K. Siladass. - On 20th February 2012, Lim Kit Siang, now Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang, was celebrating his seventieth birthday at Pan Pacific Hotel in Penang. Among the celebrities were Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim,…
Billionaires gain as living standards fall
-Patrick Martin, 11 January 2013. The world’s 100 richest people added $241 billion to their combined wealth in 2012, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The top 100 controlled an aggregate $1.9 trillion as calculated…
A postcard from an uprising
-S.Thayaparan, January 13, 2013. "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." - Martin Luther King Jr. COMMENT Before I begin, I make no…
How ‘Brahma’ became ‘Allah’
-Dr. Azly Rahman, January 9, 2013. I'd like to see discussions on the concept of ‘god’ more from a ‘transcultural flow of ideas’ rather than seeing it blown out or proportion. We can look at…
TAMIL FOUNDATION MALAYSIA – FUND RAISING DINNER 2013
Tamil Foundation Malaysia is organising this year’s Fund Raising Dinner on Friday, January 18, 2013, at 8.00pm at MIDLANDS CONVENTION CENTRE, SJKT Midlands, Jalan Plumbum 7/100, Seksyen 7, Shah Alam. Tamil Foundation as an NGO, aspires to…
Special tags do not guarantee safety of Journalist
-Nalini Elumalai, Executive Director, January 8, 2013. SUARAM refers to Malaysiakini's article titled "Cops to issue special tags for Saturday rally" dated 8 January 2013 and views the unprecedented move by the police issuing special…
Hadi: Islam doesn’t prohibit others from using ‘Allah’
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said Islam does not prohibit people of other faiths to use the word 'Allah' in their practice, although it does not reach the original meaning of the Quran.Saying he regretted…
Time to set up a Ministry of Minority…
- Dr. Lim Teck Ghee Friday, 04 January 2013. As we begin a new year, a rash of old issues and challenges confront the country. Chief amongst them are racial and religious tensions and a rising…
Deepak unveils ‘Black Rose’ in fairytale-style
The Black Rose, a series of books promised by carpet merchant Deepak Jaikishan, chronicling his feud with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's family, has finally found its way into cyberspace.Black Rose 1.0, the first of…
PSM, Jerit offer monitoring on RM900 minimum wage
With the RM900 minimum wage policy being implemented at the end of this month, there remains uncertainty about its implementation as Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) and and Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (Jerit) claim that the government…
100 Days from Today
-Lim Kit Siang, January 1, 2013. With the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak continuing to make himself a national and international spectacle for nearly two years playing the role of Hamlet agonising on “To…
Malaysia ends 2012 with yet another custodial death
-Charles Santiago, Member of Parlaiament, December 31, 2012. As we rejoice in the New Year celebrations, the family of an odd job worker would be clamouring to figure out how he ended up dead in…
Don’t bribe us with our money! Malaysians are…
The Prime Minister seems to be playing Santa Claus. He is very generously dishing out goodies from seemingly bottomless coffers, convinced that Malaysians are a greedy, unthinking lot who can be bought easily. Little does…
Man dies from ‘fall’ in lock up, family…
Family members of a man who was found dead after spending three nights in a police lock up said they do not believe the police's claim that he died from a fall. Odd job worker…
An X’mas card to my prime minister
-BOB Teoh, December 25, 2012. The Rt Hon Prime Minister, Shalom and Yuletide greetings of peace, love, and blessings. Notwithstanding the crucifix controversy during the Christmas reception for you by the Christian community last year,…
Who needs Santa when we have Najib?
-Mariam Mokhtar, December 24, 2012. Who needs Father Christmas when we have Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak? The world has Father Christmas. In western folklore, he is the legendary figure who brings presents to the…
Klang Activists Briefed on Sri Lanka
A Town Hall meeting was organised by Selangor Action Team and Suaram with the Tamil Activist and Leaders of the Klang District in Selangor, Malaysia. Mr Manicka Vasagar, an envoy of TGTE and Suaram Chairperson…
Gov’t must document all stateless Malaysians
-Ramon Navartnam and Denison Jayasooria, December 22,2012. COMMENT About 23 people participated at the Proham Round table discussion on Human Rights & Undocumented person in Malaysia on Dec 20, 2012. Among the participants were representatives…
Malaysia’s education disaster – time for change
-Koon Yew Yin, December 20, 2012. As election day comes closer, we will be asked for reasons as to why we should want to change the BN. When the question is put to me, I…
‘New book on Kampung Medan not a reproduction’
Suaram chairman K Arumugam denied that his new book “Violence Against An Ethnic Minority In Malaysia: Kampung Medan”, is a reproduction of his earler book written in Tamil, “March 8”. [ VIDEO 05:22 ] “March…
To laugh or cry at the standard of…
-Lim Kit Siang, December 18, 2012. I really do not know whether to laugh or to cry - the standard of English in Malaysia has really fallen to a disgraceful and abysmal low after four decades…
Kugan pathologist rapped for dishonest forensic report
The pathologist who carried out the first post-mortem on death-in-police-custody victim A Kugan, Dr Abdul Karim Tajuddin, has been reprimanded by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) for failing to conduct a proper examination and prepare…
Non-Muslims losing the secular game
-S.Thayaparan, December 16,2012. "In a well-functioning democracy, the state constitution is considered more important than God's holy book, whichever holy book that may be, and God matters only in your private life." - Ayaan Hirsi…
Just teach them in English!
-Azly Rahman, December 13, 2012. The refusal to teach Mathematics and Science in English is not just an ideological position but an idiotic one as well.It is an attempt to self-fulfil a prophecy that the…