Why I am a socialist and intend to remain so - Dr. Jeyakumar (written in detention)

By Dr Jeyakumar, MP Sg Siput

“Hey Kumar! Still tilting at windmills are you?” a doctor friend greeted me at an MMA function 4 years ago. There had been some news regarding the Parti Sosialis Malaysia in the media that previous week.

For many, the socialist experiment had already been assigned to the dustbin of history and only deluded people would still work towards socialism

The Price of Malaysia 's Racism - Revisited

Written by  John Malott  

EXCLUSIVE When my op-ed appeared in the Asian Wall Street Journal last February, all hell broke loose in Malaysia . My thesis was that the highest levels of the government were tolerating or even provoking racial and religious tensions in order to shore up their political base among the Malay community.

 

I also pointed out that there is an economic price to pay for that political calculation, namely, that members of the minority communities increasingly will feel unwelcome in their own country and continue to emigrate overseas, taking their talents and skills with them.

Letter to Editor for DE Back In 2008

This letter was sent by the writer lawyer Peter Marajin to Daily Express Forum soon after the last General Election in 2008 which he participated as an Independent candidate. This letter  was never published. Borneo Herald is publishing it now courtesy of request by the write. 

P.O. Box 22226,
88781 Luyang, Kota Kinabalu.

Date: 09/04/08

Editor,
DAILY EXPRESS
P.O.Box 10139,
88801 Kota Kinabalu.

Dear Editor,

Kindly publish my following letter in your esteemed newspaper this coming Sunday, if you can. Thank you.

“A month has passed since the last election in which the Sabah voters had given the BN a thumping majority to rule Sabah once again for the next five years or so. The last election also saw my participation for the first time as an independent candidate in Kadamaian, albeit, lost. But for me the fight for justice for Sabah and the Sabahans shall never end with the loss but rather will mark the beginning of a long and arduous struggle.

Sarawak 49 years with Malaysia

By Burak S. Sem

KUCHING: Here we go again, another year celebrating our Independence Day, 31st August for the forty-ninth times! There are many things that we can be thankful for in the Sarawak! Yes, we in Sarawak know how to smile in the midst of adversities and misfortunes.

Censored: Magazine’s story on July 9 rally

Marker ink masks mention of Baharuddin’s death,
the banning of the march and police action
against participants

PETALING JAYA: The government has censored an article on Bersih’s July 9 rally in the latest issue of The Economist.

Three paragraphs are blacked out in marker ink.

The offending paragraphs mention the death of marcher Baharuddin Ahmad, the withdrawal of an offer to allow a gathering in a stadium, the banning of the rally, and police action caught on film.