Lim Kit Siang

Time to restore decency and civility to politics and public life

Kit — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:18:06 +0000

When the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib spoke about “uncivilized enemies” who will lead Malaysia to ruin at the UMNO anniversary gathering at the Bukit Jalil Stadium last Friday, Malaysians immediately thought of two “uncivilized” acts which occurred only the day before – the Perkasa “funeral rite” in front of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan [...]

Slippery slope to lawlessness

Kit — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:41:23 +0000

— Aliran The Malaysian Insider May 17, 2012 MAY 17 — Aliran is shocked by Deputy Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar’s glib reaction to the May 10 protest by Malaysian Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Alliance (Iklas) members outside Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan’s home. “What offence? If you want to sit in front of her house [...]

Let us not forget free and fair elections

Kit — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:15:34 +0000

— Galvin Wong The Malaysian Insider May 17, 2012 MAY 17 — The last two weeks have been filled with events that have displayed violence, disrespect and the true character of politics. On April 28, we experienced Bersih 3.0, the biggest protest in our country’s history that started off on a good note but quickly [...]

DAP believes Malay appeal still sound without Tunku Aziz

Kit — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:16:07 +0000

By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider May 17, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — Despite their initial shock at Tunku Aziz Tunku Ibrahim’s resignation, DAP leaders believe his sudden departure would not affect the party’s appeal to the Malay electorate. DAP Socialist Youth chief Anthony Loke told The Malaysian Insider that the DAP has been [...]

Lowest of the low in journalism

Kit — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:06:06 +0000

Eric Loo | May 14, 2012 Malaysiakini ‘Oh Carol, I’m a bloody fool; darling I love you, so you treat me cool.’ That was what I thought I heard from the radio. That was how, as a kid, I sang Neil Sedaka’s 60s hit until I checked out the lyrics in an old musty songbook. [...]

Rise against feudal Umno

Kit — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:45:48 +0000

Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz | May 17, 2012 Free Malaysia Today Malays today unite for causes and for ideals that are beyond what our prime minister and Umno can muster. COMMENT Umno thinks Malays are a herd of cows which they can herd into submission. How do my criticisms on what Umno has done to [...]

Tunku Aziz – lets move on in our separate but still common destiny to create a clean Malaysia which upholds integrity, human rights and the just rule of law

Kit — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:47:12 +0000

I would have been the first to welcome any change of mind by Tunku Abdul Aziz about his resignation as DAP National Vice Chairman and DAP member but I fully respect his decision if his mind is set on resignation. Over the decades, I have known Tunku Aziz as a man of principle and integrity [...]

A free press is essential to democracy

Kit — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:42:14 +0000

— Dennis Ignatius The Malaysian Insider May 16, 2012 MAY 16 — Marina Mahathir, one of our nation’s most inspiring figures, recently wrote how her article in The Star was spiked for fear of incurring the wrath of the powers that be. As a columnist for the same newspaper myself, I understand Marina’s angst. Recently, [...]

Guan Eng declines to counter-attack Tunku Aziz

Kit — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:40:59 +0000

Malaysiakini May 16, 2012 Despite the personal attacks launched by former senator and DAP vice-chairperson Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has chosen not to retaliate. Lim, in a press statement, said that he had received Tunku’s resignation letter from the DAP yesterday, and has attempted to contact the latter [...]

Tak payah guna kepala, sekarang guna punggung pula

Kit — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:21:30 +0000

— Aspan Alias The Malaysian Insider May 16, 2012 16 MEI — Saya berasa geli hati dengan gelagat Umno yang kian hari kian memalukan. Pagi semalam sekumpulan penyokong parti itu telah berbaris dihadapan kediaman Ambiga Sreenevasan, Pengerusi Bersih, dengan menonggeng dan menunjukkan bontot kepada rumah Ambiga. Umno sudah menjadi parti lawak dan telah benar-benar jatuh [...]

Burgers and butts incidents reflect on nation’s leaders

Kit — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:08:17 +0000

JD Lovrenciear | May 15, 2012 Malaysiakini Do you laugh or do you lose sleep? Do you cry or do you spit venom? Indeed the antics staged by the followers of their political patrons clearly indicate that the very party leadership of these stooges who are into burger protests and butt protests in front of [...]

Mooning, Malaysia’s ultimate defence

Kit — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:28:30 +0000

— Jaleel Hameed The Malaysian Insider May 15, 2012 MAY 15 — All hail our army veterans. They only need their bottoms to defend the country from its enemies. Today, I read in The Malaysian Insider that 10 retired soldiers “exercised” their bums this morning outside Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan’s Bukit Damansara home against the April [...]

FGVH listing: The game the crooks play

Kit — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:00:21 +0000

— Sakmongkol AK47 The Malaysian Insider May 15, 2012 MAY 15 — Readers who are interested in reading more vigorous analyses on FGVH are advised to read The Pirates of Putrajaya in the English language here and in Bahasa Malaysia here. I am offering a less rigorous analysis here as I feel not as competent [...]

DAP Is big enough for Tunku Aziz to remain as National Vice-Chair

Kit — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:11:56 +0000

by Lim Guan Eng DAP Secretary-General When announcing his resignation from DAP, Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim cited “irreconcilable differences” with the party leadership in dissenting with DAP’s official position to support Bersih 3.0 to conduct a peaceful sit-in protest in Dataran Merdeka to press for clean, free and fair elections. DAP is big [...]

Bersih through an 18-year-old’s eyes

Kit — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:48:06 +0000

An A-levels student details his experiences and the lessons learnt during the April 28 Bersih 3.0 rally. By B Anand Free Malaysia Today May 15, 2012 COMMENT Admittedly, this article might be a bit overdue, however it was mainly due to the fact that I’ve been bogged down with my upcoming A-levels. As I sat [...]

No one is listening to rakyat

Kit — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:31:32 +0000

Jeswan Kaur | May 15, 2012 Free Malaysia Today Can Najib help enlighten whatever happened to his promise that the government could only work best if it listened to the people? In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds [...]

Umno Hits Rock Bottom

Kit — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:08:54 +0000

By Martin Jalleh

Umno, how much did you spend to bring your crowd?

Kit — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:07:23 +0000

— P. Ramakrishnan The Malaysian Insider May 14, 2012 MAY 14 — Much has been made of the so-called 100,000 turnout of Umno members at the Bukit Jalil Stadium to observe Umno’s 66th anniversary celebrations. Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak was obviously elated in seeing the sea of Umno members dressed in red that [...]

Umno patut berhimpun sekali lagi

Kit — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:06:19 +0000

— Aspan Alias The Malaysian Insider May 14, 2012 14 MEI — Saya mencadangkan supaya Umno mengadakan perhimpunan seperti yang diadakan di Stadium Bukit Jalil pada 11 Mei yang lepas sekali lagi. Pada perhimpunan Umno di Bukit Jalil baru-baru ini seramai 100,000 orang telah dapat dihimpunkan oleh Najib Razak untuk menunjukkan sokongan ramai terhadap Umno [...]

PR Leadership Council reaffirms unswerving commitment to common policy accords before or after 13GE and the principle that there must be consensus for any change of PR policy

Kit — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:50:58 +0000

The Pakatan Rakyat Leadership Council today reaffirmed unswerving commitment to common policy agreements reached by the three component parties, namely PKR, PAS and DAP, whether before or after the 13th General Elections, in the PR Common Policy Framework of December 19, 2009, Buku Jingga of 20th December 2010 and the Joint PR Leadership Statement of [...]