Once again another hit piece written by a US funded propagandist – yes the benign sounding “Center for Independent Journalism” is itself anything but independent but fully funded by US National Endowment for Democracy and George Soros as well as members of NED & Soros’ Southeast Asia Press Alliance (SAEPA) and IFEX.
Notice how in the first paragraph the author is already using Anwar and his foreign backers’ seditious Bersih movement as an example that there is “still unmet demand for change.”
Lowy Institute infested ANU and their New Mandala blog just so happens to cover each and every one of these Soros NED funded outfits and support their cause unconditionally – all while never making mention of the corporate fascist money behind these supposedly “humanitarian” causes.
People used to make up all sorts of lies, pretend to be supporters of all sorts of “noble causes,” to start wars and to procure power – its just a little more sophisticated now. Corporate fascism didn’t go extinct, it evolved – NED, Soros, and their legions of NGOs and civil society is the face of corporate fascism today.
However, what is missing from all the accounts of Chao Souphanouvong so far is the factional split that occurred between Souphanouvong’s group and Kaysone Phommihane’s group after 1975. It had a huge impact on a lot of people, especially Souphanouvong and his family. There are still people alive who know a lot about this, but nobody inside Laos would dare write about it at this point.
However, just a couple of years ago I met an older man who identified himself as a “Souphannouvong soldier”. He fought for the Pathet Lao before 1975 and against rebels after 1975. He shook his head and complained about not receiving the pension that “Kaysone soldiers” received. He is not the only one I have heard talk this way.
Does he realise that what he is representing is in total contrast to what he is trying to deny? If he is not playing the racial card and trying to divide and conquer, then why does he keep bringing the different races up?
Has he forgotten that neither the Malays, Chinese nor Indians own Malaysia. We are all ‘guests’ of this beautiful and abundant country which is lawfully owned by the Orang Asli. In a sad twist of fate, the rightful owner of the land are the ones who are treated the worst and most worst off of all the races in Malaysia. So please come down from your high horse and display some humanity and humility.
BTW if BN and UMNO cannot rule the country in an appropriate manner and start generating wealth, business advancement and job opportunities for its rakyat, then change will have to be expected. When a country keeps going backward compared to its peers in the region, then something is definitely VERY WRONG. Wake up DPM and take your blind fold off.
Actually the best thing that could happen to democracy in Thailand would be the blocking of YouTube, Facebook and the like.
Apathetic, consumerist Thai youth would be up in arms in no time. They would start to realisethat freedom of speech is precious and censorship obscene. Now they don’t care much as long as their shopping malls are open and social networks let them grow virtual crops and post pictures of their handbags or shoes.
Say, UK, The Netherlands and Denmark beign exceptions to the case, most Euro countries have no better track record than Thailand, co come to that Cambodia, Laos, Burma or Malaysia
Appeared to me as very strong comments as reflected in the two extracts the Reviewer cited from the preface. There may be societies in the world more abused than the Cambodians.
“Endless Massacre” ? 6 October ? Are you trapped in the time zone of your academic cage ? People like you who started the problem and tried to blame it on everyone else that doesn’t believe your way of thinking.
In these hot months before the 13th general elections – when Najib’s govt is hoping to cheat and deficit-spend his way to victory, and a multi-million ringgit ‘cybertroopers’ unit has been set up – there’s a lot of anti-Anwar/opposition smear campaigns around online. The mainstream media is already ramping up their anti-opposition campaigns, so no surprises there.
So whether Anwar said this, or chua JM said that, or the lembu head at shah alam mosque said something else, really doesn’t matter – what matters is what is policy, and what is being carried out as governing actions. As Jordan says above, what is actually being implemented as policy?
Because Najib is already infamous for his spin, saying one thing while doing another; ie, claiming political liberalisation on Sept 15 in a slick speech, yet passing a new law this week that clamps down on freedoms even more than the old one! Or criticising the ISA yet using it now to lock up without trial a dozen people in east malaysia… and the list of cakap-tak-serupa-bikin goes on, and on with Najib.
So… it’s quite easy to compare which party is implementing and advocating and carrying out racist and racialist policies – and which is not. Just compare the record of Najib’s govt and the many examples of race-based corruption, with the open-tender, incomes-tested approach used in the pakatan-run states of Penang, Selangor and even Kelantan.
Najib, Muhyiddin and their cronies know their record doesn’t stand up to scrutiny – so they have to rely on propagandists to claim otherwise, and to distract from the issue at hand. After all, as has been suggested recently in an UMNO context, using Hitler’s tactics against your opponents can work – and when you cheat your way back to government, you can change the laws again.
Goh: on Anwar and PPSMI it has been his consistent stand to have those subjects taught in Malay. I personally have no issue with that, as that is his stand on the matter. Ie I absolutely admire ASamad Said who has been campaigning for the use of BM but he is far from being racist and a real pleasure to be around with. His daughter was my primary school teacher.
On what Jui Meng said, I wish more people would make it clear and I echo his sentiment. We should all defend what is written in the constitution as it stands until such time a 2/3rds Parliamentary majority changes it. If Article 153 were to be read as it is, and not how it is intepreted, that would be okay. The issue is the amount of abuse in the name of Malay rights that has become the norm.
тАО15 Jan 2009, Anwar Ibrahim: Acapkali saya tekankan betapa mereka yang bertindak meneruskan hatta menyokong PPSMI adalah kalangan yang khianat kepada perjuangan Melayu.
27 Nov 2011, Jui Meng: Hak orang Melayu akan tetap dipertahankan seperti yang termaktub dalam perlembagaan, kata Pengerusi Majlis Pimpinan KEADILAN Johor
Why is the microscope always on every word the BN leaders say? Bias articles that are consistently discrediting the Government leaders while suspiciously backing the Opposition whose words are conveniently overlooked.
The Peaceful Asembly Bill prohibits non-citizens from participating in an assembly.
If the Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 is really to ‘international standards’ as the UMNO government claims it is, imagine if it was law in Australia. That would mean that it would be impossible for Malaysians to attend a gathering like this forum to listen to their own Deputy Prime Minister. How the UMNO led government shamelessly claims to champion democracy is beyond me.
For a government that claims it cares for the people (1Malaysia, People First Performance Now), it is utterly shocking that the ‘Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011’ was rushed through Parliament without any public consultation whilst it was being drafted. The bill in its current form severely restricts the freedom of assembly whereby consent has to be granted before any assembly can be held. The bill also provides for disproportional police power and the right to appeal police decisions on assemblies lies with the Minister of Home Affairs.
Why are street rallies prohibited?
We have had a long history of successful, peaceful and non disruptive street rallies since before 1946. How about marathons and the many different events that seek permission from the police to close the streets and offer assistance in peacekeeping, how is a ‘street rally/protest different?
At what point can one seek judicial review?
How can an administration claiming to aspire towards being the ‘best democracy in the world’ fall short in upholding the separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.
This bill that has far reaching consequences was tabled for the first reading on 22 November, 2nd Reading on the 24th of November by no less than the Prime Minister himself and was read for the 3rd time on 29 November. Why such haste in passing this bill?
In case anyone thinks the “11-yr-old” bit is made up:
2 tweets by Democrat Party deputy spokesperson on 11-year-old “cyber warriors” 30 Nov 2011 –
1) TR @MallikaBoon “Welcome little 11-yr-old cyber warriors. Here come the youth with strength of the heart. Spend no more than 3 hour a day on the Net, alright?” Original tweet: http://t.co/vmlYH5fL (she has deleted this tweet following swift criticisms on using 11 year olds in inappropriate work -> see next TR)
2) TR @MallikaBoon “Change from playing [computer] games to surfing the Net, and help reporting illegal websites, including [national] security, porn, gambling, drugs & insulting the institution. Get moving.” Original tweet: http://t.co/phKdA1WI
Hope not only the 1) was scrapped but the whole idea of using 11-year-old kids in such work is also scrapped. Child rights advocates should monitor the development.
Definitely very bad judgment . . . Yingluck made a terrible call.
Thai Agriculture Minister Theera admitted that the government delayed the release of water from the dams ‘to allow the farmers to complete their harvest’. This admission was published in every Thai and several foreign newspapers.
I could imagine that Thai Agriculture Minister Theera made that decision around July – August. He must have consulted PM Yingluck at around mid-August and I imagine the conversation was something like this.
Yingluck: “Theera what should be done? The rainfalls just keep on pouring and the dams about to burst? . . .”
Theera: “It does not look good PM. But this month August, 2011, the rainfall was only above normal by 22% . . previously for past few months it was 45% or more. So I’ll cross my fingers that the rains will subside and we can keep the waters in the dams a few weeks more PM Yingluck. ”
PM Yingluck: “O.K. then Theera. You cross your fingers and I’ll cross my legs”.
Flood management was based on a toin toss and optimism is what I guessed happened . . . that resulted in the loss of 600 lives, and huge devastation on property and people’s well-being.
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Malaysia – Defending the Constitution
Once again another hit piece written by a US funded propagandist – yes the benign sounding “Center for Independent Journalism” is itself anything but independent but fully funded by US National Endowment for Democracy and George Soros as well as members of NED & Soros’ Southeast Asia Press Alliance (SAEPA) and IFEX.
http://www.seapabkk.org/about-us/report.html
Notice how in the first paragraph the author is already using Anwar and his foreign backers’ seditious Bersih movement as an example that there is “still unmet demand for change.”
Lowy Institute infested ANU and their New Mandala blog just so happens to cover each and every one of these Soros NED funded outfits and support their cause unconditionally – all while never making mention of the corporate fascist money behind these supposedly “humanitarian” causes.
People used to make up all sorts of lies, pretend to be supporters of all sorts of “noble causes,” to start wars and to procure power – its just a little more sophisticated now. Corporate fascism didn’t go extinct, it evolved – NED, Soros, and their legions of NGOs and civil society is the face of corporate fascism today.
The Red Prince
However, what is missing from all the accounts of Chao Souphanouvong so far is the factional split that occurred between Souphanouvong’s group and Kaysone Phommihane’s group after 1975. It had a huge impact on a lot of people, especially Souphanouvong and his family. There are still people alive who know a lot about this, but nobody inside Laos would dare write about it at this point.
However, just a couple of years ago I met an older man who identified himself as a “Souphannouvong soldier”. He fought for the Pathet Lao before 1975 and against rebels after 1975. He shook his head and complained about not receiving the pension that “Kaysone soldiers” received. He is not the only one I have heard talk this way.
We’re not racists!
Does he realise that what he is representing is in total contrast to what he is trying to deny? If he is not playing the racial card and trying to divide and conquer, then why does he keep bringing the different races up?
Has he forgotten that neither the Malays, Chinese nor Indians own Malaysia. We are all ‘guests’ of this beautiful and abundant country which is lawfully owned by the Orang Asli. In a sad twist of fate, the rightful owner of the land are the ones who are treated the worst and most worst off of all the races in Malaysia. So please come down from your high horse and display some humanity and humility.
BTW if BN and UMNO cannot rule the country in an appropriate manner and start generating wealth, business advancement and job opportunities for its rakyat, then change will have to be expected. When a country keeps going backward compared to its peers in the region, then something is definitely VERY WRONG. Wake up DPM and take your blind fold off.
Mallika Boonmetrakul: an appalling Thai Politician
Actually the best thing that could happen to democracy in Thailand would be the blocking of YouTube, Facebook and the like.
Apathetic, consumerist Thai youth would be up in arms in no time. They would start to realisethat freedom of speech is precious and censorship obscene. Now they don’t care much as long as their shopping malls are open and social networks let them grow virtual crops and post pictures of their handbags or shoes.
Taking to the tweets in Singapore
Well I am not going to occupy Singapore. Love the City. Last they need great unwashed and I say ti Shanghai too.
Thailand’s latest lese majeste disgrace
Say, UK, The Netherlands and Denmark beign exceptions to the case, most Euro countries have no better track record than Thailand, co come to that Cambodia, Laos, Burma or Malaysia
Review of Cambodia’s Curse
Interesting observations from the Reviewer.
Appeared to me as very strong comments as reflected in the two extracts the Reviewer cited from the preface. There may be societies in the world more abused than the Cambodians.
Ah Kong and his family
Tarrin
“Endless Massacre” ? 6 October ? Are you trapped in the time zone of your academic cage ? People like you who started the problem and tried to blame it on everyone else that doesn’t believe your way of thinking.
Mallika Boonmetrakul: an appalling Thai Politician
[…] the post at New Mandala on the outspoken deputy spokesperson for the Democrat Party, the increasingly notorious Mallika […]
The toll of flooding on lives and politics
Vichai: you are guessing on all of this, making unfounded assumptions about actions.
We’re not racists!
Goh WL #12.
Thanks for alerting NM readers to what Anwar Ibrahim and Chua Jui Meng allegedly said.
Would appreciate if you could provide the source (i.e. a hyperlink) so that we can appreciate who reported it and within which context.
Heaven forbid if Pakatan Rakyat is a mirror image of Barisan Nasional.
We’re not racists!
In these hot months before the 13th general elections – when Najib’s govt is hoping to cheat and deficit-spend his way to victory, and a multi-million ringgit ‘cybertroopers’ unit has been set up – there’s a lot of anti-Anwar/opposition smear campaigns around online. The mainstream media is already ramping up their anti-opposition campaigns, so no surprises there.
So whether Anwar said this, or chua JM said that, or the lembu head at shah alam mosque said something else, really doesn’t matter – what matters is what is policy, and what is being carried out as governing actions. As Jordan says above, what is actually being implemented as policy?
Because Najib is already infamous for his spin, saying one thing while doing another; ie, claiming political liberalisation on Sept 15 in a slick speech, yet passing a new law this week that clamps down on freedoms even more than the old one! Or criticising the ISA yet using it now to lock up without trial a dozen people in east malaysia… and the list of cakap-tak-serupa-bikin goes on, and on with Najib.
So… it’s quite easy to compare which party is implementing and advocating and carrying out racist and racialist policies – and which is not. Just compare the record of Najib’s govt and the many examples of race-based corruption, with the open-tender, incomes-tested approach used in the pakatan-run states of Penang, Selangor and even Kelantan.
Najib, Muhyiddin and their cronies know their record doesn’t stand up to scrutiny – so they have to rely on propagandists to claim otherwise, and to distract from the issue at hand. After all, as has been suggested recently in an UMNO context, using Hitler’s tactics against your opponents can work – and when you cheat your way back to government, you can change the laws again.
We’re not racists!
Goh: on Anwar and PPSMI it has been his consistent stand to have those subjects taught in Malay. I personally have no issue with that, as that is his stand on the matter. Ie I absolutely admire ASamad Said who has been campaigning for the use of BM but he is far from being racist and a real pleasure to be around with. His daughter was my primary school teacher.
On what Jui Meng said, I wish more people would make it clear and I echo his sentiment. We should all defend what is written in the constitution as it stands until such time a 2/3rds Parliamentary majority changes it. If Article 153 were to be read as it is, and not how it is intepreted, that would be okay. The issue is the amount of abuse in the name of Malay rights that has become the norm.
We’re not racists!
тАО15 Jan 2009, Anwar Ibrahim: Acapkali saya tekankan betapa mereka yang bertindak meneruskan hatta menyokong PPSMI adalah kalangan yang khianat kepada perjuangan Melayu.
27 Nov 2011, Jui Meng: Hak orang Melayu akan tetap dipertahankan seperti yang termaktub dalam perlembagaan, kata Pengerusi Majlis Pimpinan KEADILAN Johor
Why is the microscope always on every word the BN leaders say? Bias articles that are consistently discrediting the Government leaders while suspiciously backing the Opposition whose words are conveniently overlooked.
We’re not racists!
The Peaceful Asembly Bill prohibits non-citizens from participating in an assembly.
If the Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 is really to ‘international standards’ as the UMNO government claims it is, imagine if it was law in Australia. That would mean that it would be impossible for Malaysians to attend a gathering like this forum to listen to their own Deputy Prime Minister. How the UMNO led government shamelessly claims to champion democracy is beyond me.
Happy Malaysia Day
If anyone had hopes that the Prime Minister was a reform minded Prime Minister, the Peaceful Assembly Bill puts paid to that.
We’re not racists!
For a government that claims it cares for the people (1Malaysia, People First Performance Now), it is utterly shocking that the ‘Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011’ was rushed through Parliament without any public consultation whilst it was being drafted. The bill in its current form severely restricts the freedom of assembly whereby consent has to be granted before any assembly can be held. The bill also provides for disproportional police power and the right to appeal police decisions on assemblies lies with the Minister of Home Affairs.
Why are street rallies prohibited?
We have had a long history of successful, peaceful and non disruptive street rallies since before 1946. How about marathons and the many different events that seek permission from the police to close the streets and offer assistance in peacekeeping, how is a ‘street rally/protest different?
At what point can one seek judicial review?
How can an administration claiming to aspire towards being the ‘best democracy in the world’ fall short in upholding the separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.
This bill that has far reaching consequences was tabled for the first reading on 22 November, 2nd Reading on the 24th of November by no less than the Prime Minister himself and was read for the 3rd time on 29 November. Why such haste in passing this bill?
Mallika Boonmetrakul: an appalling Thai Politician
For a spokeswoman, she certainly has an affinity for cursing and misspelled words on her facebook/twitter pages:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=180900638666546&id=137530553003555
https://twitter.com/MallikaBoon
(if you can’t read that, let’s just say her ‘opinions’ on MP Karun are like that of a woman for her boyfriend after a very bad breakup)
She seems to be on a political rant right now, posting anti-PTP hate messages on average every 3 minutes for the last half hour.
Mallika Boonmetrakul: an appalling Thai Politician
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In case anyone thinks the “11-yr-old” bit is made up:
2 tweets by Democrat Party deputy spokesperson on 11-year-old “cyber warriors” 30 Nov 2011 –
1) TR @MallikaBoon “Welcome little 11-yr-old cyber warriors. Here come the youth with strength of the heart. Spend no more than 3 hour a day on the Net, alright?” Original tweet: http://t.co/vmlYH5fL (she has deleted this tweet following swift criticisms on using 11 year olds in inappropriate work -> see next TR)
2) TR @MallikaBoon “Change from playing [computer] games to surfing the Net, and help reporting illegal websites, including [national] security, porn, gambling, drugs & insulting the institution. Get moving.” Original tweet: http://t.co/phKdA1WI
Hope not only the 1) was scrapped but the whole idea of using 11-year-old kids in such work is also scrapped. Child rights advocates should monitor the development.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/ef4l0n
The toll of flooding on lives and politics
Definitely very bad judgment . . . Yingluck made a terrible call.
Thai Agriculture Minister Theera admitted that the government delayed the release of water from the dams ‘to allow the farmers to complete their harvest’. This admission was published in every Thai and several foreign newspapers.
I could imagine that Thai Agriculture Minister Theera made that decision around July – August. He must have consulted PM Yingluck at around mid-August and I imagine the conversation was something like this.
Yingluck: “Theera what should be done? The rainfalls just keep on pouring and the dams about to burst? . . .”
Theera: “It does not look good PM. But this month August, 2011, the rainfall was only above normal by 22% . . previously for past few months it was 45% or more. So I’ll cross my fingers that the rains will subside and we can keep the waters in the dams a few weeks more PM Yingluck. ”
PM Yingluck: “O.K. then Theera. You cross your fingers and I’ll cross my legs”.
Flood management was based on a toin toss and optimism is what I guessed happened . . . that resulted in the loss of 600 lives, and huge devastation on property and people’s well-being.