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One day after the existence of ' cloned voters ' - voters who have more than one entry in the electoral roll - was discovered, the Election Commission (EC) has removed the 'clones' from the roll. However, at least one 'clone' (left) remains in the electoral roll, and there are still questions yet to be answered by both the EC and National Registration Department (NRD). Yesterday Malaysiakini reported that at least seven voters have been found to have a 'clone' each in the electoral roll, having been registered under the same name and old identity card (IC) number, but with different MyKad numbers for the clones. At that time, the EC online verification system showed that those names appear twice in the electoral roll, raising the question of whether they could vote twice in an election. However, a check on the EC site this morning revealed that their 'clones' have disappeared from the same online system. When contacted today, ...

Catholic Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing today called on Jais to “quickly furnish proof of their claim that there has been proselytisation of Muslims by Christians as they have claimed.” “I implore them not to procrastinate on this matter like the authorities are doing with respect to an alleged Christian plot in Penang recently to dethrone Islam,” said the titular head of the diocese of Melaka-Johor, who is concurrently president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Malaysia. “Please quickly furnish proof of this claim so that Christians can take the appropriate corrective action and tender the requisite apologies, or do the obverse which is demand that an apology be issued for false accusation,” said Bishop Paul Tan ( left ) said in remarks made to Malaysiakini . “This campaign of innuendo and insinuation against Christians' subscription to a cardinal tenet of our constitutional structure, which is the respect for Islam as the federation's official religion has g...

Officers from the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) last night trespassed into a church compound in Petaling Jaya and disrupted a multiracial thanksgiving dinner. According to Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) senior pastor Daniel Ho, a group of between 20 to 30 Jais and police officers, uniformed and plainclothes, entered the premises without a warrant. "They entered the hall where the dinner was taking place, and started taking videos and photographs," said Ho in a statement today. "When asked by the organisers why they were there, a Jais (official) replied that they received a complaint, but was unable to produce a copy (of the complaint) when asked," he added. Ho claimed that Jais officers took down details of the Muslim guests before leaving the premises with the police. According to him, the dinner was held by non-profit organisation Harapan Komuniti at the Dream Centre, an activity complex within the DUMC compound. The occasion w...

Cops: Restriction order against 91 individuals DannyLoHH: Oh my god. I can't believe they'll go so low. The police are showing once again that they are the law. What they want, the court will give. It doesn't matter that their restriction order contravened the constitution of Malaysia. These thugs in uniform have turned our constitution into toilet paper. They are now trampling on our fundamental rights. They were supposed to protect it. In the upcoming election, Pakatan Rakyat should tell the voters that a vote for BN is a vote for a police state. Teh: The Malaysian police have gone berserk over Bersih! Baiyuensheng: How come we've regressed to such a state. It's a very sad day for Malaysia. I thought that while Singapore is miles ahead of us in economic terms, we were miles ahead in terms of our political maturity and democratic rights. Sigh. Man of the Match: How about freedom of movement as stated in the federal constitution? Mirror on the Wall:...

The police have placed a restriction order on 91 individuals, including organisers of the Bersih 2.0, Perkasa and Umno Youth's Patriot rallies. The order is to stop any of the 91 from being present at several spots in Kuala Lumpur on July 9. "This means that anyone (on the list) caught present at these areas will be arrested on sight," said the city deputy police chief Amar Singh. Top on the list are the Bersih 2.0 steering committee members, including Ambiga Sreenevasan, Wong Chin Huat and Maria Chin Abdullah. Also on the list are Pakatan Rakyat leaders, such as opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, PAS spiritual adviser Nik Aziz Nik Mat, his party's deputy-president Mohamad Sabu, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang and social activist Hishamuddin Rais. Fourteen from Perkasa, including its president Ibrahim Ali and other top leaders such as Ab Rahman Ab Bakar and Syed Hassan Syed Ali. Umno Youth leaders also included in the list are Umno Youth chief Khairy...

Home minister: Bersih still illegal Joseph Sipalan Jul 6, 11 3:27pm 10 friends can read this story for free The Bersih 2.0 movement is still illegal and subject to legal action, said Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. He said that although the Agong had granted an audience to Bersih 2.0's leaders yesterday, the government's position has not changed. "They are banned. They are still banned. Nobody can put themselves over the law... just because Tuanku met them doesn't mean they are no longer illegal," he told a press conference in Putrajaya today. Hishammuddin, exercising his powers as home minister, had declared Bersih 2.0 illegal on July 1. He dodged a barrage of questions related to Bersih 2.0's legality and whether or not it has a guarantee of being granted access to a stadium for its rally - he repeatedly said the rally organisers must deal with the police. However, Hishammuddin shot down Bersih 2.0 chief S Ambi...

I make this statement so that all are aware at the state of policing and safety in Kuala Lumpur… there is no one to help you except faith in God, calmness and thinking carefully and rationally. Yesterday (Saturday) the 25 th June 2011, my sister, and my cousins went out for dinner. Unfortunately, after dinner, my cousin’s car broke down in Subang in front of my sister’s house. As the car could only be attended to the following day, my, my nephew decided to give my cousins a ride home to Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. By the time we left Subang Jaya it was about 11.45pm. My sister and I decided to accompany my nephew to leave my cousins at home. We watched them go into their home, waved goodbye and made our way back home via Jalan Titiwangsa. It was about 12.15am (26 June 2011) and the beginning of our traumatic experience. My nephew in the driver’s seat, I next to him in the passenger seat and my sister seated at the back seat directly behind the driver. ...

The high occurrence of extramarital affairs is due to "wives who neglect their responsibilities" to their husbands, the MP for Pasir Mas (Ind) Ibrahim Ali claims. Therefore, he asked in a supplementary question during Question Time in Parliament, what was the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) doing about educating wives on their responsibilities? "There are times when husbands have urges ( ada keinginan )... but when they come home to their wives, they will say, 'wait, I'm cooking', or 'wait, I'm getting ready to visit relatives'. "In Islam, wives are supposed to stop everything to fulfil their husbands' demands," Ibrahim ( right ) said. "Husbands driving home after work see things that are sexually arousing ( menaikan semangat ) and go to their wives to ease their urges ( semangat ). "So much so there are husbands who go to private places ( tempat-tempat yang sulit ) to satisfy their urge...

AS an advocate of 1Malaysia which stresses national unity and ethnic harmony, I view with concern the substantially lopsided and biased content of our current Form 1-5 History textbooks. To make matters worse, there are more than 10 factual errors and contradictions in our current Form 1-5 History textbooks. The Education Ministry should immediately appoint a multi-ethnic Advisory Panel to ensure students are learning Malaysian and World History that is generally objective, well-balanced and wholly accurate. The trend of “rewriting” Malaysian history started in 1996 with the formation of the Jawatankuasa Penerbitan Buku Teks Sejarah Tingkatan 1 and Tingkatan 2. Its members (more than 15 for each committee), including the writers and consulting experts of the textbooks, were all drawn from one ethnic group. Indeed, all 17 authors of our current Form 1-5 History textbooks are drawn from one ethnic group. Hence, it is not surprising that our students are now primarily learn...

A young Malaysian laments on the vicious cycle of survival young adults are caught in and the slim, dim chances of getting out to lead a life more meaningful. The typical Malaysian student Here’s a brief introduction to my (young) adult life. I went to university at the age of 18, right after my SPM. Dad scraped some cash to put me through foundation studies. I started my degree course at the age of 19. I then took a PTPTN loan and completed my degree at the age of 22. I got a job, moved up the ladder a couple of times, and here I am four years later. Here I am, in debt . I’ve been in debt since I was 19. So are most Malaysian teens who try to pursue their tertiary education upon leaving public school. I’m the average Malaysian youth from the average middle income family with average savings. I drive a second-hand national car with problematic automatic-windows which also increased my debt. I have an insurance policy that I pay monthly to ensure that I...

Another allegation involving Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and the Muslim community is now making the rounds and irking PAS, who said it was meant to destroy the party's relationship with its allies in Pakatan Rakyat. Federal Territory PAS Youth chief Herman Samsudeen claimed that an Umno cybertrooper going by the moniker “PAS Beruk (monkey)” has designed and distributed via the Internet a superimposed image of Lim slaughtering a cow for the consumption of Muslims. The image, said Herman in a statement, carried the tagline “Are we willing to see things become like this? What excuse is there to justify DAP's action?” Herman said Umno continues to use 'malicious' tactics to destroy PAS and Pakatan's image despite it being the holy month of Ramadan. “The action by the cybertrooper has gone overboard and was done purposely to incite religious sentiments,” he added. Herman said the Youth wing regretted Umno's “culture of slander” and accused the lat...