Pink Power - Our Malaysian kids should learn a thing or two from this!

September 15, 2007 in Citizen of the World, News Items, Youth & Children's Issues

This is a news story about how a school in Nova Scotia, Canada, whose students rallied together to stand up to homophobic school bullies who had harassed and threatened to beat up a younger boy who wore a pink T-shirt to school.
You can read the full story here.
I cannot begin to tell you how much [...]

Give juveniles a second chance

July 16, 2007 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items, Youth & Children's Issues

My letter to The Star was published yesterday. I wrote the letter in response to this news article.
Here’s my original unedited letter, though I actually did prefer the edited version that The Star had published.
It is heartening indeed to know that the judiciary and laws of this country have not abandoned juvenile criminals and delinquents [...]

A Wake Up Call to All Malaysians!

November 21, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items

Very long post ahead…. You’ve been warned…. 
I love Malaysia.
I really do. And I do very hate to see it going down the rut.
I just wish all Malaysians would just read what an Australian journalist for The Age had to say about the things going wrong in Malaysia. I just can’t bear to hear people say [...]

Preserve Malacca’s Historical Charm!

October 13, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items

A letter, which I wrote to The Star, was just published today. Can you believe it’s only the second of 12 letters to the editor that I have sent that was published? And it all appeared in the same newspaper!
The issue which riled me up this time was regarding more money being misused by the [...]

New York Times article on the case of Lina Joy - A truly depressing time for Malay Christians indeed!

August 24, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 19 — From the scant personal details that can be pieced together about Lina Joy, she converted from Islam to Christianity eight years ago and since then has endured extraordinary hurdles in her desire to marry the man in her life.
Her name is a household word in this [...]

Brutal Murder of a Boy

May 26, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items, Youth & Children's Issues

Boy’s body found in bag - Originally published in The Star on Monday May 22, 2006
BY ANDREW SAGAYAM, SYLVIA LOOI and JO TEH of The Star

PETALING JAYA: A seven-year-old boy who was kidnapped from his SS19 home in Subang Jaya last Thursday was found dead, allegedly murdered by a close relative who threw him off [...]

Missing girl is believed to be dead, says cops

May 26, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items, Youth & Children's Issues

By TEH ENG HOCK – Originally published in The Star on Friday May 26, 2006.
JOHOR BARU: “I hope it’s a mistake,” said chef Lo Boo Chuan, tears flowing down his cheeks when police informed him that DNA tests confirmed that the skeletal remains found in Senai early this month were that of his missing eight-year-old [...]

Pressure on multi-faith Malaysia

May 18, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items

 

Malaysia is considering its multi-cultural credentials after a crowd of Muslims on Sunday broke up a meeting called to defend the rights of religious minorities. The country's leaders condemned the disturbances, but the BBC's Jonathan Kent in Kuala Lumpur says non-Muslims feel increasingly beleaguered.
"I'm becoming an alien in Malaysia, in my own country," says Dr [...]