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Curiouser, Curiouser And Curiouser: The Federal Court’s Decision In The Deepa Case

Curiouser, Curiouser And Curiouser: The Federal Court’s Decision In The Deepa Case

Wei Meng Lim-Kaaba points out three curiosities in the Deepa decision

Child Conversions Raise Serious Constitutional Issues

Child Conversions Raise Serious Constitutional Issues

International human rights lawyer Wei Meng Lim-Kabaa returns to the blawg in dissecting the Court of Appeal’s recent decision on the Indira Gandhi child conversion case.

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A Mother’s Desperate Plea For Justice

A Mother’s Desperate Plea For Justice

The recent Court of Appeal decision in the Registrar of Muallafs, Ipoh v Indira Gandhi a/p Mutho has provoked much discussion. Retired Judge NH Chan weighs in with his view. A mother’s distress and her desperate cry for global support in her quest for justice for her children who had been forced to convert to […]

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Indira Gandhi Case: Mandamus Against Police

Indira Gandhi Case: Mandamus Against Police

The full grounds of judgment by Lee Swee Seng J

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Indira Gandhi Judgment Conditionally Stayed

Indira Gandhi Judgment Conditionally Stayed

Indira’s kids not affected but can other kids now be converted unilaterally in Perak?

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Sex Education Starts at Home

Sex Education Starts at Home

Sam Harith has The Talk with his little girl and comes away with a revelation.

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Dear Paprika: I Allowed a Doctor to Inject You With a Virus

Dear Paprika: I Allowed a Doctor to Inject You With a Virus

Pepper Lim tells the story of how vaccinations came to be.

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Why, why, tell me why!

Why, why, tell me why!

Questions on our national linguistic systems.

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Rise of Baby Dumping in Malaysia

Rise of Baby Dumping in Malaysia

Hafidzi Razali examines local steps taken to stop baby dumping in the country.

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Teach and Travel

Teach and Travel

Sinjoro Eng invites you to learn and teach others the international language of Esperanto.

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Heartbeat from China: Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Part 2)

Heartbeat from China: Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Part 2)

A trip back in Time and a memory of an unforgettable place and people.

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Sex – a taboo subject?

Sex – a taboo subject?

Why don’t we talk about it?

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On Breaking Out of the Box

On Breaking Out of the Box

Alea reminds the katak we have become to step outside our tempurung.

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Ethnicity, Economics, Education

Ethnicity, Economics, Education

People often think that education leads to wealth, but actually it is wealth that leads to education.

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Vernacular Education In Malaysia

Vernacular Education In Malaysia

A consideration of the debate on vernacular schools, and the important roles that both national and vernacular schools have to play in Malaysia.

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Job Vacancy: Mothers

Job Vacancy: Mothers

Happy Mothers’ Day from all of us at LoyarBurok!

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So You Want To Be A Teacher (Part 1)(Stories from the East)

So You Want To Be A Teacher (Part 1)(Stories from the East)

Specially written for our Stories from the East series, Jarod Yong a young teacher stationed in the hinterlands of Sarawak describes life as a rural teacher and why it’s all worth it. (This is Part 1 of 3) PEOPLE WANT TO BE TEACHERS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS: 1. Inspired by their own teachers, they […]

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Inequality Sucks! (Stories From The East)

Inequality Sucks! (Stories From The East)

Why do some have and many don’t? It’s too easy to blame it on race, religion and politics when it comes to answering that. Hasbeemasputra Abu Bakar examines the phenomenon of economic inequality, the global system that perpetuates it and the destructive path we’re all on if we don’t change course soon.

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The Stateless Children of Sabah (Stories from the East)

The Stateless Children of Sabah (Stories from the East)

From Sabah, Stories from the East continues with a piece by Anne Baltazar about children who grow up without basic rights in our own backyard.

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LoyarBurok On BFM: Social Justice

LoyarBurok On BFM: Social Justice

LoyarBurokkers Fahri Azzat, Marcus van Geyzel and Sharmila Sekaran were interviewed on BFM about social justice.

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