Archive for January, 2008

Suharto dies with blood on his hands - but did he really improve the economy?

He had a lot of blood on his hands. A mass murderer. But he was held in high esteem by Western leaders (and Asean leaders too: they were practically falling over one another to pay tribute to him). Why?
More than 500,000 - perhaps close to a million - were massacred in the mid-1960s, [...]

Vincent Tan denies he is influential; so tell us about the Sports Toto privatisation…

Malaysiakini has just reported that Vincent Tan has denied that he had much influence under the Mahathir administration:
He also said that it was a “real joke” to suggest that Mahathir consulted him on the appointment of judges as indicated in a video clip which featured lawyer VK Lingam.
“If I am so influential, I would have [...]

Joke of the week

So far, Malaysians have been entertained by the almost farcical proceedings of the commission of inquiry into the Lingam tape. Come on, we all know the real state of the judiciary.
But the joke of the week must be in the Malaysiakini headline just now. I burst out laughing when I read it.
“Dr M fears [...]

Lingam drops another bombshell in new video

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L_ZdMi5O08&rel=1]
This is truly scandalous and implicates another former top judge. Lingam also talks about his New Zealand holiday with Eusoff Chin.

Qur’an: “Tuhan kami, juga Tuhan kamu, adalah Satu”

This is the Malay translation of verse 29:46 from the Qur’an obtained from here:
Dan janganlah kamu berbahas dengan Ahli Kitab melainkan dengan cara yang lebih baik, kecuali orang-orang yang berlaku zalim di antara mereka dan katakanlah (kepada mereka): Kami beriman kepada (Al-Quran) yang diturunkan kepada kami dan kepada (Taurat dan Injil) yang diturunkan kepada kamu [...]