What is Aung San Suu Kyi doing about the Rohingya?
The NLD government in Burma (Myanmar) is only a year old. Let’s hope that the illusion that is Suu Kyi does not fade. Or maybe it already has.
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Hey sexual predators, come to our safe haven!
Paedophiles, sexual predators and offenders can all find safe refuge here in Malaysia if we go by how we have been treating recent cases here in Malaysia. The empathy that we have for these people is amazing.
Come up with solutions and they will stop rallying
Journalist, writer, documentary filmmaker, lecturer and, apparently now social activist, Zan Azlee, uses logic and rationale to appeal to logical and rationale people who already support his ideas.
Like it or not, street demonstrations are a part of Malaysian history
There has to be a very pressing reason for tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of people to actually want to organise themselves.
Compromising on education means sacrificing the nation’s future
The reason for cutting the budget for public universities is so can be more sustainable and independent from the government. That may sound like a good idea but it isn’t.
Islam in Malaysia: When religion infiltrates the government
It may seem like the people in Jakim are just old wise men with long beards and a magical staffs who advise the ruler of the country – much like the magician Jaafar did in the Disney movie Aladdin.
Eight traditional Malay kuih that should not get halal certification
I am disgusted to think that Malaysians have been regularly eating dogs all this while without knowing it.
How does the monarchy affect democracy?
For many countries that are constitutional monarchies, the role of the royals is usually symbolic and ceremonial. But is it really?
Dirty cash is the root of all evil
The world should go entirely cashless to prevent corruption and crime.
Is Southeast Asia really a cesspool of corruption?
It’s sad to see that big blanket stereotype being thrown by the rest of the world at this region. But can you really blame them for thinking this?
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