Archive for January, 2006
Friday, January 27th, 2006
Reunion dinner in UPM Main Hall? :)
The UPM Student Progressive Front (GMMUPM) organised a reunion dinner on 22 January. It was the third reunion dinner of the organisation since its inception in year 2001. Both seasoned super seniors and fresh first year juniors attended the reunion dinner. It was a good opportunity for juniors to listen to the “grandmother’s stories” of [...]
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Friday, January 27th, 2006
4 kali roboh, 100 kali kami bangun!
Last Sunday, I went to a victory celebration in Bukit Jelutong Rasak estate with my friend, Siad Huey. Besides the 23 victorious families, there were also 2 buses of workers from Kajang and Sungai Siput plantation community.
Workers from Bukit Jelutong Rasak are from two estates – Bukit Jelutong and Rasak estate. In 1979, they were [...]
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
Another “ministerial” joke
Malaysian Ministers crack joke again! Ten non-Muslim ministers have sent a joint memorandum to the Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi, urging the government to review all laws pertaining to religious conversion.
Ministers urge government to review laws? Hahaha…
Apparently, there is another government within the government. These jokers have exposed that the overweighed cabinet consists many powerless ball-carriers [...]
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Press Freedom in danger
This fella has put Orientaldaily (a Chinese daily) into hot water! His name is Ng Chong Soon, a column writer with Orientaldaily. He is also the assistant secretary of Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Youth (SCAHY). Lest you forget, he is my comrade cum housemate!
According to the news report in Merdekareview (an online Chinese media), Orientaldaily [...]
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Saturday, January 14th, 2006
The “China-Press Gate”
Approximately 100 multi-racial protestors protested in front of the National Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) office yesterday morning. A delegation of 5 representatives handed a memorandum to SUHAKAM regarding the resignation of two China press top editors.
Last week, two China Press editors were forced to relinquish their posts over a report in the daily, which wrongly [...]
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Saturday, January 14th, 2006
Why they are not given a chance to defend themselves?
In the campaign against the infamous ISA, involvement of detainees’ wives and families are very important. GMI (Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA) has been working hard to enhance the wives’ awareness and commitment on the campaign against the draconian legislation. GMI’s chairperson, Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh was briefing a group of detainees’s wives and families in a [...]
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Thursday, January 12th, 2006
Dost thou love life?
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” A famous quote from the well-known Benjamin Franklin.
I absolutely agree with Ben, so do Nik Adli and 8 others alleged “KMM” detainees, who were detained without trial for more than 4 years. Unfortunately, the government of Malaysia [...]
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
The land of Ginghis Khan
I was in Mongolia for 10 days (19 August – 28 August 2005) to participate a regional training on International Human Rights Law and Advocacy. It was held in Ulaanbaatar (the capital city of Mongolia) from 21 to 23 August. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), a Geneva-based NGO was the organiser. It was a [...]
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
Condolence
Miss Kristina Hedlund Thulin from Sweden was one of our resource persons in The 8th Asian Training and Study Session on Human Rights.
Miss Kristina was having holiday with her family in Phuket Island when the Indian Ocean Tsunami struck Thailand on December 26, 2004. She is missing since then.
I send my condolence to Kristina’s family [...]
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Sunday, January 8th, 2006
The 8th Asian Training and Study Session on Human Rights
After joining SUARAM as coordinator in 2004, I was sent to participate The 8th Asian Training and Study Session on Human Rights, which was held in the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. The training session was an annual programme co-organised by Forum Asia (a regional human rights organisation) and the Political Science Faculty of Chulalongkorn University. [...]
