Sodomy and the backlash
The Economist print edition | 28-Aug-2008 – A sweeping by-election victory takes Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader, a step closer to power. The government seems blind to the danger signals AFTER an ugly, mudslinging campaign, a by-election on August 26th in the northern constituency of Permatang Pauh may have changed Malaysia’s political landscape permanently. The stakes […]
NEWS RELEASE 25 AUG 2008: Cost of living, allegations against Anwar Ibrahim top issues of Permatang Pauh voters.
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Fence-sitters hard to read – Analysis by JOCELINE TAN
thestar online | 25-Aug-2008 – The silence on the ground among the Malay fence-sitters in the Permatang Pauh by-election has both sides worried about which way the swing votes will go. DATUK Seri Anwar Ibrahim is once again looking like the average Penang Malay bloke. Days of campaigning under the sun have turned his skin […]
Sodomy saga grabs headlines in Malaysia election
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien, Austria | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP), 17-Aug-2008 – Sodomy. It’s not a word that pops up in everyday conversation in any society. But in Malaysia, where sodomy is a crime, it has become part of the political vocabulary, used with unabashed ease in newspaper headlines, on prime time television news and […]
Malaysia wearily faces another lurid sodomy trial
Agence France-Presse | KUALA LUMPUR, 10-Aug-2008 -Exactly a decade ago, Malaysia was in the economic doldrums, former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim faced sodomy charges, and disbelieving citizens suspected a government conspiracy. Fast forward to 2008 — Anwar has reinvented himself as the figurehead of a thriving opposition, and the country has a serious case of […]
We Do Not Trust In Each Other?
Sin Chew Jit Poh – Malaysia | 07-Aug-2008 – During the second Malaysian Student Leaders Summit, the Merdeka Centre released a poll report, revealing that the three major races in Malaysia – Chinese, Malays and Indians did not trust in each other: Only 39% of Chinese trusted in Malays, and 38% of Malays trusted in […]
Malaysia: Drop Political Charges Against Opposition Leader
Human Rights Watch (press release) – USA | 07-Aug-2008 Police Investigation of Anwar Ibrahim Lacks Credibility (New York, August 7, 2008) – The Malaysian government should immediately withdraw politically motivated charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Human Rights Watch said today. Police served Anwar, who is running for office, with an order to appear in […]
Anwar to appear in court as fight escalates
Asian Wall Street Journal | KUALA LUMPUR, 07-Aug-2008 — A confrontation that could decide Malaysia’s political future escalated, as police ordered charismatic opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to appear in court today, where his lawyers said they expect him to be charged with sodomising a former aide. The development came amid an increasingly bitter […]
Abdullah faces uphill task to win back early popularity
Singapore Straits Times | KUALA LUMPUR, 06-Aug-2008 — By declaring his intention to hand over power in mid-2010, beleaguered Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi must now grapple with the question of how history will judge him. A cursory assessment of his successes and failures since coming into office in November 2003 is not […]
Political Sex Scandals Rock Modest Malaysia – By THOMAS FULLER
New York Times – United States | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, 04-Aug-2008 — Government censors in this majority Muslim nation have upheld an ethos of modesty by snipping sex scenes from films and banning entertainers from wearing outfits that reveal too much on Malaysian stages; bare belly buttons and figure-hugging outfits are off limits. But these […]