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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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  I felt very vlose to God : Abdullah's regime can only take the freedom from my body but it can never take the heaven from my heart for God alone is sufficient for us

  As the reporters rushed to shoot questions at me, I asked them, who is the Prime Minister. One reporter for...
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  It was not in vain : I flt my detention had been arranged in such a way that God was trying to use my innocence to educate the public on politics

  Teresa was arrested on 12 September at about 11.00 p.m., to become the first female Malaysian MP detained under ISA...
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  Memories of ISA

  More than once my Case Officers asked me, apropos of nothing in particular, if I knew the location of the...
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  Abuse of power under the ISA

  No law in all our statutes shames us as a nation or undermines our democratic system of government more than...
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  The BN National security state and the ISA

  In order to defeat the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) during the Emergency (1948-60), the British colonial forces resorted to both...
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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...
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  SUHAKAM shackled and rendered ineffective

  It is a very refreshing experience for me to meet you once again, this time away from the Ministry of...
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  Has the state of human rights improved in Malaysia?

  The human rights commission of Malaysia Act 1999 (The Act) which gave birth to SUHAKAM was gazetted on 9 September...
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  SUHAKAM and the Indigenous people's question

  I have been asked to evaluate SUHAKAM's performance during its first year, insofar as the rights and aspirations of the...
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  The nightmare goes on... : I pray that no one will ever go through our ordeal again

  I am Marina Lee Abdullah, wife of Raja Petra bin Raja Kamarudin, the director of the Freeanwar Campaign (FAC) website...
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  Why has appa been arrested? : ISA turns spouse into activist

  I am Vasanthi, the wife of Gobalakrishnan Nagapan, who was detained under the draconian ISA on 10 April in Pulau Langkawi...
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  My Father is a Hero... A man of dignity

  My father, Badaruddin Ismail, better know as Pak Din, was born 56 years ago in Tapah Road, Perak. He is...
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  Two arrests in three years : he can face this ordeal with greater strenght

  My husband, Lokman Noor Adam, was born in Batu Pahat, Johor on 1 January 1973. He had hi seducation at...
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  Stand Up! reach out : No time or room for apathy

  More than 40 days have passed since the ISA arrests. To date, only five if the ten detainess have been...
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  The school and the community : SJKC Damansara : larger picture, broader concern

  Imagine this situation. Your neighbour's kids have been coming to watch TV in your house. For them and your own kids...
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  Dams and development - time for a re-think?

  On November 16th last year, a major study on large dam projects was published. The 398 page report entitled...
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  Salute to judge and judgement : Long suppressed hopes for justice were rekindled by a learned, honest and courageous judge

  30 May 2001 will be remembered in Malaysian history as a day when the people's long supressed hopes for justice...
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  The NEAC : Accountability Subverted : whose interests will the un-elected NEAC members protect?

  The National Economic Action Council (NEAC), first moothed by the Prime Minister last November, was formed early this year and...
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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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  India : An Election without an issue?

  The country is mod-way into elections and yet
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  Suharto's 'Habibie Strategy'

  Much media attention has been given over the past fortnight to claims that President Suharto has agreed to accept to...
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  Pot cannot call the kettle Black : Why Malaysia cannot criticise Singapore's decision to allow US warships to use a new naval base in the republic

  Defence Minister Syed Hamid Albar was reported in The Sun of 18 January 1998 as saying that Malaysia would not...
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  The suffering in Iraq continues

  After rugged journey of 14 hours through the desert between Amman and Baghdad in 110 degree heat, a gentle breeze...
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  Does Iraq's depleted uranium pose a health risk?

  The office of the United Nations commisioner for Human Rights has received a report hypothesising that the current health and...
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  Towards an accountable police force : Human rights workers meet top police officers in a historic dialogue to discuss cases of alleged abuses of police powers at Bukit Aman (police headquaters)

  On 2 October 1997, 33 individuals representing nine NGOs (See Box 1) finally succeeded in submitting their grievances regarding misuse of...
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  Democratising defence : Malaysia's arms procurement process badly needs more transparency and public participation

  It is the general view that in Malaysia, public interest in defence or in the purchase of weapons systems and...
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  Bewildering Investments : because of its losses on the stockmarket, the EPF is now forced to pay a lower dividend to contributors

  For the first time since 1975, the Emloyees Provident Fund has declared a divident lower than 7 per cent. The...
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  In search of A Million Singatures IWK Debacle

  Indah Water Consortium (IWK), awarded the privatisation of the national sewerage system in 1993, has come under heavy criticism over...
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  The IWK Debacle : set up an independent regulatory body

  As a result of privatisation, many of the social services previously undertaken by the goverment have passed into the hands...
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  Privatisation gone worng ? Part II

  A part from government agencies being corporatised woth shares beaing offered to the public, the other major privatisations have been...
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  Friend of Foe?

  Under the British, before World War II, a network of Hospitals were built in all capital cities of the country...
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  An Explosion of selfishness

  In the United States last month, 23 year old Susan Smith was sentenced to life in prison for the murders...
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  The stop go stop church in Shah Alam

  Once more the construction of the Catholic Church in Shah Alam has been stopped by an official notification from the...
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  Pensions : Union & Pensioners cry foul

  Pension for full service was the oldest issue included in the 1995 salary adjustment claims by the public sector unions...
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  What is driving the stockmarket

  In April, the Barisan Nasional won a resounding victory in the General Elections. The stronger position of a pro-business...
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  Shared values & commitment

  Both the Islamic tradition and the Confucian tradition are centred on man in the community or in society. For present...
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  Hubris and other factors : The pendulum never swings one way - whatever the economic figures and economists try to persuade us

  As someone who has had the experience of winning and losing elections before. I would like to assure anybody who...
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  Vision without sight

  The Barisan National (BN) won a landslide victory in the recent elections based on its economic track record over the...
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  Reflections on the General Elections

  In the 1995 general elections , the opposition parties have suffered a disastrous setback almost to the extent of near demise
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  Inconsistencies and Omissions

  Allow me to point out gaping inconsistencies and omissions in Chandra's article "Getting it Right", AM 1994: 14(12)
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  A New Malaysia

  The current death watch for Deng Xiao Ping, the strong interest in Adam Schwarz's A Nation in Waiting as well...
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  A Presidential cabinet

  The resounding Barisan Nasional electoral victory on 25 April will correctly be seen as a solid endorsement for Prime Minister.
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  The Height of Hypocrisy : The DAP, The Tunku and Human Rights

  Kua's response to my article "Rights: Getting it Right', AM 1995: 14(12) is a stark revelation of his obsession...
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  Hopeless Live : A tale of provertya nd despair amidst rapid industrial development

  It's hard to imagine that the busy, congested Mak Mandin area in Butterworth was once an idyllic coconut plantation around...
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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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  Drama at The Shangri-la : Pacific chmicals' Ting escape from Bakun demonstrators

  Shangri-La Hotel's chief of security (Chief) still could not make sense of what happened during his watch that Thursday...
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  Stop The Bakun project

  Memorandum to Pacific Chemicals Berhad, A corporate company given the task of timber extraction and reforestation of 17000 Hectars of
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  Dangerous Development : breaneck economic groth triggers a series of disasters

  When power cables exploded on the Penang Bridge on 25 June and plunged half the island into darkness, the nightmare...
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  Stop press : Voters must determine their elected representative

  The Election Court's decision that there is no need for a by-election following the disqualification of the MP for...