Here are some of the pictures of the solidarity vigil that was held at Blog House in Bukit Damansara, 14 September 2008. Our thoughts were not only with Raja Petra and Teresa Kok but also the Hindraf 5 and all other ISA detainees. We appeal to the good sense of the Badawi administration to abolish the ISA Act and free all victims who had been incarcerated without trial.
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Zaid Ibrahim resigns as Law Minister
UPDATE,16 September 2008:
I salute Zaid Ibrahim for taking the most honourable step to resign.
At last YB Zaid Ibrahim has decided to join the rank and file of brave people by resigning from Badwai’s cabinet. It has been quite sometime that Zaid Ibrahim’s position was untenable in the Cabinet because he was unable to deliver or implement judicial reforms as announced in the press.
Your MP's Question of the Week #26
UPDATE, 13-9-2008: Malaysiakini reports that “Journalist Tan Hoon Cheng was released this afternoon and is now back at her house in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.”
How is Malaysia going to face the world with such draconian acts?
L-R: Raja Petra Kamarudin, Tan Hoon Cheng, Teresa Kok (courtesy of Malaysiakini)
At about 1.00 p.m. today, Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK) was arrested and detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). If RPK has committed an offence then the Government should charge him in Court. DETENTION OF ANY CITIZEN UNDER ANY PREVENTIVE LAW WITHOUT A FAIR TRIAL CAN NEVER BE JUSTIFIED IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY! All Malaysians should hang our heads low in shame for allowing such a draconian act against a citizen to happen in the 21st Century.
Tan Hoon Cheng: Sin Chew Daily journalist is 2nd victim detained under ISA in a day!
Malaysiakini reported … Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng has been arrested today under the Internal Security Act at 8.30pm at her home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. MCPX She is the second person to be arrested today under the tough security law which allows for detention without trial.It is learnt that she has been … Read more
Joseph Kurup's parliamentary seat in Pensiangan declared vacant
BREAKING NEWS “Kota Kinabalu High Court today declared null and void the election of Tan Sri Joseph Kurup (PBRS) as Pensiangan MP in the March 8 general election.” – reported BERNAMA. PBRS is one of the component parties of BN.
Your MP's Question of the Week #25
The National Budget, which is prepared by the Minister of Finance who is also the Prime Minister in our case on behalf of the Cabinet and presented to Parliament each year, is like a blueprint for the economic well-being of the country for the ensuing (generally speaking) 364 days of the year.
Its importance to the economic health and development of the nation is underscored by the fact that it is debated upon in Parliament come the next sitting, usually after a short weekend. This year that tradition has been severely broken and the true impact of this deliberate move has yet to reveal itself in the days to follow.
BN MPs: Study trip or hijack?
Update, 8 Sept. 2008: “A total of 49 Barisan Nasional members of parliament are to take part in an eight-day agricultural study tour to Taiwan beginning today.” – reported Malaysiakini.
The Star online reported here today that “Barisan Nasional MPs have been asked to submit their passports for an overseas study trip ahead of Sept 16, the date that is being bandied about for supposed defections to take place.”
The antics of BN have never failed to amuse me. If this is not another of its denials, then what is? What is the administration afraid of? But let’s read the reason for the trip …
Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail passed away
At about 6.00 p.m. this evening veteran journalist Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail passed away at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He was 84.
Selamat Berpuasa
Here’s wishing all my Muslim constituents, friends, readers and their families “Selamat menyambut Ramadhan Al-Mubarak.”