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Repeal Sections 14 and 15 of the Emergency Ordinance 2021 — William Leong Jee Keen
FEBRUARY 18 — I refer to the letter written by Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Pengerang to the Attorney General. She suggests that...
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Is APHR in breach of Asean non-interference policy? — Hafiz Hassan
FEBRUARY 18 — On December 4, 2016 approximately 10,000 gathered at Stadium Mini Titiwangsa in Kuala Lumpur to protest Myanmar’s persecution of the Rohingya. Entitled...
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Economic survival will be due to ‘rakyat stimulus’ not the vaccine roll-out — Paolo Casadio and Geoffrey Williams
FEB 17 — Although the announcement of the start of the Covid-19 vaccination programme is welcome news, there is a concern that the vaccine roll-out may have very little effect...
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Are Malaysians taking the issue of paedophilia, sexual child abuse and need for proper sexual offenders list too lightly? — Nirvana Jalil Ghani
FEBUARY 17 — MARA maths scholar, Nur Fitri Azmeer Nordin, who was studying at Imperial College in Maly 2015 when he was arrested, tried and charged with producing and possessing...
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Malaysia’s National Covid-19 Immunisation Plan: The missing details — Ezzaty Hasbullah
FEBRUARY 17 — The Malaysian Government has recently published its National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) outlining its strategy to achieve coverage by February of 2022....
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Time to review personal data protection law in Malaysia — Hafiz Hassan
FEBRUARY 15 — On February 11, a woman took to Twitter and related an incident about a policeman who stopped her at a roadblock set up as part of the movement control order...
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Imagining new learning spaces for online higher education — Premkumar Rajagopal and Geoffrey Williams
FEB 13 — The Covid-19 pandemic has hit all sections of society hard and in particular higher education institutions (HEI) have faced severe disruption not just to access to...
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Covid-19 vaccination: A shot in the arm, a hope for Malaysia’s socio-economy — Muhammad ‘Aamil Azhar
FEBRUARY 13 — Malaysia’s vaccination rollout is planned to start as early as the end of February, the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said in his special address on...
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SOPs must be evidence based decisions — Medical and health cluster of the Academy of Professors Malaysia
FEBRUARY 12 — The medical and health cluster of the Academy of Professors Malaysia are concerned about the latest federal government gazette under the Prevention and Control of...
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How to manage vaccine liability in Malaysia — Yee Hui Fang, Sharmini Navaratnam, Khor Swee Kheng
FEBRUARY 11 — Public confidence is crucial for the success of Malaysia’s National Covid-19 Immunization Program. To build public confidence in the vaccine, we must answer the...
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The end of the single party dominance era in Malaysia — Raja Ahmad Iskandar Fareez
FEBRUARY 11 — After more than 60 years living under the Umno-dominated Barisan Nasional (BN) administration, Malaysians have become accustomed to the single political party...
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Models for separation of AG’s roles — Hafiz Hassan
FEBRUARY 11 — Separate the two roles — the office of Attorney General (AG) and Public Prosecutor (PP). So urged Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina...
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Covid-19 quarantine: A message from a former patient — Rosli Dahlan
FEBRUARY 11 — One year ago when Covid-19 struck our shores, I wrote a “Big Thank You” note to express my deepest appreciation to our front liners from Kementerian Kesihatan...
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Ground SOPs on Science — Academy of Medicine of Malaysia
FEBRUARY 10 — The Academy of Medicine of Malaysia is troubled by the introduction of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Exemption) Order 2021, which states that...
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Banning Tommy Thomas’s memoir will curtail freedom of speech and expression — Malaysian Bar
FEBRUARY 10 — The Malaysian Bar is perturbed by the proposed action of authorities to ban the former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’s (“Thomas”) controversial...
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Should politicians crowdfund to fulfil public needs? — Emellia Shariff
FEBRUARY 10 — Most of us would agree that acts of altruism are good, and the more people are willing to give to help others, the better off the society will be. However, when it...
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Malaysians should think of how we can fulfil Tunku’s wish for Malaysia to be ‘a beacon of light in a difficult and distracted world’ — Lim Kit Siang
FEBRUARY 10 — One of the few living friends of Bapa Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and national independence activist, ninety-year-old Tan Sri Mohd Yusof Latiff, the Penang Malay...
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Between peace and violence — Arveent Kathirtchelvan
FEBRUARY 10 — Over the past week, we have seen tremendous protests involving the workers of J&T Express, a parcel delivery services company, specifically in Perak. The...
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Computer shortage and price hike is a grievous burden to poor families — Consumers Association of Penang
FEBRUARY 10 — The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to take urgent measures to control the prices of laptops and tablet computers which are desperately...
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Ministers should not be given preferential treatment through reduced mandatory quarantine period — Salim Bashir
FEB 9 — It was recently reported that ministers returning from official duties abroad are exempted from section 15 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act...
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Data-driven decision-making for Covid-19 — Dharm Navaratnam
FEB 9 —There is a need to strike a balance between improving the economy and health safety. Very true indeed. However, in trying to do this, one needs to have effective...
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Is the decision on the three-day observation for ministers data driven? — Malaysian Medical Association
FEB 9 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) strongly opposes the new ministerial order which now allows cabinet ministers returning from any official visit abroad to...
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The lost generation and our extraordinary circumstances — Maszlee Malik
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ― WB Yeats FEBRUARY 9 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) refers to the ‘lost generation’ or...
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Turn Sabah’s nominated seats into Top-up Women-Only Additional Seats (TWOAS) — Sabah Women’s Action-Resource Group (Sawo)
FEBRUARY 9 — Sabah Women’s Action Resource Group (Sawo) calls upon the Sabah State Government to convert Sabah’s current nominated seats into “Top-Up Women-Only Additional...
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Corruption must end, uphold transparency! — Rais Hussin Mohamed Ariff
FEBRUARY 9 — Corruption impoverishes the poor and the most vulnerable in our society. As the Chairman of MDEC, I support initiatives to address the scourge of corruption in...
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Memoir of a former AG: Could the publication be prevented? — Hafiz Hassan
FEBRUARY 9 — The publication of Tommy Thomas’ My Story – Justice in the Wilderness could have been restrained by an injunction. Much like...
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Don’t ban Tommy Thomas’ book, get a QC to rebut as was done with ‘May Day for Justice’ — P. Ramakrishnan
FEBRUARY 7 — The wolves are out baying for Tommy Thomas’ blood. Like a pack of wolves, with the herd mentality, they condemn his book and lodge police reports all over the...
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Can’t it be ‘lain sikit’ this CNY? — Hafiz Hassan
FEBRUARY 7 — I used to live in an apartment where my immediate neighbours were Chinese, with the only Malay five doors away. We — those on the same floor, if not the whole...
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Breastfeeding mothers should be encouraged and protected, not shamed — Yiswaree Palansamy
FEBRUARY 7 — This question has been lingering in my mind for a very long time: Why are people (pathetically, even some women) so riled up at the sight of a woman’s breasts?...
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Balance must be struck between freedom of expression and administration of justice ― Salim Bashir
FEB 6 ― The recent publication of former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’s memoir, My Story: Justice in the Wilderness, has been met with much public furore and...
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Where is Malaysia headed with Covid-19? — Amar-Singh HSS
JANUARY 1 — This past year has been an emotional, financial and medical ‘roller-coaster-ride’ for all of us in Malaysia. 2020 has brought much anguish, despair and grief to...
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Female genital mutilation: Should the practice be continued? ― Kamal Kenny
FEBRUARY 6 ― The Federation of Reproductive Health Associations, Malaysia (FRHAM) is supportive of the government's efforts to implement its commitments to key United Nations...
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Covid-19 and its impact on children — Amar-Singh HSS
JANUARY 8 — The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted all of society, especially those in poverty or are economically challenged. It has also stretched all support...