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RECORDED: Uphold the dignity and quality of life of the people

Speakers:

  • Dr Medaline Berma, fellow, Academy of Sciences Malaysia
  • Dr Johan A Samad, chairperson, Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (Sabah) Trustees
  • Darrel Leiking, Penampang MP, Sabah State Legislative Assembly member for Moyog from Warisan

Moderator: Dr Felix Tongkul, chairperson, Pacos Trust

Organised by the People’s Agenda

Three infamous Penang boys

These Penang lang hit global headlines for all the wrong reasons:

  1. Jho Low – Shook the financial regulatory systems in several countries.
  2. Fat Leonard – Had much of the US Navy in his pocket: 60 admirals and 550 other US navy officers under scrutiny for accepting bribes. He is now on the run.
  3. Tedy Teow aka Jho Low 2 – His MBI managed to draw in thousands of investors. Now extradited to China.

Save democracy, uphold rule of law

The People’s Agenda is organising its fourth webinar in the ‘Reclaim our nation’ series, this time on the fourth concern of its five-point agenda:

4. Save democracy and uphold the rule of law

  • Ensure that all legislation protects human rights, due process and basic freedoms
  • Reform key institutions of governance to ensure checks and balances

Now Rosmah is found guilty

The High Court has found Rosmah Mansor guilty of corruption in relation to the hybrid solar project for Sarawak schools. Imagine how many schools and schoolchildren could have benefited from the funds.

Current events: Your views (September 2022)

As the general election approaches, share your thoughts on the critical issues of the day.

Becoming a fisherman for a day at the southern Penang Island reclamation site

Doku-Andrew participated in a “fisherman for a day” programme recently and became more convinced that the reclamation project, spanning 4,500 acres off the coast of southern Penang Island, should be stopped.

Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik – Malaysia’s first ever badminton world championship winners

A heavily strapped Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik staged a remarkable comeback in Tokyo from 12-18 down in the first game before cruising past Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second, winning 21-19, 21-14 to bag Malaysia’s first ever gold medals in the world badminton championship and set the tone for the country’s Merdeka and Malaysia celebrations.

Umno: A party divided and in distress

With Najib Razak imprisoned, the fissures in Umno are being laid bare. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob appears to be under intense pressure from the party’s ‘court cluster’ ie those with court cases who are now unnerved by Najib’s jailing.

Ghosts of Malaysia Past: New life for Malaysia as Najib goes to prison

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With the Federal Court’s decision today to uphold the High Court guilty verdict after a four-year emotional roller coaster, some ghosts have been finally laid to rest.

As I write this, immediately after the verdict was announced, a light shower is falling where I am in Penang, as if cleansing the nation.

Will Malaysia’s reclamation projects meet the same fate as Dubai’s ‘Palm Islands’?

So do you think we can justify all the mega-reclamation projects going on all over Malaysia?