Bersih 2.0 – One Paper Dares To Tell The Truth

by Eyes Wide Open The Edge Daily published a surprising eyewitness report by its staff writer, Max Koh, who was covering the Bersih 2.0 march. In a blow-by-blow commentary, Max’s article traces his experiences during the historic 709 march. Not a single one of the other MSMs, print, electronic or broadcast, dared to deviate from … Continue reading

709 – Media Screwed Up, As Usual

by Eyes Wide Open Bersih 2.0 was undoubtedly one of those iconic events, destined to be forever etched into Malaysia’s collective memory. Although it failed to achieve its objective of having a peaceful march, the major fault lies with the politicians and the authorities who issued orders for a harsh clampdown on legitimate dissent. KL … Continue reading

Star-tling Stupidity

by Eyes Wide Open What a fiasco! More than that, it just demonstrates how removed from reality the movers and shakers in Malaysia are. The Star Online created a poll to ask if the Bersih rally should be allowed. Specifically the question asked was: “What is your view of the proposed Bersih 2.0 rally on … Continue reading

MCMC – “Mung Chacha” Multimedia Commission

by Eyes Wide Open The “hacktivist” group Anonymous, made good its promise of bringing down Malaysian government websites. According to MCMC, Anonymous targeted at least 51 websites, and 41 were successfully brought down. That’s an 80% success rate. In exam terms, the Anonymous group scored an “A” for their efforts! However, the MCMC’s response was … Continue reading

What the hack?!

by Reina As the lunar eclipse hits the world, several Malaysian government websites have fallen into a state of darkness. http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/hackers-attack-si… One of those hit is the Sabah Tourism webpage where this internet vigilante group claims that it has extracted the details of more than 3,400 of the site’s users and posted the particulars of … Continue reading

Clear And Present Danger In Malaysia

By Crankster That title – ‘Clear And Present Danger’ – caught my attention in Malaysiakini. I had instant thoughts of Jack Ryan, the Intelligence officer every country wants to have. For those of you who read Tom Clancy, you’d probably know it was from a title of one of his books. Others may remember it … Continue reading

Today is ‘L’ Day

By Sharifuddin A Latiff Ever heard of the word ‘laban‘? It’s a tagalog word to mean ‘fight’. Today, patriotic Malaysians will rise to ‘fight’ LYNAS. And after LYNAS is forever banished from our land, the ‘L’ on our hands will mean – LIBERATION – from the tyranny of BN.

Sudahlah tu, dalam Umno pun ada Kristian!

by Ahmad Tajdid MASIH ingat lagi John Ghani? Beliau ialah perwakilan Umno Sabah dan pertama kali muncul dalam perhimpunan agung parti itu setelah Umno membuka keahlian kepada Bumiputera selain bangsa Melayu. John Ghani menjadi popular kerana loghat Sabahnya apabila menyebut “zink” sebagai “jink” ketika berucap dalam perhimpunan agung Umno. Antara yang menyiarkan ucapan wakil Sabah … Continue reading