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‘Dare 2 Document’ 2008 - filmmaking competition – deadline extended

KOMAS Freedom Film Fest (FFF08) is once again looking for daring human rights stories to be made into film. This year’s theme, “Democratic Space – Making Room for Human Rights” is to highlight the deteriorating state of democratic rights in Malaysia.
What is democracy and where is the democratic space in Malaysia?
The three winners […]

Part 2: Does your vote count? Not really…

Editor’s note: Parts one and two of this story were submitted simultaneously. No views were changed in the interim between their posting. Please do not restart discussions already ongoing in the comments section of part one.

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By JEREMY MAHADEVAN
In the first part of this article, we looked at the probabilistic arguments against voting, […]

The Perak government’s difficult birth: Internal jostling over who should be menteri besar

By CHAN SHIJUN
The new Perak government seems to be having trouble trying to be born.
All this stems from a few odd factors. But I feel the main blame should squarely be put on the shoulders of the DAP-PKR-PAS coalition, the Barisan Rakyat (BR).
On the seat count, DAP won 18 seats, PKR 7 and PAS 6 […]

Part 1: Does your vote count? Not really…

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By JEREMY MAHADEVAN
So, we all know what’s happened – as far as the ideals of democracy are concerned, Malaysia has just taken a big step in the best direction. However, because it’s probably too early to provide a considered judgment on that step, this article is not about the results of […]

The New York Times: Ethnic protests in Malaysia after election losses

The story by Thomas Fuller, which was dated in Penang, was published today.
PENANG, Malaysia - Chanting “Long Live the Malays!” several hundred members of Malaysia’s largest ethnic group gathered Friday on this largely Chinese island, defying a police ban on protests and raising communal tensions in the aftermath of sharp electoral losses by the country’s […]

Barisan Nasional losing two-thirds majority, why we didn’t foresee this happening

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By SHANNON TEOH
When I look in hindsight, all the signs were there. Yet none of us wanted to believe it. And even if any of us did, we didn’t think it could be this good.
For most of us, the idea of denying BN two-thirds majority was one conceived in hope rather than expectation. […]

The Malaysian general election is over, expect to see…

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By JOSHUA FOONG
It was havoc in theSun’s newsroom on Saturday. And I have a huge pie of thoughts to chew on. But for now I’ll take just a few bites, a few nibbles.
Look at our political landscape. There’s been a sea change, a tsunami if you may. A tidal wave bigger than […]

Borrowing Barack Obama’s line for Malaysia: Change we can believe in

By NGAI JIN TIK
Although I am about two years shy from exercising the right to vote, I was glued to the coverage of the elections on TV until the wee hours of morning. 5 am to be exact. Surprisingly, not even the live football matches could steer my attention away from witnessing an unprecedented political […]

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