Speakers' Corner

Occasional contributions from readers, which do not necessarily reflect the views of Sarawak Report but may be published at the discretion of the site

Racism

Once more rears its ugly head with pubic advocacy of unity among Malay political parties being necessary to assure stability in Malaysia. Those advocating this theme cannot be seen as true Malaysians with the best interests of the country in mind. Decades of community based politics have seen corruption grow and grow until Malaysians have […]

Censorship?

Press reports quote lawyer Mohamad Haniff as saying that Attorneys General should never disclose advice they may have tendered while in office “unless allowed under the law.” He does not seem to have gone on to quote the “law” or “laws” to which he is reported as referring. Which is a pity as former AG

Forestry!

The PN government has announced that the “forestry and timber industry” is now allowed to operate normally despite the Covid curbs imposed on everyone else. The “reason” given, absurdly, by the “minister” concerned was that replacement supplies of furniture destroyed in flooding etc could be available! The real reason, of course, is that nothing can

Delusions Of Grandeur

While it may be difficult to adjust from Prime Minister to convicted criminal Najib should make the effort. Anyone less obsessed with a sense of self importance should have the sense to keep quiet while his political friends continue to obstruct the hearing of his appeal against conviction. But not Najib who daily spouts his

Some Appeals Can Be Heard

Press reports indicate that the appeal of “Ku Nan” against his conviction will be heard on 22 April. Malaysian lawyers, and Malaysians in general, are well aware that the criminal conviction in question was registered well after that of mega crook Najib. So what explanation, if any, is bring offered for the fact that Najib’s

A True Democrat

Press reports quote PAS guru Hadi as saying that is is “nonsense” to call for a change of Prime Ministers in the midst of the Covid emergency. One has to wonder what he would say if a PH Prime Minister lost his majority. The same? Pull the other one!  Covid is being used by PN

Dictatorship or Democracy?

It is reported that a University lecturer has been forced to resign because he  took a group of his students to visit the DAP headquarters office!  So it has come to this in “democratic” Malaysia: that all contact with opposition political parties is forbidden and that any breach of that “decree” will be severely sanctioned.

Treason. What Is Treason?

PN Minister Annuar Musa is reported as accusing UMNO’s Secretary General of treason for having urged his party’s Assembly members to call for Parliament to debate the current state of emergency. In doing so he described Ahmad Aslan’s action as possibly treasonous! So, for PN, the Assembly is treasonous! Well that is actually correct when

Belittling The Emergency

Was the reported comment of the PDRM CID chief in reference to the alleged behaviour of a brother of “Senior” Minister Azmin Ali. The rights and wrongs of the alleged offence to one side how is it possible for a very senior police officer to utter such a comment? Is it a crime to criticise

Questioning Wisdom

A collection of Malay “supremacists” are reported as saying that the proclaimed intention of Anwar Ibrahim to contest in Court the proclamation of the current state of emergency amounts to questioning “the wisdom of the Agong” who consented to it. What sort of a world are these people living in? Do they think that the

Fifteen Billion Stimulus

That, according to Press reports, is the amount of public money that will be allocated for the latest PN spending spree. Naturally ‘PM8′ failed to detail how the enormous sum will be spent. He really didn’t need to as everyone in Malaysia knows that the bulk of it will end up in PN friendly pockets.

Public Service Corruption

Statistics just released show that corruption among public servants is running at more than one case a day. And the is just what is discovered so the real figure must be much higher. Apart from being a reason for national shame these figures have another significance. They are not an indication of police and MACC

Failed To Uphold

In a perhaps surprising public attack on the PN government, which is keeping him out of jail by delaying the Appeal Court from hearing his appeal against long jail sentences for fraud and theft of public money, mega crook Najib has said that the current government has failed ”to uphold the welfare of the people”.

Defend The Constitution?

Opposition leader Anwar is reported as saying that he would appeal to the Agong to ”defend the Constitution”. Can he really have said that? After all, the Agong appointed as Prime Minister an MLA for whom not even one of his colleagues had voted when polled individually by the Agong himself. That extraordinary choice remains

A Plague of Halls!

Unhappy Malaysia! Stricken by a plague of Covid and now a multiplicity of halls! Seeing the game was up with his one mega million ringgit hall Moo announced that the money was for THREE halls; not just one. He should have asked the PWD who would have told him that he could have ten halls

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