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Nothing to celebrate over IPCMC yet
By Rama Ramanathan Opinion leaders have been dancing and singing in praise of the new Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the ‘imminent’ establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). I’m glad that Datuk Seri Hamid Bador
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PH’s backlash is self inflicted
S Arutchelvan When Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was asked how Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim got his black eye in 1998, Mahathir said it was self-inflicted by Anwar himself. Now if you asked me how was PH performance in the last
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What explains the steep drop in reports of break-ins and thefts in Malaysia?
By: Rama Ramanathan Every society must take actions to reduce the many causes of crime such as rejection, hunger, envy, anger, addiction. One of the goals of government is to eliminate such causes. The goal can be approached, but can
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Ain’t the first time having May Day rally at Dataran Merdeka
By: S Arutchelvan Yesterday morning, as the huge May Day rally walked along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman heading towards the Dataran Merdeka junction and planning to make a left turn to Jalan Tun Perak; the Public Order officer of Dang
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Black eye to police-disappeared pastor and political moral compasses
By: Rama Ramanathan What is the nexus between political parties and the moral compass within each of us? What should we call politicians who betray the trust we place in them? In 1999 the genius of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
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Dissecting Kula’s new minimum wage recommendation within 16 months
By: S Arutchelvan Recently under intense pressure to raise the minimum wage, YB M.Kulasegaran – the Human Resources Minister said that a review will be done within 16 months on the question of minimum wage.(Bernama, 20 April 2019). This is
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Malaysia’s legal and lethal detention laws mirror Israel’s military laws
By: Rama Ramanathan Did you know that a military model of policing has been legislated in Malaysia? Under military rule, what is legal (allowed) only in war is allowed all the time, for instance “legal” detention without trial. Palestinians are
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Sarawak Imbroglio: Constitutional Amendment Setback
By: Piya Raj Sukhani IT HAS been almost a year since Pakatan Harapan (PH) made history with its victory at the 14th Malaysian general election (GE14) on 9 May 2018. As part of its election manifesto, PH pledged that one
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Malaysia’s Election Commission needs to roam alone like a lion
By: K Pragalath “Only pigs come in hordes, the lion roams alone.” The above line was stated by actor Rajinikanth in the Tamil movie Sivaji that was produced in 2007. This is precisely how Malaysia’s Election Commission (EC), now headed
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Do Malays care about abuse of police power?
By: Rama Ramanathan On Sunday, at 5 pm, about 60 people gathered in the Esplanade, Penang, to commend Malaysia’s Human Rights Commission, Suhakam and to call on the government to act on Suhakam’s findings and recommendations on enforced disappearances and
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