http://yeinjee.com/malaysia Malaysian social political blog with discussions on public safety, education, economics, government, corruption and human rights issues. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:58:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to Malaysiakini, Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng, who reported about Ahmad Ismail’s racist rant, has been arrested under the Internal Security Act at 8.30pm on Friday (Sept 12) at her home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. Latest news from Thestar reported that Seputeh MP Teresa Kok is held under ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/teresa-kok-and-sin-chew-reporter-held-under-isa-too/ WTF is the Barisan Nasional government thinking? As if they haven't done enough to damage their reputation for the past six months... they decided to detain controversial blogger Raja Petra under ISA for being a threat to security, peace and public order [more on Malaysiakini and Thestar] I am not ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/raja-petra-detained-under-isa/ What Ahmad Ismail said was stupid, but how some political leaders reacted is the one thing that really disappoint me. What Ahmad Ismail allegedly said was wrong, and we shouldn't encourage it... but instead of pure criticism, shouldn't we seek out the crowd to communicate openly about the ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/what-about-inter-race-communications/ Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Ahmad Ismail has been suspended from the party for three years over his racial rants; he will be stripped of whatever posts he now holds which are related to the party. Ahmad Ismail said that he accepted the decision by Umno's Supreme Council (MT) and would ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/ahmad-ismail-suspended-from-umno-for-three-years/ The Kota Kinabalu High Court on Monday (Sept 8) declared null and void the election of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) president Tan Sri Joseph Kurup as the unopposed winner of the Pensiangan parliamentary seat in the March 8 general election [more on Bernama] Kurup could appeal the judgment; but ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/by-election-for-pensiangan/ 49 BN members of parliament embarked on their epic journey yesterday (Sept 8) to Taiwan on a study tour of the agriculture technology to waste taxpayers' money. It's hard not to relate the visit as an attempt to prevent Pakatan Rakyat from forming a new government on Sept 16. Regardless, ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/49-bn-mps-go-taiwan-to-waste-money/ The Ahmad Ismail saga has been straying for way too long. Not sure if he did slur those 'Pendatang' or 'Penumpang' words, but I chose to believe those reporters that claimed to hear what he said loud and clear. The issue is obviously being politicised and blown out of proportion, ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/ahmad-ismail-saga-nobody-wins/ When Namewee was caught in the Negarakuku saga, ridiculing Muslim prayers... you said that the Malays were over-reacting, that sedition act was barbaric, that freedom of expression was not respected. When Ahmad Ismail was caught in the racist saga, calling some Malaysians as squatters... you justified the Chinese' reactions, ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/hypocritical-malaysian-chinese/ Tony Fernandes, the CEO of AirAsia... has started blogging. I hate blogs that require registrations to leave a comment, but his blog is probably worth a read... he is one of the most exciting corporate leaders in Malaysia after all. http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/tony-fernandes-the-blogger/ When a government is formed by other means beside a reasonably fair election, it means democracy is really dead. Some of the Malaysians like to brag that Malaysia's democracy is already dead when in fact it's not; but they are perfectly happy to kill the democracy with their own hands. ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/crossover-death-of-democracy/ Hope all the seamen held hostages by Somalian pirates will return home safely. http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/safe/ Well, it's official... the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has ordered the 19 Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to block the Malaysia-Today website [more on Thestar] When will the government learn that oppression is never the best way to win support? With Anwar's threat to seize ... http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/malaysia-today-is-blocked-for-real/