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Different races all loving each other?

By JASON LIM
Calling all the bigfoots, monkeys and also the truly berhormats (honourable). I’d like you to bring something up in parliament. Without much ado, a rag-tag outfit of Malaysian artistes pulled off yet another controversy.
Looks like they’ve hit the internet again. Looks like they’ve mixed up our national language amidst other languages again. […]

Young Malaysians, here are ten steps to become better citizens

Art by CHUAN ZUI
By KEITH LEONG
I am aware that I, like many of the writers for theCICAK have issued manifestos and carpe diem calls for the youth of Malaysia to be more socially aware and conscious. It is eternally in vogue for people of our age to write such articles, we will not be the […]

Bersih rally a farce, its organizers are hypocrites

Photo by CHUA SUE ANN
By VINCENT LAU
Let’s not kid ourselves, OK? The Bersih rally - peaceful or not, was not about a call for real democracy or handing over a memorandum to the king. A rally could have been held in a stadium where like-minded people could have gone and stayed out of everybody else’s […]

Bersih rally: UMNO representatives say there’s no need for political reform in Malaysia

EDITOR’S NOTE:
Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz said the use of water cannons and tear gas at the Bersih rally is not considered a use of force.
Khairy Jamaluddin, deputy UMNO Youth leader, said Bersih protesters do not represent the political consciousness of the Malaysian public.
Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, human rights lawyer, said the Official Secrets Act and the […]

Zainuddin Maidin makes a fool of himself in interview about the Bersih protest

By RACHEL LEOW
What follows is a transcript of the telephone interview that Malaysia’s Minister of Information Zainuddin Maidin (ZAM) gave Al-Jazeera yesterday, moments after the Bersih memo was delivered to the Royal Palace at the close of the biggest anti-government protest in Malaysia in ten years.
ZAM: ….I commend your journalists trying to project, to exaggerate […]

Bersih protest, a show of people power

Parti Keadilan Rakyat Information Chief Tian Chua getting caught in the clashes near Pasar Seni.
Article and photos by CHUA SUE ANN
Nov. 10 will probably go down in Malaysian history as one of the greatest show of people power.
Thousands took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur yesterday to show support for electoral reform in this […]

Hartal: 10 tahun sebelum merdeka, 10 years before independence

By FAHMI REZA

Sepuluh Tahun Sebelum Merdeka from fahmi reza on Vimeo.
EDITOR’S NOTE: We have published the English translation below. theCICAK would like to encourage intelligent debate and discussion on Fahmi Reza’s latest documentary. Please post your thoughts beneath this post.
Filem dokumentari Sepuluh Tahun Sebelum Merdeka ini menceritakan tentang satu peristiwa tersembunyi dalam sejarah perjuangan kemerdekaan […]

UPDATED: Malaysian in space a real waste of money

AZMI SHAROM’S response to Katherine’s post:
Dear Ms. Koh,
Hi. Thanks for writing. Actually, what you said are my thoughts exactly. I was being sarcastic in the article. I am sorry I if you thought I was being earnest!
I’ve been writing for the Star for about a year and a half now and I guess I take […]

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