Kg Buah Pala vs Ladang Bkt Jalil – Stinking MSM Hypocrisy

by Eyes Wide Open When the Kg Buah Pala issue exploded in 2009, there was a huge outcry from residents, NGOs and politicians. The Kg Buah Pala residents were portrayed as helpless victims of an uncaring State government and unscrupulous developer. The image frequently portrayed of the villagers were of poor victims on the verge … Continue reading

Kg Buah Pala…deja vu in Bukit Jalil

by Eyes Wide Open March 15 2011 was supposed to be the day that 41 families would be forced out of the place they called home for generations. I arrived at 8am to find a crowd had already gathered. MSM, online media and citizen journalists were on hand to witness the event. There were also … Continue reading

Translate This Into Votes

By Crankster For all the ruckus that the Indians have been whipping up over the ‘Interlok’ issue, it looks like the Chinese have been insulted far worse in the novel. And yet, they appear to be quite unruffled. The writer of ‘Interlok’, Abdullah Hussain has attempted to depict the Chinese in all sorts of ways … Continue reading

Interlok: Pakatan’s sabotage

In Insider today, ‘Indian leaders see silver lining in Hindraf washout‘ We’ve reproduced the article in its entirety below, and highlighted several passages in bold that we will comment on at the bottom — ‘Illegal to be Indian’. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Quote / ANALYSIS (in Insider), Feb 28 — Hindraf’s failure yesterday to muster support in the … Continue reading

Live report on Interlok Rally

Please read our posting: Interlok: Chinese will happily sell their mothers too 3pm: Some supporters outside Jinjang police station to show support for Uthaya. Other detained at Pulapol in Jalan Semarak. Number of people arrested vary according to different reports. CPO said at his press conference 109 detained, including eight Hindraf leaders. One of them is … Continue reading

Interlok: Everybody should just read the damn book!

UPDATED: ‘Why are some Indians so sensitive?’ asks Cambridge PhD By Sharifuddin A Latiff News flash: ‘HRP leaders arrested at anti-Interlok forum‘. Among those arrested include HRP president W Sambulingam. There have been scores of arrests of Hindraf guys over the past week. Why are the authorities clamping down so hard on a forum that merely … Continue reading

Where have all the Indians gone?!

Pix pinched from Outsyed The Box and taken by Syed Akbar Ali of the recent the PKR Convention at the PJ Civic Centre. We did our ‘Hypocrisy First, DAP Now @ party election‘ posting on Nov 30. It has been brought to our attention that a Millionaire Club (1.2 million-plus hits) blogger Syed Akbar Ali beat … Continue reading

Kit Siang & Ridhuan Tee: The Improbable Brothers

Earlier on Wednesday, this blog blurbed a posting that had appeared in Shuzheng’s blog on Tuesday titled Why Malaysian First Can’t Sell, Kit Siang & Ridhuan Tee: The Improbable Brothers. Our regular readers would know that we’ve put in some effort to occasionally translate here the more outrageous of the Icker-Tee’s sh*t-stirring so that the … Continue reading

Shame on the spineless, sniveling ‘Star’! – comparing anti-Israel demo with Bersih & Hindraf

Yesterday, The Star had on its front page a main photograph of the anti-Israel protest march. As an editorial decision, that is valid insofar as it goes. However, a comparison is in order. When the Bersih rally, which was one of the events that catalysed March 8, happened in Nov 2007, Star did not feature … Continue reading

Dr Asri And Intellectual Change

By Crankshaft

The title ‘Mengemudi Bahtera Perubahan Minda’ or ‘Steering the Ship of Intellectual Change’ sounded promising. But expecting anyone who writes for Utusan Melayu (or its weekly, Mingguan Malaysia) to write common sense would be like expecting a leopard to shed its spots.