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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  India : An Election without an issue?

  The country is mod-way into elections and yet
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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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 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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  Heads they win, tails i lose

  Today is my eight day of detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA). When I was detailed on Friday, 12...
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  My 18 hours under the ISA : during that time, which was filled with a lot of uncertainty, I felt that there was some unknown strenght that supported me throught

  On 12 September, about 8.30 in the evening, I was at my home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. While enjoying my...
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  ISA is evil, ISA must go!! : Bad laws are the worst of tyranny

  Raja Petra Kamarudin, Malaysian Today news portal editor, Tan Hoon Cheng, Sin Chew Daily News reporter and Teresa Kok, Member...
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  Give us back our loved ones

  My name is Bahirah Tajul Aris. I had to leave my three children in Malaysia just for a chance to...
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  End this injustice : bring my husband and the others to trial before a court of law

  It has been almost a year since my husband, Lokman Noor Adam, was arrested and detained without trial under the...
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  Hunger strike in Kemunting : our hunger strike demonstrates our determination to recalim justice

  10 April 2022, we declare the start of our hunger strike. It was exactly a year ago, we had been...
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  Release all political prisoners

  10 April 2002 has already gone down in our history as a day of infamy. beginning that black day, one...
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  Excuse me, but i think you are so cute : Malaysia must set a high standart of conduct at the workplace and implement the proposed sexual harassment bill

  A woman goes to an office to present some research findings to the person in charge, a man. The man...
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  Two different worlds, one common struggle : in the first of a two-part inerview, charter 2000 comes face to face with Said Zahari, the former editor of Utusan Melayu and pioneer in the struggle for press freedom in Malaysia

  Arrested in 1963, Said Zahari was in carcerated for 17 years without trial in Singapore. Forty years had passed since...
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  Open letter to U.S. scretary of state colin powell : English-Speaking Christians in the Holy Land speak out

  No one can remain indifferent to the injustice of which the Palestinian people have been victims for more than fifty..
  
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  Rethinking the "Nation" : Have we been schooled to accept only one way of identifying with the "Nation" that is, through the official, state-led perspective?

  In last month's AM (Vol.22.2), Anil Netto reported on some interesting issues raised by Dominic Punthucheary's excavation of other historical...
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  The transformation of the election commision : a shell of its original self

  In the original Merdeka Constitution, an impartial Election Commision (SPR) was put into place. Since then, various Constitutional amendments have...
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  New threats to the electoral system : The last remaining democratic institution is under siege

  On april 8, 2002 another set of amendments to Malaysia's election laws was passed in Parliament, again with hardly any public...
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  No suprise, only disappointment : Anwar's appeal dismissed

  Today, 10 July 2002, will go down in Malaysian judicial history as an other, the latest, of a long series...
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  The day of justice will return : Never has the cowardice of so few been such a horrendous betrayal of the hopes of so many

  Your predecessor at least made no pretense of being spineless under Dr Mahathir's complete control. You, on the other hand...
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  Rule of Law an empty word in Malaysia : open letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia

  The International Federation for human right (FIDH) wishes to express its very serious concern regarding the sentence given today by...
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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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  Q and A on the Hudud and Qisas Enactment

  Hudud and Qisas laws deal with offences and punishments that are interpreted by Muslim juristic scholars to be derived from...