The by-election results in Permatang Pauh, a semi-rural constituency in the northern state of Penang, is yet another marker of the massive change that is taking place in Malaysian politics. Usually by-elections are won handsomely by the Barisan National (BN) government because the BN will approve millions of ringgit in development projects, deploy all its main leaders in the campaign and use the subservient media to the fullest. This was attempted in Permatang Pauh this time around.
The deputy prime minister, Najib Abdul Razak, camped out in Permatang Pauh for the entire course of the campaign, leading a team of leaders from various BN component parties.
The BN campaign portrayed Anwar as someone who would sell out Malay interests in his hurry to become the sixth prime minister of Malaysia — that he would roll back the affirmative action policies, trade off important cabinet positions to non-Malays. The BN also used the media to play on non-Malay fears that the presence of the Islamic Party (PAS) in the opposition coalition would accelerate the Islamisation of Malaysian society. ARTIKEL PENUH (MORE) »
The Education Act. 25/8/08
Terima kasih Dato Yang Di Pertua
Kebetulannya, saya terasa kecewa dengan Menteri Pendidikan kerana tidak ambil peluang Akta Pindaan ini untuk mengubahsuaikan Akta Pendidikan supaya ia dijadikan lebih terbuka dan demokratik.
Bila kita menyemak Akta Pendidikan 1996, kami dapati bahawa ianya adalah suatu Akta yang berat sebelah pada pihak eksekutif, yang dengan izin “heavy handed” dan bersikap berdiktator. Mengikut Akta ini, Menteri dilantik oleh Perdana Menteri. Di bawah kuasa yang diberi di bawah Seksyen 5, Menteri Pendidikan melantik Ketuu Pendaftar dan juga timbalan-timbalan beliau. ARTIKEL PENUH (MORE) »
Tarikh/Date: 29 August 2008(Friday/Jumaat)
TIME : 8.00 PM.
Tempat/Venue : MCBA Hall, 2nd Floor
Selangor Chinese Assemble Hall,
1, Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur
WHAT NEXT AFTER PERMATANG PAUH?
APA SELEPAS PERMATANG PAUH?
h3. Speakers
* Dr. Jeyakumar – MP Sungai Siput dan JK Pusat PSM
* Steven Gan – Chief Editor Malaysiakini
* Hishamuddin Rais – Columnist
* Khalid Samad – MP Shah Alam, JK PAS Pusat
Organized by :
Biro Perhubungan Nasional
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)
8 Ogos 2008, Alor Setar
Pagi ini, Pejabat Menteri Besar Negeri Kedah telah dikunjungi oleh para bekas pekerja Ladang Victoria yang menuntut campurtangan segera daripada MB Kedah untuk menyelesaikan masalah perumahan akibat pemberhentian kerja yang telah berlanjutan untuk lebih 10 tahun.
Pegawai Khas kepada MB, En. Mohd Ismadi Abdul Kadir, telah turun menerima memorandum yang diserahkan oleh para bekas pekerja Ladang Victoria. En. Ismadi telah berjanji akan mengunjungi Ladang Victoria sebelum bulan puasa (iaitu dalam masa dua minggu) dan berbincang secara mendalam dengan para pekerja untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini. ARTIKEL PENUH (MORE) »
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) calls for our education system to be liberated from racist policies and calls for quota system based on race to be abolished completely. We reiterate once again for free and affordable education for all.
If at all a quota is necessary, then the poorest segment of our society should be the first to obtain them irrespective of race and religion. Three years ago, the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the government would introduce meritocracy policy instead of quota and said that it is not a victimisation of the Malays and that the Malays should not be afraid of it. Today he makes a U turn on this. ARTIKEL PENUH (MORE) »
by Humayun Kabir (newsdesk@thesundaily.com)
IPOH (Aug 12, 2008) : A 10-year-old school has alleged that Kampar police tortured him for about 10 hours last Wednesday after he was accused of committing theft by his teacher.
N. Logeswaran’s father Nagarajan, 51, lodged a police report last Friday on behalf of his son who accused the police of subjecting him to physical torture and trauma. ARTIKEL PENUH (MORE) »
Wednesday August 13, 2008, The Star
IPOH: A primary schoolboy is claiming that police from the Kampar station had slapped him, choked him and scalded his leg to make him confess to a theft.
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) deputy chairman M. Sarasvathy, who took up his case, handed over a memorandum on the matter to the Perak police yesterday. ARTIKEL PENUH (MORE) »
PSM Johor Mengucapkan Syabas kepada Keputusan Peneroka Bandar Kampung Baru Plentong Tengah (KBPT) untuk Menentang Pengusiran secara Paksa
Pada cuaca hari Ahad yang begitu panas sekali, lebih daripada 300 penduduk KBPT telah berhimpun di surau kampung untuk membuat suatu keputusan kolektif yang teramat penting bagi mereka. Kesemua mereka telah bersetuju membantah notis mahkamah yang mengarahkan mereka keluar dari tempat tinggal pada 14 Ogos dan terus pertahankan hak perumahan mereka. Notis mahkamah tersebut telah dipohon oleh pemaju tanah mereka, iaitu Bukit Lenang Development Sdn. Bhd. ARTIKEL PENUH (MORE) »
