| Anwar’s acquittal has bought for Najib his last but very short-lived chance to prove that he can walk the talk of a reformer and proponent of “1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now” slogan Posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s surprise acquittal of Sodomy 2 charge on Monday has bought for the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak his last but very short-lived chance to prove that he can walk the talk of a reformer and proponent of "1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now" slogan. Nobody really believes the self-serving claims by [...] |
| Anwar free: And now for Malaysia Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:32 PM PST Dean Johns | Jan 11, 2012 Malaysiakini Failing an appeal that may yet be made by the prosecution, Anwar Ibrahim is finally free of his latest spurious sodomy charge and the possibility of up to 20 years in jail. And now, it’s time for the Malaysian people to win their freedom from 50-plus years – [...] |
| Judiciary still in winter of emasculation Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:11 PM PST — by Bob Teoh The Malaysian Insider Jan 12, 2012 JAN 12 — Let's not be beguiled by Prime Minister Najib Razak's claim of the judiciary's independence following the High Court's full acquittal and discharge of Anwar Ibrahim from the charge of sodomy. As succinctly put by an international civil liberties watchdog, the Opposition leader [...] |
| Start law reforms by probing A-G, ex-cop urges PM Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:01 PM PST By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider Jan 12, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim today insisted Datuk Seri Najib Razak prove his impartiality by calling for a royal inquiry on Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail over the Attorney-General's alleged mishandling of several high profile cases. According to Mat Zain, the prime [...] |
| Guan Eng says national debt ‘dangerous’, potentially disastrous Posted: 11 Jan 2012 03:09 AM PST By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal The Malaysian Insider Jan 11, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Massive borrowing and irresponsible spending by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government will result in Malaysia becoming a fully indebted nation before the end of the decade, Lim Guan Eng said today. The Penang chief minister said that Putrajaya's debt to [...] |
| An independent judiciary… really? Posted: 11 Jan 2012 02:52 AM PST by Dr Kamal Amzan The Malaysian Insider Jan 11, 2012 JAN 11 — We are a funny lot. Just because of one acquittal, we claim to have an "independent" judiciary. Forget about Eric Chia, forget about the first sodomy trial, forget about what happened to Teoh Beng Hock and let us all just focus on [...] |
| Time to Pull ‘CSI: Malaysia’ Off the Air Posted: 11 Jan 2012 02:35 AM PST By William Pesek Jan 11, 2012 Bloomberg: The Ticker If there’s any economy in Asia that needs a change in narrative, it’s Malaysia. When the resource-rich nation of 28 million people has made headlines globally in recent years, they have been about sodomy charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, tension between Muslims and Christians, Beyonce's [...] |
| Hold The Accolades! Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:23 AM PST by M. Bakri Musa Now that Judge Mohamad Zabidin Diah has acquitted Anwar Ibrahim on his "Sodomy II" charge, there is no end of praise heaped upon the judge specifically and the system of justice generally. Prime Minister Najib was quick with his smug assertion that "neither politics nor politicians have any influence over the [...] |
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