As the Sarawak election campaign gathers momentum, two websites that have played a pivotal role in exposing abuse of power in the state have gone down.
Chin Huat and Sarawak autonomy
One of the arguments used to justify the move to deny Chin Huat entry to Sarawak is that the state has a degree of autonomy to make such decisions – but autonomy for whom?
This is a comment left by a blog reader in response to another commenter who had said the state has autonomy to make such decisions:
The reason for change is very, very simple. Sarawak’s current autonomy is the autonomy of one man and his band of cronies, not the autonomy of its people.
Kit: “Sarawak hurricane gaining force”
The large turnouts at ceramahs in Sarawak continue. This was the scene outside Pakatan’s operations room in Senadin in Miri at 11.00pm today.
Observers said such a large turnout had not been seen in recent years. This is actually Supp territory: in 2006, Supp’s Lee Kim Sin trounced PKR’s Chai Chook Hui by 4799 votes. This time, Lee is up against PKR’s Michael Teo Yu Keng. Supp also holds the other two state seats in the Miri parliamentary constituency – Piasau (held by George Chan) and Pujut.
Chin Huat, now back in KL, vows to challenge decision
2350: Activist Wong Chin Huat has arrived in KLIA LCCT after being denied entry into Sarawak earlier tonight.
Wong Chin Huat blocked from entering Sarawak
Political scientist and activist Wong Chin Huat has been blocked from entering Sarawak – but, while still at Kuching Airport, he is challenging the move from a legal standpoint.
Chin Huat arrived in Kuching at around 9.00pm on an Asia Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur – and was promptly denied entry.
Stop calling for Putrajaya monorail
Moaz Yusuf Ahmad explains why Perbadanan Putrajaya should stop calling for a monorail system in the city.
PPj needs to stop calling for the Putrajaya monorail project to be revived
It has come again – the call from Perbadanan Putrajaya to revive the Putrajaya Monorail has become an annual event for those who follow public transport in Malaysia.
Sharaad Kuttan: Art, protest and public sphere
University of Nottingham Malaysia campus is hosting another talk in its series of public lectures, this time featuring Sharaad Kuttan.
George Town Special Area Plan open for scrutiny
George Town could be turned into a ‘green and walkable city’ under a draft blueprint now open for public scrutiny.
Sarawak deforestation: Story of Belaga
More on deforestation in Sarawak.
Taken from a comment on the Aliran website:
While Sean’s warning about Google Earth’s images is useful, what it means in practice is that the extent of deforestation it shows is an under-estimate of the actual situation on the ground. For Sarawak, it is mostly about five years out of date.