Terang Bulan by Anneke Gronloh

Terang Bulan is the Indonesian song which Indonesians are claiming Malaysia stole and made it into its national anthem, Negara Ku. But according to Raja Petra, both Malaysia and Indonesia in fact stole the song from Hawaii and the original song is called Mamula Moon sang by Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders in their [...]

Perak State Legislative Assembly To Dissolve Today?

My reading is The Regent of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah will agree this morning at 9am when he meets the rightful Menteri Besar of Perak Dato’ Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin for the dissolution of the Perak state legislative assembly and to pave the way for a fresh state election. This will be the most honorable [...]

May 7: A Desperate Day For A Desperate Government

Our Media will not publish these pictures. Mark my word! Hear Najib Tun Razak’s boys have instructed all newspapers not to publish pictures of Perak Speaker V Sivakumar violently dragged out of the Perak State Assembly. See more here which is compliments from Malaysiakini. Also see more banned footage’s of Speaker Sivakumar humiliated and dragged [...]

Mahathir Says Barisan Nasional Acted Too Hastily in Perak As The Sultan Has No Power To Remove MB

This is reported today by The Edge Barisan Nasional (BN) acted too hastily in Perak and monarchs cannot remove elected heads of government. On the eve of the continuance of Perak’s constitutional crisis, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said: “Under the Federal Constitution, as far as I know, very clearly states that the [...]

I’ll Be ALL BLACK ON May 7th

Last night, Wong Chin Huat from the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih),  after having a press conference to launch the 1BLACKMalaysia campaign, was arrested under the Sedition Act. The campaign was to urge Malaysians to wear black on 7th May in protest to the Perak power-grab by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government and [...]

Nothing Is Lost As V Sivakumar Is Still Speaker

I believe by this Federal court decision the court has set a precedent as it can now review whatever the Speaker says or do even though the Speaker’s power is paramount. Anyway, the decision of the courts must be respected, but, has anything changed in the Perak State Assembly from this Federal court decision? No, [...]

The Unsigned Perak State Government Circular

This is the unsigned Perak state government circular bearing the state emblem announcing that the state secretariat in Ipoh will be closed Tuesday so as to prevent the emergency assembly meeting tomorrow. The circular also informs visitors that  all appointments scheduled for Tuesday will be cancel. This is a clear sign of insubordination to the Speaker by [...]

A Summary of Judge N H Chan’s Legal Commentary On The Tussle Between His Royal Highness The Sultan of Perak and His Menteri Besar

Centre for Policy Initiatives has reproduced a concise summary of Judge N H Chan’s earlier extended legal commentary on the tussle between his Royal Highness The Sultan of Perak and His Menteri Besar. There is a great public interest in this subject and this concise summary is sure an eyeopener. For me, this piece of jurisprudence [...]