Dilaporkan oleh Malaysian Insider bahawa 5 tahanan ISA termasuk Mat Sah Satray yang telah ditahan lebih 7 tahun telah dibebaskan. Malam ini, seorang suami pulang ke pangkuan isteri. Seorang ayah pulang ke dakapan anak. Malam ini, tangisan hiba selama tujuh tahun bertukar kepada jemari yang mengangkat syukur ke hadrat-Nya.
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Judging the Judges: CJ means business or business as usual?
Chief Justice Tan Sri Zaki Azmi seems to be initiating bold reforms and is raising the bar for our judiciary. According to media reports, he had even asked two High Court Judges to leave for being grossly inefficient. He is sending a clear and unmistakable signal: he means business.
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Subterranean Blues
Disclaimer and warning: This is a work of fiction. Tiada kena mengena samada dengan yang mati atau yang masih hidup. Contains profanity and porn language. So, moral Nazis among you, please do not read.
Posted inBolehland
1Malaysia: It’s time to say enough is enough
I would consider myself to be a person who talks about politics only in coffee shops, who forwards some emails and complains endlessly about the injustice(s) that we suffer and how we should strive to make Malaysia a better country to live in. Like many millions of Malaysians, I only talk the talk and not […]
Posted inHuman Rights
Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia – SUHAKAM or S.H.A.M.?
I refer to the report titled “Dire Human Rights Situation In Malaysia” appearing in Malaysia Today this morning. During the annual human rights talk organised by HAKAM (a Human Rights NGO whose President is Malik Imtiaz) about two months ago, leading lawyer, Raja Aziz Adrusse, in his speech, said that the actual acronym for Suruhanjaya […]
Posted inThe Lobby
SUHAKAM boycott
42 Malaysian NGOs Boycott SUHAKAM’s Human Rights Day Event, Announce Conditional Engagement with Specific Timeframe for Substantial Reforms: www.LoyarBurok.com
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I stand by what I said
i just wrote what i felt and it was brutally honest. i did not set out to mask my words in finer language or well thought out sentences. i realised that what i wrote was ugly but it was the truth. the truth has a nasty habit of making one feel uneasy because it brooks no nonsense: LoyarBurok
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Politicians screwing Malaysia
So there you go – BN doesn’t give a shit. All talk and same old bullshit. But let’s not forget our PR folks who are committed to bungling at every opportunity they get … www.loyarburok.com
Posted inWhy You Can, I Cannot?
Aku, S dan beberapa gelas minuman
Malam itu aku bercadang untuk membawa kereta ke car wash yang berdekatan. Sudah tiga minggu aku tidak basuh kerata. Mataku sakit melihat tompok-tompok kotor di badan keretaku. Aku menelefon S (bukan nama sebenar) dan mengajaknya menemani aku sambil menunggu keretaku dibasuh. Malang bagiku, car wash yang ingin aku kunjungi sudahpun tutup. Aku membuat keputusan untuk […]
Posted inPray For Me
Of Islam, Churches, and Temples
And Prophet Muhammad – peace be upon him -, in his last sermon, said:
“People, hear that your Lord is One, and that your father is one. You must know that no Arab has superiority over a non-Arab, no non-Arab has superiority over an Arab, or a red man over a black man, or a black man over a red, except in terms of what each person has of piety. Have I delivered the message?”
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Malaysian Judiciary website – looking good
The new webportal for the Malaysian Judiciary is a vast improvement on its predecessor. Equipped with the latest Judgments from the higher appellate courts, and links to State Court websites (some of which are still in development), the new website offers a fresh new look to the content that was already there before. But there’s […]
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1Malaysia Dalam Kenangan
Saya seorang Melayu. Bapa dan ibu saya orang Melayu. Jua ibubapa mereka. Saya dilahirkan di awal 60an di sebuah kampung terpencil di Kedah, yang rata-rata penduduknya dibelenggu kemiskinan dan kerumitan. Boleh dikatakan semua penduduk Melayu di kampung tersebut mengusahakan sawah bendang, samada yang memiliki tanah ataupun yang menyewa tanah.
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In the matter of Datuk R. Ganesan (Defendant)
Media Statement by Mr Speaker V. Sivakumar regarding the Report of the Committee of Powers and Privileges, Perak State Assembly (1) The first question facing the Committee was to determine its own status. Can it still sit after the 7th May Assembly? (2) The second question was whether the proceedings can elect a new Speaker […]
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Umrah – A Holy Invitation to Peace
I don’t know how to begin because I was not sure whether I wanted to go at first. I wanted to visit a friend overseas and I was bummed that the plan didn’t work out since I had been saving and planning for a whole year. If I had stayed in KL, I would have […]
Posted inExpress Yourself
People of Malaysia: 3 Cultures
The people of Malaysia comprise of three distinctive cultures. Not the Malays, Chinese and Indians.
Posted inWhy You Can, I Cannot?
Tidak, Melayu tidak bacul!
Sekiranya matlamat Utusan Malaysia adalah untuk membangkitkan kemarahan orang ramai dengan menyiarkan rencana bertajuk “Melayu jangan jadi bacul” tulisan Noor Azam, maka akhbar tersebut telah berjaya mencapai matlamatnya. Rencana tersebut telah membuatkan saya begitu marah sehinggalah saya menyumpah dan mencela skrin komputer saya.
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Sorry Datuk, I have misunderstood the ISA!
Art Harun: Finally, I am in agreement with an UMNO leader. On the issue of the Internal Security Act, no less. Read more at LoyarBurok.com
Posted inLet's Get Together
GMI should thank police
GMI, thank the police – you would never have got this kind of publicity with a proper police force cognizant of their role in a democracy.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Media Statement: “Kempen PerlembagaanKu” / “MyConstitution Campaign”
Bar Council ConstiLC has released the following statement found here. For the first time in the history of the Malaysian Bar, the Bar Council this term (2009/2010) formed a Constitutional Law Committee (ConstiLC) to entrench constitutional study and promote constitutionalism as part of the Bar’s already wide-ranging initiatives in society.
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A Reply to Americk
This was a post that I wrote sometime in middle/late 2007 in reply to Americk Sidhu’s (yes, the same one who shared with us a few lovely articles not too long ago) post in one of two online forum’s that I co-moderate. Though I do not harbour such sentiments (abandoning my country) any more in my weaker moments (it’s amazing how just how much hope can be unleashed when BN’s majority was reduced from 2/3rd to about 11/20), I thought I’d share this posting because the sentiments expressed in there with respect to being a Muslim in this country is still valid if not intensified. Also there is my rather raw and brief analysis on the rise of the Islamist in our country, which I have made explicit for comment, criticism or contemplation – all are welcome.