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Monday, April 27th, 2009
On April 23, a warrant of arrest was issued against Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin when he did not turn up in court for his sedition trial. While Raja Petra has gone into hiding, he is still actively posting articles on his website. The following is one of his ...
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
A warrant of arrest was issued against Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin on April 23 when he did not turn up in court for his sedition trial. Anticipating the court action, Raja Petra posted the article below on his site where he said: "After two ISA detentions, I do ...
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Abdullah Badawi has left office and there's a new prime minister in Malaysia. And yes, it is payback time - big time payback time. But it all depends on how far Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants to take these issues. The knife is in his hands. It is just whether ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
When new prime minister Najib Abdul Razak released 13 ISA detainees just before the April 7 by-elections, to sweeten what was thought to be a wipe out of the opposition, Malaysia Today's Raja Petra Kamarudin says: "The Indians are not that gullible and naïve. Why release the two 'harmless' ones ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Thumbs Down For New Malaysian PM
April 7, 10.45 pm: Malaysian by-election update.
Continued dissatisfaction with the ruling National Front led Malaysians to vote for the opposition in two out of three by-elections held on April 7. Instead of what is seen as a fresh mandate for new Prime Minister Najib Abdul ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
For his support of "outsted" Perak state minister Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and speaking out against the Perak sultan, Malaysian blogger (and royalty) Raja Petra Kamarudin thinks that his family might even disown him as he prepares to exile himself from the state of Selangor.
Editor's note: In an unprecedented ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
February 17, 2009, 1:38 pm Latest: Raja Petra's Habeas Corpus Appeal. Application to recuse Justice Augustine Paul rejected. Panel back to 3 judges. Case postponed till Monday, February 23, 2009.
Prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin might be detained again under Malaysia's Internal Security Act. Before he is locked away, he says: ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Following Gandhi's example, Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin suggests using Civil Disobedience or passive resistance to face the ridiculous law that requires an assembly of four people to apply for a police permit.
Some have asked me about the meaning of Civil Disobedience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience). It's actually quite simple. You defy ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
On September 23, 2008 Raja Petra Kamarudin (Pete), prominent blogger and editor of Malaysia Today, was sent to the Kamunting Detention Centre in Perak to begin his two-year detention under Malaysia's Internal Security Act. Here are some of his thoughts while in solitary confinement.
I was perturbed when I read YB ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
"Today, I received many phone calls from concerned friends who told me that the government is considering detaining me under the Internal Security Act 'very soon'. If that does happen, then this could probably be the last article I write, at least until 16 September 2008." Malaysia Today's Raja Petra's ...
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