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We in Pakatan Rakyat can do better in managing public perception, says Anwar
by Debra Chong
With an impending trial that could see him put away for the next 20 years and effectively cut off all chances of his ever becoming prime minister, clearly the least of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s worries is presenting Pakatan Rakyat (PR) [...]

I refer to the Malaysiakini report Kugan’s case: Unsettling questions remain and Blunt force trauma did not cause Kugan’s death.
Health Ministry Director-General Dr Mohd Ismail Merican may have breached the very medical ethics he is entrusted to protect as president of the Malaysian Medical Council.
His press conference is clothed in medical terminology to confuse the [...]

Dari Blog: Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai

Kami sekeluarga begitu pilu dan kesal dengan nasib yang menimpa saudara Kugan Ananthan. Usia yang begitu muda berakhir dengan kematian yang tragis serta menyiksakan. Ibu dan ayah mana tidak merasa perit, kecewa serta dibelenggu kemarahan yang amat sangat.
Persoalannya jelas, bukan berkait isu rasis, agama, ataupun warna kulit. Setiap tahanan berhak [...]

Aliran
Unless we take notice of the spreading epidemic of lawlessness, rising vigilante crime, mob mentality and arbitrary punishment that comes in the wake of the undermining of the rule of law, Malaysia is in danger of becoming a police state, warns Angeline Loh.
The 23 December 2008 police torture of car park attendant, B Prabakar during [...]

Amensty Internation Malaysia Press Release
Friday, 23 January 2009
The Malaysian authorities must initiate an independent, impartial, prompt and effective investigation into the death of 22-year-old Kugan Ananthan, Amnesty International said today, amid reports that he may have been tortured in police custody.
The young man died on 20 January after being held for five days in [...]

Source: NST
MP hurt by comments but won’t quit party
By : V. Shankar Ganesh
KLANG: Kapar member of parliament S. Manikavasa-gam has made a U-turn on his threat to quit Parti Keadilan Rakyat — but not before pouring his heart out on people who “hurt me deeply”.

Manikavasagam said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and [...]

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A storm is blowing over Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor and the mainstream media are going to town over it.
One of the issues that was bound to crop up sooner or later revolves around the Pakatan Rakyat leaders’ relationship with the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) akan berbincang kedudukan Ahli Parlimen Kapar, S Manikavasagam yang menyatakan hasrat keluar parti kerana kecewa dengan sikap sesetengah pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat di Selangor yang didakwanya cuai menjaga kepentingan rakyat.
Timbalan Presiden PKR, Dr Syed Husin Ali, berkata tindakan terhadap Manikavasagam hanya diputuskan pada mesyuarat pemimpin tertinggi parti itu.
“Ini masalah kecil, [...]

More than half of the world’s remaining “sodomy” laws -criminalizing consensual homosexual conduct -  are relics of British colonial rule, Human Rights Watch showed in a report published today. Human Rights Watch urged governments everywhere to affirm international human rights standards, and reject the oppressive legacies of colonialism, by repealing laws that criminalize consensual sexual [...]

The losses and writedowns racked up by banks around the world since the credit crisis first erupted last year has hit $1,000bn (£650bn).
The historic level was reached after US investment bank Morgan Stanley suffered a fourth-quarter loss of $3.35bn.
The bank, led by chairman and chief executive John Mack, was [...]