COMMENT | Playing the pendatang charade all over again
Modified26 Feb 2021, 8:23 am
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COMMENT | It was refreshing to hear Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar say that Johor appreciates the role played by the Chinese community in developing the state since the beginning of the Johor Sultanate in the 16th century. He said the Chinese were invited to Johor as “guests” by his forefathers to help develop the state and were not
pendatang (immigrants). They were invited to Johor to open the land and cultivate plantations. “They are the ‘Bangsa Johor’ – just like the Malays, Indians and others, who are all Malaysians,” he stressed.
COMMENT | Playing the pendatang charade all over again
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PETALING JAYA: The deportation of 1,086 Myanmar nationals by the Immigration Department despite a court order to stay their repatriation until Wednesday (Feb 24) contravened international human rights and humanitarian laws, says civil society groups.
In a statement, the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) questioned whether such a move is akin to contempt of court. Following the failure of the Immigration Department in obeying the High Court order, what is the next court action? they questioned.
The statement was issued on Wednesday by a coalition of NGOs including Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram), Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), North South Initiative, G25, Women s Aid Organisation, and the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns.
COMMENT | Reading the leaves in Tommy in a teacup
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COMMENT | Judging by the flurry of criminal and civil suits against former attorney-general Tommy Thomas after the publication of his memoir
My Story: Justice in the Wilderness, many have pronounced that it is all a “storm in a teacup”. Allow a tea lover to read the leaves to see what we can anticipate in the future.
First, as Malaysians, we must celebrate the publication of this masterly-written memoir by this illustrious barrister, Thomas. “Tell-all” memoirs are rare in Malaysia and I remember when I published my ‘Inside the DAP’ in 1995, I was pilloried by party hacks who claimed that “cultured Chinese gentlemen” just do not do spill the beans! Well, I was not in the government so there were no official secrets I could have divulged. I was open to civil defamation suits of course, except that none was forthcoming and, after all, I did not mention a single name in that record of my political experience.
Monday, 08 Feb 2021 01:42 PM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
Lawyer Roger Chin said the police owed an explanation over the incident and must conduct an independent investigation, which he said Lim Xiang Hui would assist. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 Plainclothes police officers assaulted a 21-year-old man and fired a warning shot at him before arresting him on suspicion of being a lookout for a smuggling syndicate, a lawyer and lawmaker alleged today.
In a press conference, lawyer Roger Chin, Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah, and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) executive director Sevan Doraisamy claimed that Lim Xiang Hui was a victim of mistaken identity.
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