Jeff 4 Malaysia

MCA and Gerakan unhappy Umno singled out as prime threat to democracy?

DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng singled out Umno as the main target for the coming election. He became the key target of attacks by BN top-guns.
Guan Eng had said every vote — and potential victory — given to MCA, Gerakan and MIC is an endorsement of UMNO’s dominance, divisive and discriminatory policies to perpetuate […]

DAP to file habeas corpus to free ISA detainees

DAP will file a writ of habeas corpus seeking the release of lawyers M. Manoharan and V. Ganabatirau, who are party members acting as lawyers for Hundraf.
The two lawyers have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) will be filed soon.
“We will file the papers because the detention involves our members,” DAP national […]

Balik tongsan

Blogger Pinkpau, 18, relates a personal experience about midnight cabbies at Mid-Valley, KL.
It encloses the mishap that her mother had, mugged, only to be told by law enforcers to ‘balik tongsan’ (Go back to China).
Time check: It’s 2007.
Thanks reader Alvin Woon for the alert.

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Malaysia on YouTube… ( 1 )

Quote from a movie:
People should not be afraid of their governments.
Governments should be afraid of their people.

Footnote for the YouTube clip: Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch commented: “Prime Minister Badawi claims to be a reformer, but when it comes to holding onto power, he and his party make one set of rules […]

TIME: Malaysia’s Identity Crisis

It’s about our Parliament, our media, our society and our future for the next 50 years.
Excerpts from TIME magazine (Nov 10 edition):

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“[In the 1970s] there was a bar at Parliament, and we would all socialize together,” recalls Lim Kit Siang, the Chinese head of the opposition Democratic Action Party, who has served off and on […]

Jeff Ooi summoned by Bukit Aman CCID

Blogger JEFF OOI has been summoned by the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) pertaining to three police reports filed by the Malaysian Islamic Consumers Association (PPIM), Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress (KIMMA) and Pertubuhan Seni Silat Ikatan Kalam Malaysia.
November 18, The NST reported that the three groups were against “a statement issued by Ooi to an […]

Free the 31

WHAT has the majority done to the minority? To protect or to suppress them on all pretexts?
So far, 31 persons who participated in the HINDRAF rally have been charged with attempted murder.

PICTURE-POWER: A tribute to the men and women who are still incarcerated
From media reports, it looks clear as daylight that the charge has […]

Frustrated… governance, corruption, national unity

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TODAY, Weekend edition, Feb 16:

Mr Ooi started in politics with Gerakan, which is a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. He was an ordinary member of Gerakan from 2000 to 2007, gaining an insight into the election process by serving the party during the 2004 general election.

So, what made him jump ship?

“I decided to join DAP in July last year as I’ve been frustrated that Malaysia isn’t seeing any success in the areas of improving governance, fighting corruption and enhancing national unity,” he said.

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jeffooi @ February 18, 2008

Penang’s future: Jeff Ooi & Jelutong MP

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Umno is to be blamed for the present downturn in economy in Penang, that’s the gist of my thoughts during Agendakini’s debut video-taping on current issues.

I was of the opinion that Umno’s hands were seen in many of the policy initiatives that have to come from the federal level to the state.

The rapid-fire discussion was the first in a series called Agendakini to be broadcast by Malaysiakini.tv. We had three Penang lang — BN/Gerakan’s member of parliament for Jelutong Lee Kah Choon, independent political analyst Khoo Kay Peng, and this blogger — to discuss issues related to the general election and Penang’s future.

The roundtable session was moderated by Malaysiakini’s CEO Premesh Chandran.

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jeffooi @ February 5, 2008