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The hunt for subversives: Malaysian Government arrest Bersih, Hindraf activists and lawyers

Art by CHUAN ZUI
By CHUA SUE ANN
Last week the authorities had their hands full, arresting lawyers, Bersih, Hindraf and human rights activists and various other “inconveniences” to the government.
Dec. 9 was certainly a busy Sunday with a group of lawyers proceeding with their “People’s Freedom Walk” from the Sogo department store to the Malaysian Bar […]

Hindraf’s goals, noble but flawed. An Indian Malaysian pleas for solidarity

Art by CHUAN ZUI
By M. NITHIYANANTHAN
Looking out into the cold, damp and gloomy weather of northeastern United States, I fondly recall memories of Deepavali excursions into the homes of jubilant relatives. There were smiles, there were the customary oil lamps, beautiful kolam designs littering the ground, the constant chattering of gossipy aunts, and the jingling […]

Bersih protester: Give me life or give me death, but not tear gas

Photo by CHUA SUE ANN
By RASHAAD ALI
This is not some second-hand story. This is an account from the frontline.
This is a frame by frame recollection of the Bersih rally in Masjid Jamek on 10 Nov. and how pandemonium descended into the city centre that afternoon, where my entire view of the present government […]

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 […]

Pro-Aspirasi and pro-Mahasiswa student elections get ugly

Pro-Mahasiswa candidates rallying for support - Photo by Richard Lim
By FAREENA J.
Student elections at various universities across the country ended as expected - with pro-government groups in power - after vicious mudslinging and tactics from all parties. The two major players were pro-Aspirasi (pro-government) and pro-Mahasiswa (pro-opposition) student groups.
Voters at university campuses throughout the country […]