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• TextPolitik Malaysia

  Ketuanan Melayu vs Cucu Dato' Merah.

  A cute moral decadence plaguing the Malay youths today is reminiscent of what was described of the Malays, a hundred...
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  Traitors and terrorists : Tok Bahaman, Mat Kilau, Tok Gajah and Tok Janggut were dubbed "traitor" by the British and Chin Peng and his followers were dubbed "terrorist"

  The controversy surrounding Chin Peng's return to Malaysia is not coming to an end yet. First it was the Court...
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  Chinese-Education different

  Francis Loh Kok Wah's article on Malaysian's perspective of the Gulf War has some insights. However, like other western-education...
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  Picking up the pieces in Naggroe Aceh Darussalam : A tale of hope and inner strength amidst devastation.

  When i was first informed that i might be sent to Aceh, I did not know what to expect...
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  Sudafed

  I am Malaysian temporarily working in the USA. I found the article "Sudafed" in this morning's "Times Picayune" newspaper...
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  The Sungei Buloh Tragedy

  Aliran is shocked and deeply grieved by the Sungei Buloh fireworks factory tragedy. We convey our depeast condolenses to the bereaved families
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  Mahathir VS Nik Aziz and Pairin

  UMNO baru President, Dr Mahathir is a law breaker and an undermocratic premier. Law Breaker because at the recent UMNO...
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  Let's go back to The Rukunegara

  In order to forge UNITY amongst Malaysian, the Government headed by UMNO (BARU) has introduced two new concepts SETIA and...
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  An open letter to health minister Lee Kim Sai : no proper hospital at Cameron Highland

  We, the folks in Cameron Highlands don't have a district hospital with proper facilities. In the early 1980s...
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  Action station! "No" to the regressive GST! : A GST-driven inflation is a calamity that the struggling lower-income group can do without.

  The Barisan Nasional Government has decided to push ahead with the regressive GST (the Good and Services Tax). The GST...
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  Sungai Siput : One year after : Transmuting "welfare" work into a programme that empowers the people.

  Winning the Sg. Siput seat was an unexpected event. We had expected that we would be able to narrow the...
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  Let's put our house in order first : It is time to take action againt employers and agent who recruit undocumented migrant workers.

  Someone once said that the truth always hurts. Recently, Indonesian Manpower and Transmigration Minister Fahmi Idris accused Malaysian...
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  Disappointing impressions

  I would like make a few comments with reference to "Understanding the Guld War... (of Vol.11 no.2) was disgracefull... biased journal at its...
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  Operation lalang revisited - a call for the repeal of the ISA

  The continued detentions of the five Hindraf lawyers under the ISA and blogger Raja Petra Kamaluddin in 2008 under the...
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  Howard Zinn : Small acts multiplied by millions

  We have lost one of the great original voices in the nation, 87 year old historian and peace activist Howard...
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  Let the poor walk with dignity : A plea to the Prime Minister of Malaysia

  You have come down to earth by walking the streets, flipping capatis, and riding the LRT
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  Good only when dead : The evil that men do lives after them; The good is often interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar

  Patto is dead. Malaysian got to know more of the man after he had died rather than when he was...
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  Stick to your commitment, Datuk Seri Abdullah : Why have the culprits in high profile corruption cases not been procetud?.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's entry as the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia on 31 October 2003 gave us, the law-abiding...
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  The BN/PR challenge : If our politicians goal is to ensure justice for all, then they must use power to ensure that this objective is met in the interests of all Malaysian irrespective of ethnicity

  Many Malaysians who votes for the Barisan Nasinal (BN) are today disillusioned. They did not vote for Umno, MCA, MIC...
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  Don't call Chandra "Imprudent"

  Personally I do not see eye to eye with people who refer to others as imprudent. I knew Dr Chandra...
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  Equality in pain

  Aunt Hasmah in 7 year old who has spent her entire life in kampung that is far away from the...
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  JB by election turn in into a referendum

  like many Malaysians, I am sick to see Mahathir fooling Malaysians and getting away with all his selfish actions because...
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  Grant automatic citizenship

  The government should grant automatic citizenship to the thousands of genuine permanent residents in Malaysia. How else does the government...
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  Nuclear Malaysia : Red flag in a greening global economy : Going nuclear would be sheer short sightedness for a country blessed with abundant renewable sources of claen power.

  Before the Malaysian government takes the country down the path towards nuclear energy, every citizen must decide if nuclear power...
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  The YouTuber's Guide to our Mini Galaxy : or how the mighty have fallen and how the fallen have forgotten.

  Even if you're not one to take pleasure in the pain of others, you've still to marvel at the present...
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  The Myth of the great stabilizer : reflections on Mahathir's planned departure

  And now the end is near. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's leaving. But evidently he didn't get to do things...
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  Taking care of our own kind

  Each Ramadan sees one well meaning group after another calling on the two muslim or phanages in Penang with gifts...
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  A philosophy of happiness : Compassion has now become the true sign of personal maturity.

  Hot to live and how to die are two questions that have been puzzling humans since the beginning of time...
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  The government should say no to UPAM

  The Human Resources Ministry has received applications from a (UPAM) to recruit 32,000 Indonesian workers to overcaome the labour shortage...
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  Power politics

  Politics is a human condition. It is that sign of a universal force which manifests itself in the world. Since...
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  Uphold the rule of law

  In a democratic system of government, the recognition of the Rule of Law is fundamental. The underlying principles are...
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  Ethnic and religious tolerance

  What is the most important feature of an outstanding ethnic community? That is does not oppress and discriminate againts other...
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  What prompted YB Samy Vellu to have racist mentality?

  The recent call by Samy Vellu to the Indian community to increase the Indian population definitely smacks of racism. But...
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  Okay for developed nations to dominate others

  Suddenly I realized that it is okay for the world's rich, technologically advanced and benevolent countries to dominate the world...
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  Set up a land acquisition tribunal

  Deputy Prime Minister Encik Ghafar Baba was reported to have said in Malacca that the Government would not abuse its...
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  Charity begins at Kamunting!

  Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was reported to have made a statement through Wisma Putra urging the...
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  Chandra's double standards : an open letter to Sdr Chandra Muzaffar

  I am 20 year old Chinese Malaysian college student presently residing in Petaling Jaya. I have been reading the Aliran...
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  Australian MPs protest

  We have been alarmed by reports in the Australian Press which have stated that since Oktober 28 of last year...
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  Where the mind is without fear : A tribute to my beloved father.

  I was at my father's side when he passed away peacefully on 7 December 2010, at Bumrungrad International Hospital...
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  Experiences of Detention without trail : They stripped me of everything, starting with my own clothing, and my right as a human being

  The above quite by Nawal el Saadawi has captured very succinctly the power and terror of the Internal Security Act...
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  Three years to table a report

  The Government has tabled the second special report of the Auditor-General, Tan Sri Ahmad Noordin bin Haji Zakaria on...
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  Religious polarisation

  The former Information Minister, Tengku Rithaudeen, said that the government had accepted the offer of help from the Malaysian Consultative...
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  Malaysia's dependence on trade

  It is well known that the colonial economy that we inherited from the British was extremely dependent on the export...
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  Letter from ACFOD (Asian Cultural Forum on Development

  We are submitting the following account concerning out organization for your kind understanding regarding allergations made againts our organisation in...
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  Labour and social development : Improve protection of labouring communities

  The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) organized a national workshop on 'Taxation and Social Development' in Kuala Lumpur, on12-13...
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  First time to Kamunting detention centre : I promised pet that i would do everything i possibly could with the help of the people to get him released and i would stay strong and tough to keep that promise. I will not fail him

  This morning (24.9.08) my family and I went to Kamunting to visit pet. This being our first time there, we...
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  Political roguery runs riot in Perak : The backroom politics of Umno and its backdoor takeover of the Perak state government forms the perfect background for najib to lead Bolehland into a political backwater.

  The rakyat of Perak area robbed in broad daylight of their political right to determine the state government they want...
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  One Perak!

  One man's catchphrase of reform - "the culture of change" - has been fully exposed for what it really if - political chicanery...
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  Malaysia : Respect your Obligations

  I am gravely concerned to learn that the Federal Court of Malaysia has decided that defamation suits filed againts the...
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  PAS vs UMNO : who will win the 'Malay Consensus' and more?

  Several new realities confront both PAS and UMNO as they prepare to convene their general assemblies in June 2001...