... according one ... well you know who he is if he is badmouth both Anwar and Kallimullah at the same time. Kalimullah's column that defended Anwar New Sunday Times 4 September 2004 By Kalimullah Hassan YEARS from now, how will our history books record these last six years? Will people know what really happened? Will they just remember the pain of the financial crisis, the political turmoil, the violent street demonstrations, the fall from grace of a Deputy Prime Minister and forget how it all started? How will history judge the principal personalities involved - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim? Who knows? Anwar Ibrahim is a free man now. He fought for close to six years to get that freedom and for a major part of that time, a nation divided watched the drama unfold. The tremors of Anwar's sacking as Deputy Prime Minister on Sept 2, 1998, were most felt in Kuala Lumpur where his supporters took their dissatisfaction to the streets in sometimes violent demo...

By Melissa Chi, The Malaysian Insider It has done the country a lot of bad because of the reputation it has given us. (Malaysia) is not a respecter of human rights and that puts us in the lead of a very backward country, he said, calling the ISA a black mark for the country. It puts people in fear of speaking out even if they are speaking out for justice. It represses the people and the creativity of Malaysians and not to mention, it has also put more than 10,000 people under detention, he said. KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 Human rights groups and lawyers have continued to rubbish Putrajayas efforts to amend the Internal Security Act (ISA), reiterating that the five-decade-old security law was beyond repair and should be abolished entirely. The Home Ministry announced recently that the Cabinet was currently studying amendments to six preventive laws including the ISA which, among others, will see changes to the powers of the home minister, the duration of the detention period ...

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysia Insider PETALING JAYA, July 31 The DAP today sacked Klang municipal councillor Tee Boon Hock as a party member over allegations of corruption in securing contracts worth RM1 million from the council. Tee was earlier asked to go on leave by party disciplinary committee chairman Tan Kok Wai when The Star daily first reported the allegations. Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim had said the state had begun investigating the claims more than two weeks ago and regretted that the news had leaked. Tee has been accused of forging state exco member Ronnie Lius signature and using his letterhead to secure contracts worth RM1 million from the council for 20 companies. The allegations against Tee were first reported by The Star on Tuesday but he denied he was corrupt, and is considering suing the daily. The third-term local councillor had also said that he would ask the Klang Municipal Council to set up a task force to determine the t...

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider Raising the quality of our education also means increasing the capacity of our multiracial citizens to uplift their social and economic well-being. As economic and social alienation in a multiracial country usually leads to racial prejudices and unending ethnic conflict, raising the quality of our education now, I believe, will eventually eliminate the root cause of all conflicts and prejudices in the future, he said. KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today warned ethnic groups not to make excessive demands from the government as it could strain national unity. The deputy prime minister said the public must look at the bigger picture and accept that Malaysia is a multiracial country. I would like to remind our young leaders that managing a multiracial country like Malaysia requires a lot of wisdom. We have to always strike a fine balance between serving the interests of each ethnic community and fulfilling th...

The following keynote speech given by former finance minister and Gua Musang parliamentarian Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the 4th Annual Malaysian Student Leaders Summit (MSLS) today. Malaysiakini I have played some small role in the life of this nation, but having been on the wrong side of one or two political fights with the powers-that-be, I am not as close to the young people of this country as I would hope to be. History and the 8 o'clock news are written by the victors. In recent years, the government's monopoly of the media has been destroyed by the technology revolution. You could say I was also a member of the United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC). Well, I was, except that belonged to the predecessor of the UKEC by more than 50 years, The Malayan Students Union of the UK and Eire. I led this organisation in 1958/59. I was then a student of Queen's University at Belfast, as well as at Lincoln's Inn. In a rather cooler climat...

Join the London ISA solidarity watch in collaboration with candle-light vigils being held throughout Malaysia on Sunday the 1stof August 2010. The protest will be held outside the Malaysian Tourism Office in TrafalgarSquare, London from 12-2pm. Malaysians are making the most of freedom in the UK to protest against Malaysias 50 year old Internal Security Act (ISA) on 1st of August 2010. They will symbolically join with candle light protest vigils taking place in many cities throughout Malaysia this Sunday. Aprotest in Kuala Lumpur in 2009 saw a record 40,000 coming out against the draconian law. They were met with tear gas, water cannons and police intimidation and over 120 people were arrested. Nik Aziz, a Malaysian working in London, said,I was in KL in 2009. I feel more free to express my views in London that I did in Kuala Lumpur. I am not very political or high profile, just another software designer. But in Malaysia, I see what they do to politicians who speak ...

When D R Seenivasagam spoke out against the passing of the Internal Security Act as an instrument of intimidation 50 years ago, few realised how prophetic his words were, writes Tan Pek Leng . Aliran At this time, 50 years ago, the whole country was being geared up to celebrate the end of the horrendous 12-year Emergency that had taken an enormous toll on the lives of our people. The Georgetown City Council, the only one then controlled by the Socialist Front, was the only local council in the country that refused to take part in the celebrations because the end of the Emergency was going to mean the start of a permanent emergency under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Tan Phock Kin, the Socialist Front (SF) whip in the city council put it this way: With the advent of Merdeka, everyone looked forward with great hope to the ending of, at long last, the curtailment of liberty. But what do we find? Laws become more arbitrary, regulations become even more restrictive. Is th...

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider What have the MCA national leadership, and in particular the four MCA Ministers, done to ensure justice for the 27 million Malaysians in connection with the PKFZ scandal? Did the MCA national leadership and the MCA Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha prioritise the interests of the 27 million Malaysians when he overrode the decision of the Port Klang Authority (PKA) and directed it to pay its PKFZ bond obligation of RM222.58 million to Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) special purpose vehicle Free Zone Capital Bhd (FZCB)? he said. KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 Lim Kit Siang told political foes MCA to uphold the publics interest while their ex-president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik faces trial for his alleged role in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal. The DAP advisor said that MCA, as a component of the federal government, must show equal concern for the public. MCA leaders, including Housing and Local Government Minister Datu...

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: The chairman of PKR Sarawak Baru Bian has blasted the Election Commission for being negligent and irresponsible in not printing more forms to register voters in Sarawak. For the past two weeks, you cannot get forms anywhere in Sarawak from the Election Commission. This is negligent and irresponsible not to print enough forms to register voters, he said at a press conference yesterday. He said he had been told by two non-governmental organisations and others involved in the ongoing registration exercise that there are no more forms left in the state. The Election Commission told them they are still waiting for the forms to be sent from Kuala Lumpur. Please print more forms as more and more people are politically conscious of their rights to register themselves as voters. Why should the Election Commission hinder them from registering as voters? he asked. DCM lying On remarks made by deputy chief minister Alfred Jabu regarding native customary rights ...

By Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle There is no getting away from it. However you look at the Port Klang Free Zone debacle, all trails go back to former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who was also the finance minister. A day after his shock arrest, the charges preferred against Ling Liong Sik, the former Transport Minister who had helped push through the huge project, seem to be deliberately crafted so that his lawyers can have them overturned with ease. The 67-year old was charged under Section 418 of the Penal Code for misleading the Cabinet between Sept 25 and Nov 6, 2002, into agreeing to buy 999.5 acres of land on Pulau Indah at a price of RM25psf on a deferred payment method for a 15-year period, at a 7.5 percent interest rate. The charge sheet went on to say the Finance Ministry had already valued the land at RM25psf - inclusive of compounded interest - and this fact was withheld from the Cabinet by the accused. The difference comes up RM720 million. Lin...

Selangor Government Is A Gangster! . By UNTA BELANG Unta Belang feel what Malaysia Anti-Corruption Comission felt each time they have to investigate current cases in Selangor. In each investigation conducted, MACC will be accused by the Selangor government to have a plot with certain parties in an aspiration to overthrow the opposition. Why is it difficult for Tan Sri Khalid and his bandits to cooperate with MACC. They were the ones who used to give talks about creating a clean government, free from corruption and power abuse. They should be thanking MACC for conducting investigation in the state that is govern by opposition. Instead they considered MACC as an enemy. What is this? It was reported in the newspapers that MACC Deputy Commissioner Chief (Operation) Datuk Mohd. Shukri Abdull was frustrated because Selangor government is not cooperating with the commission to investigate cases in the state.

Our good doctor is not very pleased that only one single Sandiwara is staged, He wants the King Whale to be grilled as well ... He wants Mahathir to be JAILED (not charged), I think. UMNO, got ball or not? Bring in other Big Fish too! by Dr Hsu A Tun was charged in court. This is the highest ranked person so far to be charged in the history of the country. Although in law, a person is innocent until proven otherwise, i view this as a good start for bringing big fish to book. Hope more prosecutions can be done, and more Big Fish can be brought to court, other than this fish head.. And for successful prosecution, MACC must be given independent status with power to prosecute, something i have been harping since the beginning of this blog in 2006. Under the law, all men are equal. All crimes must be punished. All those public figures who have wealth and assets beyond their earnings must be investigated and if no proper reasons can be given as to how they have amassed such wealth, i...

The Abolish ISA Movement (GMI) and rights group Suaram aim to hold simultaneous candlelight vigils against the abhorred law in eight states around the country on Sunday. The protest will be held as an effort to pressure Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to repeal the Internal Security Act. Aug 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the draconian act, which was introduced by first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman's administration in 1960. The candlelight vigils will be held at the following venues and times: Dataran MBPJ, Padang Timur in Petaling Jaya at 8pm Speaker's Square, Penang (9pm) Dataran Bandaraya Ipoh (8pm) Dataran Zero KM, Sungai Petani (8pm) Taman Hijau, Jalan Sultanah Zainab, Kota Bharu (8pm) Pusat Tanah Wang, Jalan Perdada, Sibu (8pm) Bangunan Al Idrus Commercial Centre, Kuching (8pm) Front Entrance of 1 Borneo Hypermall, Kota Kinabalu (1pm) On Monday, GMI chairperson Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh announced ...

Bonology.com has been switched over to a new platform in order to serve the community better. If you wish to visit the old one (xBlog), it's accessible using this URL ( http://my.bonology.com/ ) I believe some of the links may be broken, steps are being taken to get it back and working ASAP. Apologies for any inconvenience caused ... Gotta go now, catch up with you later.

Yes, so enjoy while you can. Of late, I have been trying to revamp the portal to serve the community better. I noticed something I had always knew but didn't bother to check it out ... The Internet is now flooded with UMNOPutras. Judging from the amount of bulls flying around, I imagined there must hundreds of UMNOPutras bonking online on fulltime basis! And the Identify Thief says ... 'No To Porn'? he is glad that the Internet is free (because Mukhriz is not yet the PM)? He would have gotten respect from me if he says 'Don't Steal', 'Don't Rob' or perhaps 'Jail Najib', but alas, we all know who he is ... Anyway, FuckYeahMalaysia has some unfinished business with his humanity criminal organization Perkasa ... I leave that for another day. The purpose of this is showcase the kind of quality stuffs deployed by UMNO on the Internet, mostly pretty gross though. by Malaysia Instinct Don't tear the seams of Malaysia Don't cut the last cake ...

Nazir Razak is a banker and managing director of the financial group CIMB. He cautioned that 'the 2009 plunge in Malaysia's foreign direct investment (FDI) needed to be studied carefully before jumping to conclusions'. He reinforced: 'I don't think we should be jumping and getting overexcited about this investment data that's come out.' This was reported yesterday in The Malaysian Insider. Setting aside the question of whether the data is correct or whether we should be worried about it, it is clear that we have enough reason to be livid about Nazir Razak's misleading remarks about the data itself. Read Nazir Razak's interpretations of the FDI inflow and outflow values for Malaysia, as reported: 'It could be a big, lumpy Malaysian investment overseas that distorts the net [FDI] number'. He cited CIMB and Maybank's 'huge' investments into Indonesia as possible factors that contributed to...

Contrary to what Jho Low said earlier ... Low: ‘I have been getting good feedback from Arabs who have invested in Malaysia’ KUALA LUMPUR: Well-connected businessman Jho Low has dispelled talk that he is involved in the redevelopment of the TUDM Sungai Besi airbase. “I am not involved – that part I want to make clear. I understand that there are some allegations that I received a RM500mil contract for the Sungai Besi project. That is absolutely not true. I have no involvement whatsoever in the Sungai Besi project and from what I was made to understand, it is a project by 1MDB,” he said in an exclusive interview. Lil Bird dropped me a note making a very serious allegation ... Apparently Chubby Playboy Low of the $8M Champagne Opening Competition fame is a money launderer for you-know-who ... Details next.

From red1, via e-mail I refer to the FMT report 'PKFZ scandal: Former MCA boss Ling charged'. I quote, "according to the charge sheet, the finance ministry had already valued the land at RM25psf inclusive of compounded interest - and this fact was withheld by the accused from the Cabinet." Isn't this too convenient? So easy to withhold information from the Cabinet and all the government officers involved? Please. Give our sanity a break! Read: PKFZ scandal: Former MCA boss Ling charged 'Is there no honour among thieving friends?' See What Pakatan Rakyat Gotta Say?

Only Mahathir Mohamed can answer such a serious question. 'Is there no honour among thieving friends?' By Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz - Free Malaysia Today, COMMENT Former Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik was charged in court yesterday. It sent shocks through the MCA. MCA must now feel betrayed. After all Ling was one of us - us being one of more important leaders of the Barisan Nsional in those halcyon days. Indeed, Ling was PM of Malaysia for a few hours when Dr Mahathir Mohamad was partyless for the “few hours” when old Umno was deregistered and a new Umno was being formed. What if Ling had at the time said “go and fly kite. Saya PM sekarang. You orang keluar BN”? So, personally for Ling – this must feel like a betrayal. He must be feeling most betrayed. There was one piece of news however that attracted my attention. It was s statement in his charge sheet. According to the charge sheet, the Finance Ministry had already valued the land at RM25psf - inclusive of compounded i...

Killing is beautiful ... By Syed Jaymal Zahiid KUALA LUMPUR: Grassroots support for Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin remains strong amid widespread talk of a revolt against his fledgling leadership, party leaders said today. Sources close to the Rembau MP, who is also the son-in-law of former premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, admitted that there was simmering dissatisfaction within the Umno wing, confirming FMT's report of upheavals, especially in Selangor and Perak. They spoke of mutinous tendencies in Selangor and Perak, but said these were against the Umno Youth chiefs of the two states. Some 14 Youth chiefs in Selangor are said to have prepared a memorandum demanding the resignation of Suhaimi Ghazali for his alleged ineffectiveness as leader. Suhaimi is a staunch Khairy supporter. Some sources said the protest against Suhaimi was a reveberation of discontent with Khairy, but some Umno Youth divisional leaders, like Ampang’s Safarizul Mustafa, rejected the claim. "Yes there...

Will Dr M and his 2002 crew take the stand? KUALA LUMPUR: DAP's veteran leader Lim Kit Siang asked if former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad or any of his ministers from the 2002 Cabinet would testify in court when it hears the case against former transport minister and MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik? Ling was accused of misleading the government into approving Port Klang Authority's purchase of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) land with a 15-year repayment with compound interest instead of 10 years. "Who were the ministers in the 2002 Cabinet. The deputy prime minister was Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Other ministers who are still ministers include Najib Tun Razak, Muhyiddin Yassin, Hishammuddin Hussein, Nazri Abdul Aziz, Rais Yatim and Bernard Dompok. "Other ministers who are no longer in the Cabinet include Rafidah Aziz, Azmi Khalid; three MCA ministers at the time -- Chua Jui Meng, Fong Chan Onn, and Ong Ka Ting -- Lim Keng Yaik, S Samy Vellu and Law Hieng Ding," Lim s...