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  Robbed by the system

  As an ex student of LA Salle School who remembers walking and jogging in the sun to raise funds for...
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  Avoid antibiotics for minor illnesses

  I refer to the letter by Yeap Boon Chye, the executive director of the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Trade and Manufacturers Association...
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  Fight againt every injustice

  I salute the defenders of HUMANITY and JUSTICE. As a citizen of this country i'm proud to find in the...
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  A letter to P.M. Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore

  I am writing in connection with the press releases by the Home Affairs Ministry of Singapore where I was named...
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  Pemindahan teknologi dan semangat sains

  Sains dan teknologi dikatakan menjadi punca kebanyakkan keadaan buruk kita pada masa ini. Sains telah berjaya menentang penyakit dan memanjangkan umur...
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  Let right be done : it is never too late for right to be done and for the truth to be told

  So much is said about justice, truth, and the Rule of Law. Today, distinguished guest, ladies and gentlemen, these words...
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  ACT NOW! Vibrant democracy requires eternal vigilance : If we are passionate about Malaysia and our birthright, then we should ACT NOW to save our democracy.

  In early March, university Malaya Law lecturer Azmi Sharom made a very pertinent observation in his weekly Star column that...
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  Our broken democracy : one year after march 8, much of the abuse and nonsense still remains.

  When the unlikely opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) realised they had thumped the mighty Barisan Nasional (BN)...
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  Our broken democracy : one year after March 8, much of the abuse and nonsense still remains.

  When the unlikely opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan (PR) realised they had thumped the mighty Barisan Nasional (BN) in 8 March 2008...
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  Silencing the independent media in Malaysia

  UMNO youth, the firebrand wing of Dr Mahathir Mohamad's dominant rulling party, recently launched its unofficial electoral champaign in...
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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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  Tanjung Tokong : From fishing village to concrete jungle? : The concrete jungle continues to grow around us dan urban sprawl will soon swamp the natural green hillside.

  Tanjung Tokong is the place where i grew up since 1970, when my family moved from government quaters in the...
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  Prophets of doom provide hope : Dissenters, critics, whisle blowers and 'prophets of doom' are essential cornerstones for building an accountabke just democracy

  Public perception of NGO's such as Aliran, Im told is, that they are too opposition supportive. That superficial popular because such...
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  Stop the cover up: Disease does not discriminate : Efforts to raise public awareness of leptospirosis prevention measures appear to be more low key in contrast to past and ongoing health campaigns for dengue, SARS, and AH1N1

  The Health Minister's statement in August that only nine lives "so far" have been claimed by leptospirosis (The Sunday Star, 22 August 2010)...
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  Malaysia's migrant hell-holes : evidence of the cruel, degrading and inhuman condition in these holding camps is overwhelming.

  Many ordinary Malaysians had never glimpsed and could not imagine the inside of an immigration detention camp (IDC) or how...
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  Brave heart - the struggle againts tyranny : not fairy-tale or fiction but based on reality : speaks of political intrigue, corruption and double-dealing.

  The movie Brave Heart, a Mel Gibson directed production in which the famous actor himself also starred as the protagonist...
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  Impending death of the rule of law and public security

  The police torture of car park attendant, B. Prabakar during interrogation at the Brickfields police district headquarters on 23 December 2008...
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  The helpless reamin hunted despite PR election gains : so far, the opposition have held out little hope for migrant workers and refugees

  The Sun daily, in a report on 4 July, annouced a swell in the number of volunteers joining Rela...
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  Soi Lek heads PPC : Larger issue at stake : Dr Chua Soi Lek's appoitment as chairman of the Penang Port Commission has generated much debate. But there is a larger issue at stake.

  Already there has been much debate online about the appoitment of Chua Soi Lek as the Penang Port Commission chair...
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  A referendum on the Perak power grab : The Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak.

  This is turning out to be a referendum on the recent power grab in Perak Led by Najib with zambry...
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  MIC's future hangs in the balance : The Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah.

  This is shaping up to be both a referendum on the MIC and the Pakatan government's performance in Kedah...
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  Clampdown on media freedom :The authorities may have raided Malaysiakini, but they cannot stifle aspirations for greater participatory democracy

  As all Malaysian would be aware, the police raided Malaysiakini's office on Monday, 20 January 2002. The police's excuse for...
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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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  Mainstream media's role in legitimising the Perak power grab

  One of the less discussed aspects of the Perak power grab has been the role of the mainstream media in...
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  A Wake-up call for PAS : "Unity talks" proposal may have led to Pas' reduced majority in Manek Urai

  The Manek Urai by election result on 14 July reveals that the BN has made inroads, especially in some rural...
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  People power shines through candlelight vigils : Despite the harsh action of the police on 9 November, the struggle to abolish the ISA will continue

  It had been a night laced with drama in Petaling Jaya as a stand off ensued between the rakyat seeking
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  Moving forward with depan - Outline perspective plan should be based on NECC report

  How many of us are aware that the government is scheduled to table the Outline Perspective Plan (OPP) incorporating the...
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  Zegna suits, communal politics and the Prai Election

  I was having a cup of tea the other day together with a friend of mine, Krishnan, chatting about recent happenings...
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  Cubing white-collar crimes

  Aliran supports the call by the Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Mohamed Haniff Omar for legislation which would allow...
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  Fees Hike for Universities

  Aliran notes that the fee increases for local universities for local universities have been moderate and well within the means...
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  Deaf Ears

  With reference to Encik Ghafar Baba's statement that the government did not need advise from people who can only criticise...
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  Improve living conditions in estates

  Everytime it is the same old story. Suddenly an estate is exposed its living conditions are bad, everyone is sympathetic...
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  Rule by law is NOT rule of law

  Rule of law as one of the five principles of the Rukunegara is a familiar term to all Malaysians. Its meaning as a legal and political
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  The rising of India

  From its inception, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies [ISEAS] had, as part of its overall thrust and activities...
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  Withering Arts

  No National Theatre, no National Orchestra, no National Dance Troupe, no National Cultural forum.............. This is the lamentable state of...
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  Prai voters cheated

  What is there for the Barisan to be proud of for winning the by election in Prai? The people had...
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  Mahathir has gone too far

  As a member if the public, I feel that i am duty bound to make a stand. Despite what is...
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  Why I quit

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  The sixth Malaysia plan

  There are both positive and negative features in the Sixth Malaysia Plan (SMP). On the positive side, the following features...
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  The Unjust Ceasefire

  Iraq had no choice but to accept the terms of the formal ceasefire imposed by the UN Security Council. The...
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  Current concerns

  Aliran urges the government to make public the Outline PerspectivePlan (OPP) before it is presented to the Dewan Rakyat...
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  Doing away with ethnic tags

  Aliran welcomes the move to do away with ethnic classification in certain offical document. This is something whisch we...
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  Human rights as a subject of study in school

  As the government reviews the Ducation Act, it should give serious consideration to the inclusion of Human Right as a...
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  The spirit of freedom and unity in virtue

  The eighties was a decade of great triumphs and tragedies in the valiant struggle of ordinary men and women againts...
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  An appeal to revoke suspension of supreme court judges

  Since no tribunal has been set up to investigate the allerged "dereliction of duty" and "gross misbehaviour" of the 5...
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  Majority rule = democracy?

  The Malaysian ruling elite has a very simplistic notion of democracy. Democracy means majority rule. Since the principles of majority...
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  The UMNO Election and the Future

  Dr Mahathir Mohamad's victory was expected. An incumbent President of a party who is also the Prime Minister has a tremendous...
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  UMNO's Dominance

  The recent UMNO election was a General Election, The issues that were raised. the personalities involved, the manner of campaigning...
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  Saints and Sinners

  Whatever the social environment, there are certain aspects of formal education that will remain unchanged. In the school curriculum for...
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  Hukuman Sebat : Renungan terhadap syariah dan Al-Quran

  Bukan hanya kritikan terhadap Syariah yang dikehendaki; zaman berzaman beberapa ahli fikir islam yang paling agung telah merayu ke arah...