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Read MoreJudging Racism
Racism seems to be all the trend these days in Malaysia. Everyone’s jumping all over each other trying to get on the bandwagon, including this former Court of Appeal judge. But as the article says – “Whenever a man finds it right to publicly express such views, he invites society to examine his moral compass. That in turn leads to a re-examination of his life’s work and legacy as a judge.”
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Read MoreMore of the Same?
May 5, 2013. Malaysia faces its 13th General Elections. Do you want more of the same, or change?
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Read MoreWe Regret To Inform You …
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Read MoreWhat’s So Special About Special?
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Read MoreSomewhere Only We Know
This piece was first published on The Malaysian Insider, 16 September 2011 – the 48th Malaysia Day. Somewhere along our journey as a nation, we forgot why we set out to travel together in the first place. Where once our society was the embodiment of tolerance and mutual respect, we are today broken, polarised and racially tense. Simple things like sitting down to eat together or even picking a...
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Read MoreThe Summer of Our Discontent
This appeared in my column on The Malaysian Insider, 9 July 2011 – the day of the Bersih 2.0 Rally for Clean and Fair Elections, in Kuala Lumpur. These days in July have been the hardest. What so many innocent Malaysians have been forced to endure is painful and heartbreaking to watch. Police trucks now amass on the city streets. Brigades of heavy boots have descended to meet our compatriots. We...
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Read MoreFreedom, imagined.
In so many ways, it was us having a say in where we were headed. We all had different motivations for participating but shared a common destination.
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Read More416: Sarawak, Silent No More
Years of pent-up anger and frustration are coming to boil. People come to hear all their dissatisfactions with the present Government finally verbalized. You’ll empathize because as much as these are our problems, you’ll see that they’re also yours.
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Racism seems to be all the trend these days in Malaysia. Everyone’s jumping all over each other trying to get on the bandwagon, including this former Court of Appeal judge. But as the article says – “Whenever a man finds it right to publicly express such views, he invites society to examine his moral compass. That in turn leads to a re-examination of his life’s work and legacy as a judge.”
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