The Chinese writings are unnecessary, really… if we want to build a Malaysia for all Malaysians, at least show some courtesy to write in a language that everyone can understand. I know, the blog provides English version of the Chinese articles as well… but why not just in English, or perhaps in BM instead?
Former Selangor MB, Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo, has launched his own blog.
I have read some sarcastic comments on other blogs about Khir’s motive. The fact that he is going to moderate the comments at the blog is not going to be welcomed by the public…
I don’t blame him for that though; some Malaysians are immaturely abusing the freedom of speech… and considering his dent reputation among anti-BN supporters, his blog would be flooded with pointless verbal abuse, which probably deserves some moderation.
I hope that he won’t be stupid enough to block proper comments which share different point of views, and that he would share his real thoughts instead of making it solely for propaganda purpose.
Set the agendas and motives aside… it should be a welcome move to see political leaders expressing their thoughts directly to the public and to receive feedback. Give him a chance shall we?
Malaysiakini goes free for one week (March 4-10) to allow non-subscribers to read their (full) news without having to log in. Existing subscribers will be compensated with one additional week to the subscription period.
Quoted from editor-in-chief Steven Gan, “Democracy is about voters acquiring sufficient knowledge to make an informed choice. By making Malaysiakini available to all, we want to play our part in helping Malaysians exercise their democratic right.” [Malaysiakini]
Frankly, the media biasness for the past couple of weeks are really annoying. It’s a noble act from Malaysiakini to try and balance the election news and information, kudos for that.
Newspaper headlines today are dominated with the “news” of BN government giving out money, gifts and donations to various groups and organisations.
With election drawing near, doesn’t this gimmick sound like “Money Politics” to you? The great things about this stuff are that the Election Commission is closing one eye with it, and some main media is glorifying the money-giving act.
Dr Chua Soi Lek has resigned as Health Minister for 4 days now, and a new acting Health Minister (Ong Ka Ting) has been announced for a couple of days… but our parliament website has yet to make necessary changes…
Screenshot of Malaysia Parliament website (on
It’s the Official Website of the Parliament of Malaysia; not a website running by cats and dogs… how could they not keep this kind of information up to date?
2 seperate police reports are lodged against Malaysian bloggers Jeff Ooi and Raja Petra.
3 groups lodge reports against blogger (NST)
Three police reports were lodged against blogger Jeff Ooi for allegedly defaming the country, government and police force.
The reports were lodged by the Malaysian Islamic Consumers Association, Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress and Pertubuhan Seni Silat Ikatan Kalam Malaysia against a statement issued by Ooi to an Al Jazeera reporter. The statement was allegedly broadcast on YouTube following an illegal gathering on Nov 10 organised by a coalition of opposition parties and non-governmental organisations calling itself Bersih.
The police reports were lodged at the Sentul police headquarters yesterday about 4.30pm.
The complainants want Ooi to be investigated, alleging that the interview given to Al Jazeera not only tarnished the image of the country but was also seditious and caused racial tension.
Ooi is also alleged to have given inaccurate information to Al Jazeera in stating that the police used unnecessary force in dispersing the demonstrators.
New radio station in town…
Radio24, the first all-news radio station in the country, is expected to play a role in fulfilling the needs of the people to receive not only information, but valid information.
Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said the 24-hour radio station, run by Bernama, began transmission today and would play an important role in providing actual and current news and information to the public “who crave for information”.
For the first phase, Radio24 will be available only in the Klang Valley, which is home to four million people, before the service is expanded nationwide in the second phase. [Bernama]
I have a feeling that the radio station will be yet another propaganda machine by the BN government. Besides, ‘valid information’ is a joke… it simply means information that the government wants the people to know.
Berita Harian is reporting about Namewee having another song that is insulting Malays. The article titled ‘Lagi lagu Meng Chee hina Melayu’ is referring to Namewee’s earlier song “Kawanku” for having insulting sentiment.
Out of the ~ 4 minute video, this is probably the only controversial excerpt from the song…
Cakap lagi la Cina balik China, kalau semua balik sini bukan Malaysia, saya takut mana kamu pergi cari kerja.. tapi biasalah orang Melayu pun tak suka kerja… semua masuk hutan hidung macam sakai.
Think whatever you like about the phrase, I don’t want to talk about it.
What irritates me is how Berita Harian is trying to raise racial tension among Malaysians. They are doing their best to raise anger from Malays against a fellow Malaysian, a Chinese unfortunately.
As mentioned in my earlier post about Namewee’s saga… I strongly felt that the local press is doing more damage to racial harmony than Namewee himself by publishing irresponsible news articles.
The editors of Berita Harian should be mature enough to know that the article would raise uneasiness to the society, and they still chose to do so. Aren’t these people supposed to be charged under seditious act instead?
Don’t even try to tell me that it’s press freedom or that it’s their responsibility to publish the facts. Namewee’s Negarakuku video is based on facts as well, but it is improper because some facts are not meant to be published.
Facts can be seditious as well… if Namewee is to be charged with seditious act, the Berita Harian editors shouldn’t receive any punishment less than Namewee. As far as I am concerned, Berita Harian is doing much more damage then Namewee’s videos did.