Archive for November, 2008

Mystery woman shows up at PJ candlelight vigil

Norlaila, with her son by her side, shares her experience of having her husband detained under the ISA for more than six years

The mystery woman ‘M’
Rakyat@work reports from PJ:
2400: As we parted, Benz says to me. “Tonight was something special indeed; more new faces, more new testimonies, more new insights into the rakyat’s hopes and [...]

Pave paradise to put up 800 parking bays in Youth Park

Canadian song-writer Joni Mitchell felt compelled to write the song “Big Yellow Taxi” when during a visit to Hawaii she took a taxi to a hotel and peered out of the hotel room window the next morning. She described what she saw to journalist Alan McDougall:
… I threw back the curtains and saw these [...]

Make a date with RPK, Thuan Chye and Jo Kukathas

Raja Petra Kamarudin and playwrights Kee Thuan Chye and Jo Kukhatas will be appearing on the Riz Khan show at 10.00pm on Wednesday, 3 December over Al Jazeera English (Channel 513 Astro). They will be discussing Malaysian politics and culture and touching on the ISA among other things.

RPK’s legal battle continues

RPK lives to fight another day as the Sessions Court has effectively left it to the High Court to decide which court should hear his case - the Sessions Court or the magistrate’s court.

PKR congress, yoga fatwa and sordid politics

Heading to the PKR congress Photo by Amiruddin
Blogger Amiruddin will be covering the PKR congress, which is expected to draw thousands.
Read Farish Noor’s article on the yoga fatwa here.
And check out ABC’s Foreign Correspondent documentary on Malaysia’s sordid and sensational politics here.