Saturday, 03 Apr 2021 02:32 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin said she firmly believes in freedom of assembly as enshrined in the Federal Constitution. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin has today called for a review of the Peaceful Assembly Act.
This comes after the police hauled up protesters, including MPs and civil society activists, for questioning over their participation in last week’s Undi18 rally.
In a statement, Zuraida said she firmly believes in freedom of assembly as enshrined in the Federal Constitution in light of the fact that she was arrested and detained for exercising this right in the past.
LETTER | Politics, music, hobbies - a great way to foster civic engagement
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LETTER | Hobbies are a great way to foster political engagement among young people. It is often the medium that translates awareness to action. Having hobbies that are mainly driven by a kind and passionate community will encourage young people to be interested in civic engagement, such as activism.
Even though the hobby could have little to no correlation to real-world politics, participatory cultures that form around interest-based activity could develop individual participants’ sense of agency and interest in civic participation in issues they care about. Interest-driven participation was reported to be strongly associated with higher levels of participatory politics.
Thursday, 07 Jan 2021 05:50 PM MYT
BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM
Muda co-founder Amir Abdul Hadi speaks to the media during a press conference at the Dang Wangi LRT station in Kuala Lumpur January 5, 2020. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) said today, through its lawyers, that it does not plan to apologise to Prasarana Malaysia Bhd chairman Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman.
Law firm Azira Aziz and Co added that its client, Muda co-founder Amir Abd Hadi, firmly denies any accusations of slander during a Muda press conference held on January 5 in response to recent allegations surrounding Tajuddin.