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JULY 30 In the last few months Malaysia has seen increasing crackdowns on activists and civil society members – from iconoclastic graphic designer Fahmi Reza to, most recently, 20-year-old Sarah Irdina from youth-run collective Misi Solidariti. Others in this cohort include journalists, healthcare workers and Heidy Quah, who runs NGO Refuge for the Refugees.
This renewed zeal is ostensibly part of efforts to maintain public peace and stifle dissent as the government of the day continues to battle internal instability. However, this approach is not just poorly thought-out in cold-blooded policy terms – it is also a violation of the right to free speech and expression.
LETTER | Dear Mr PM, Malaysia is traumatised
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LETTER | I am an international psychology trauma specialist. Ironically, the reason I can sit alone in silence and pen these thoughts is trauma. I have a family member in the isolation ward of a Kuala Lumpur hospital, under observation, having developed pneumonia as a result of the complete failure of the government-mandated Covid-19 quarantine. As my loved one lies in the hospital bed with dignity, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin lies in a hospital bed, desperate and having video conferences trying to hold on to power.
I have worked globally on female genital cutting, honour-based violence and killings, forced child prostitution and drug busts from South Asia to West Africa. Inroads have been made into these issues because of outrage on the ground and around the world. This is what I see happening in Malaysia: there is a growing, potent anger among the rakyat that I believe can and will affect needed change. Indeed,
LETTER | There is no right way to protest
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LETTER | As many starve and with thousands dead, the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government has shown its ineffectiveness and incompetence in handling the pandemic. The failure to contain Covid-19 has naturally sparked outrage across the country, and in certain cases manifesting in different forms of protests.
From black flags to physical demonstrations, people began rallying for better governance and leadership. However, criticisms against these protests were very apparent as well. Critics argued it is not right to protest during a time of crisis because it will facilitate the spread of the virus and impede governance.
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