Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Publications and Quranic Texts Control Division confiscated over 80 T-shirts – including Pop images of Bruce Lee and Mao Zedong portrayed as ‘Mickey Maos’ – because the material apparently glorified communism.
Accessible buses – but what about accessible streets?
One of Rapid Penang’s new accessible buses – Photo courtesy of The Star
Prototypes of RapdPenang’s new fleet of 200 accessible buses reportedly were introduced in Penang recently – something that people with disabilities especially have long waiting for. These buses are Scania K-series models from Sweden with bodywork made locally. They come with special bells outside the bus, ramps and a hydraulic system that can lower the bus for those on wheelchairs. See The Star report here.
How arrogance divides people
Muslims and Christians in conversation – Photo by Ben Ong, courtesy of Rev Sivin Kit’s blog
A unique event was held on 12 June, bringing together speakers living as minorities in plural societies, in this case Muslims in a Western society and Christians in a Muslim-majority society.
Over a hundred people flocked to Father’s House, Bangsar Lutheran Church, to participate in the dialogue, jointly organised by Friends in Conversation and the Muslim Professionals Forum.
High Chaparral case: Live from Federal Court
The villagers from Kg Buah Pala who are facing eviction have taken their case to the Federal Court.
Dalbinder is providing live coverage of the High Chaparral case from Putrajaya here.
Iranians protest in KL after Iran polls: More images
Here are more images from the Iranian protest outside the UN building in KL yesterday. The protest was held after Mahmoud Ahmadinejady was declared the winner in Iran’s presidential election held last Friday.
300,000 held in Sri Lankan “internment camps”
Sunila Abeysekera, an award-winning Sri Lankan human rights activist, speaks about the overcrowding, the lack of adequate medical attention and the disappearances at state-run camps holding up to 300,000 displaced civilians.
Riot police fire tear gas as 1,000 Iranians protest in KL
Photos by Rakyat@work. View his blog here.
1814: The crowd of protestors swelled to a thousand. Riot police fired rounds of tear gas, but, according to another eye-witness behind police ranks, some of the fumes gusted back to the police as well. Either the shots were fired too low or the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, he said.
Stung by the fumes, the protesters, many of them bearing placards with messages such as “Ahmadi get out” and “Stop coup d’etat in Iran”, have dispersed; others have re-grouped along Jalan U Thant.
The cops are looking a little more relaxed now.
7 arrested for defending houses from demolition
Seven people – six residents and an activist – have been arrested while they were trying to stop Kuala Lumpur City Hall from demolishing houses in Kg Jinjang Selatan Tambahan (KTJS), according to human rights group Suaram.
In an urgent alert, the group said it had also received reports that several people were injured during the incident.
Now you see it, now you don’t…
31 May – The rock is there
7 June – The rock is blasted and gone
According to a Tanjung Bunga resident, this was done at the Bolton Surin project site, at the unapproved Lot 4165, where a stop work order is supposedly in force.
Bong who?
Photo courtesy of www.sriamanro.sarawak.gov.my
Or how Sri Aman in Sarawak got its name…
It’s now Anwar Ibrahim’s turn to call on the government to allow the former Communist Party of Malaya leader, Chin Peng, to return home.
In the raging controversy over whether Chin Peng should be allowed to return home, few in the peninsula are aware of the peace treaty signed in 1973 in Simanggang, Sarawak between the then state chief minister, Abdul Rahman Yaakub, and Bong Kee Chok, the director and commissar of Partai Rakyat Kalimantan Utara (Paraku), which was linked to Tentara Nasional Kalimantan Utara (TNKU) and the Sarawak Communist Organisation (SCO). That led to several hundred communists laying down their arms and subsequently returning to society.