Just as the Emergency (1948-1960) was replaced by the ISA in 1960, today the ISA neared its end with the passing of the Security Offences Bill 2012 in Parliament. Continue reading »
Apr 172012
Jan 022012
The year 2011 will be remembered for the decision to do away with the ISA – a move which vindicates the half-century long struggle against this oppressive law. Continue reading »
Sep 192011
Are elections on the horizon? Charges against the 30 activists have been dropped, according to a lawyer involved in the case. Continue reading »
Sep 172011
Is Najib for real? Or is all this talk of reform just a pre-election ploy?
Here’s something I wrote for Asia Times, together with another correspondent Simon Roughneen. Continue reading »
Sep 162011
Half a dozen years ago, to mark Singapore’s 40th Independence Day in 2005, a Singapore website invited me to write an imaginary news-report about Malaysia exactly 20 years into the future i.e. 9 August 2025. Continue reading »