has become a laughing stock in the eyes of the world - we go from the Federal Court to the High Court, and then to the Appeals Court, and back to the Federal Court. What a joke!
Those who forget to remember the past are condemned to repeat it and the consequences are indeed grave. I'm sincerely proud to be Malaysian as I see the ‘rakyat' stand together as one to fight the injustices and power crazy politicians, who will not listen.
On Perak hunger strike: 5 workers arrested
Stephen Ng: The arrest of five staff from an events management company by the police who were engaged to organise a hunger strike outside Wisma DAP is uncalled for.
As events organisers, it doesn't matter who we are working for as long as the prices are right. Honestly, even if Umno were to pay pittance for an event, no one would take up the job.
To arrest the employees of this events company is not showing that the government of the day has forsaken the democracy of this nation, but it is doing injustice to a free market society.
As an events organiser myself, I have the right to choose who I wish to work for and unless there is any evidence that we are contravening the laws of the country, there should be no reason to arrest anyone, including the staff who were employed by the company.
Even if I were to go on a hunger strike for the next 100 days, it is my right to demonstrate my unhappiness with the way the country is run. Already the Perakians are unhappy with the way the grab of power took place, is BN going for another major suicide?
The Prime Minister and his Internal Security Minister should immediately put a stop to such malpractices that would put Malaysia in a bad light.
V: There are those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.
And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you were taught the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.
How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well, certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? Selfishness, pride, ignorance. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.
Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the leaders of the ruling regime. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.
On Close down Sri Lanka Embassy in Malaysia
A Peaceful Citizen: Some readers have got too emotional by asking the Malaysian government to do silly things such as banning Malaysians from visiting Sri Lanka, closing down the Sri lanka Embassy, etc.
As a Malaysian Indian myself, I think many failed to understand the whole picture. No doubt that killings, torture, and suffering do happen during war and we should remember that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a terrorist organisation.
Many Ceylonese Tamils in Malaysia, no doubt, are "affected" by the situation in Sri lanka. For your information, most Ceylonese Tamils in Malaysia DO NOT consider themselves as Indians.
Malaysians, especially those of Indian Tamil origins, should realise that what happens in Sri lanka is unfortunate but necessary as these LTTE terrorists were bent on disrupting the country's political and economic stability.
I agree that the Malaysian government should not interfere in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka.
