July 2006 « MageP’s Lab

Bloody Sunday: Suhakam to hold inquiry

Still able to recall the bloody Sunday?

Malaysiakini reported that the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) will hold a public inquiry to investigate allegations of police violence against a group of demonstrators.
"In the last monthly meeting, we decided that we will investigate the alleged police violence in the demonstration," said rights commissioner SK Choo.

Apart from Choo, other [...]

Scuffle, ugly and shame in UPM

Last Monday, gangsterism reared its ugly head in Univerisiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) when about 50 "pro-establishment" students took the law into their own hands and manhandled seven students who are members of the UPM student Student Progressive Front (SPF) in the campus canteen.

Click here (http://www.merdekareview.com/movie_show.php?sid=2) to view the video captured by a student and hosted [...]

SingTel’s CEO resigned

Singapore’s largest company by market value, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) CEO Lee Hsien Yang announced his resignation. No successor was named and he will remain in the position until one is found.
Given that my commitment to the board is to see through the transition to an end-point which we are not entirely clear about [...]

[GVO] Malaysia: Ethnic relations course’s furore

All this while, as a multi racial and multi cultural country, Malaysians exist in perfect harmony as the mutual tolerance, acceptance and celebration of the multi-ethnic communities and cultures in Malaysia are traits that have been successfully inculcated throughout Malaysia’s history. These multiple facets of Malaysia are what make Malaysia so colourful and fascinating to [...]

PM: KJ not my advisor

[UPDATED VERSION] The Star SMS alert at 1:01pm.
PM says he makes all his decisions on his own and that Khairy Jamaluddin, his son-in-law, is not his adviser.

For your information, this had been the second statement from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ever since the elegant silent had been broken.

It was only yesterday that Pak Lah [...]

Broken myth

Next time, if you want to spin a dongeng, make sure you’re playing the same script as your boss, else shame it is!

Last month, in a desperate attempt to salvage the reputation of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, plus to seek revenge over former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir’s "Hindu god and Muslim priest" remark, NST’s [...]

Sex stress

Read the minister’s lips well.
A husband who causes his wife to undergo mental injury, including stress, in his bid to have sex with her can be prosecuted and sentenced to a jail term of up to five years under the amended Penal Code, the Dewan Rakyat was told Tuesday.

Home Affairs Minister Mohd. Radzi Sheikh Ahmad [...]

Malaysia in World Cup

What can Malaysia do to qualify for the World Cup finals?

Answer: To import players, by offering citizenship to talented foreign players.

Next question: Who the hell is tempted to take up the offer?

$76 per barrel

Oil prices hit a new high above $76 a barrel Thursday in a market agitated by three factors:

Escalating violence in the Middle East
News of explosions on Nigerian pipelines
Iran nuclear row headed back to the U.N. Security Council

A few years ago, only a handful of geologists and academics were considering the "Peak Oil" theory, but now [...]

Rape Jerai MP

Back to square and we’re back to parliament.

The rape subject was at the centre of the debate on the proposed amendments to the Penal Code relating to sexual offences and the call to include marital rape as an offence.

The usual suspect, which is the Jerai MP Badruddin Amiruldin rose to the occasion. Via Malaysiakini:

In our [...]