(AFP) - Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday renewed his vow to seize power from the ruling coalition, as the two sides lock horns for a key by-election.
Anwar has laid low since failing to meet a self-imposed September 2008 deadline to unseat the Barisan Nasional government, after general elections that saw the coalition handed [...]

Kenyataan Media
23 Disember 2008
KeADILan Gesa Kerajaan Segerakan Tabung Pemberhentian Pekerja
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan) menyeru agar kerajaan menyegerakan inisiatif bagi menubuhkan Tabung Pemberhentian Pekerja dalam masa terdekat memandangkan trend pemberhentian pekerja diramal serius.
KeADILan juga akan mengadakan dialog dengan kesatuan pekerja dan ahli akademik dalam tempoh terdekat bagi mencari jalan untuk mengatasi isu kehilangan kerja yang dijangka [...]

Malaysia may raise its stake in government-linked firms as falling share prices make it cheaper to buy up stock of companies with long-term value, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak was quoted on Monday as saying.
The government would not cut its holdings in state-linked companies until market conditions improve, Najib, who is also Finance Minister, was [...]

Agak pelik juga apabila Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu mendakwa hak kaum India telah diabaikan termasuk sukar menyertai sektor awam, gagal memasuki universiti awam, tidak diagihkan rumah murah dan tersisih daripada tender kerajaan.
Apakah tujuan sebenar Samy Vellu hendak memburukkan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) dan di mana semangat setiakawan yang dijunjung sebelum ini. Jika [...]

First Indication of Return of Mahathir’s  Economic Theory as Reuters report Naji Razak Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister says “Government will not object to plantations-to-automotive conglomerate Sime Darby buying a stake in the country’s top heart hospital.”
We may anticipate much more privatization or denationalization of Nations assets to Cronies soon.
Sime, which already owns a private hospital [...]

also check out Hunger Strike to Abolish ISA
KUALA LUMPUR - Fifteen ethnic Indians launched a hunger strike in Malaysia yesterday to demand the abolition of a tough security law which the government says is needed to combat terrorism.
“The five-day hunger strike is to protest against the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) and to demand all [...]

AFP - Malaysia raised doubts Wednesday over whether crisis-hit Thailand will be able to host a Southeast Asian summit, which has already been postponed from December to March.
The venue for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit had also been moved from Bangkok to the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai because anti-government protesters [...]

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s prime minister demoted the national police chief Friday after thousands of protesters occupied the capital’s airports in an anti-government campaign that has plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades.
The demonstrators stormed Suvarnabhumi international airport on Tuesday and took over the smaller Don Muang domestic airport a day later. [...]

Malaysia’s Prime minister Abdullah Badawi said Wednesday Muslims should still take up yoga, reversing an outright ban that has drawn widespread protests amid concerns over growing Islamic fundamentalism in the multiracial nation. Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council, comprising Islamic scholars, told Muslims at the weekend to avoid yoga because it uses Hindu prayers that could erode [...]

KUALA LUMPUR - AFTER a botched bid to oust the government in September, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will likely have to bide his time until elections in 2012-13 before making another bid for power.
From watershed elections in March to his triumphant return to parliament after a decade’s absence, Mr Anwar dominated the headlines. Even [...]