Teo Beng Hock’s Death: Disturbing Questions

All the Forensics in the World…
…cannot make the court do the right thing in a country where political will dictates, well, everything. SHAH ALAM: Renowned Thai forensic patho­logist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand told the inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock that it was an 80% probability his death was a homicide. (Dr Pornthip had been provided postmortem reports prepared by Dr Khairul Aznam Ibrahim from the Klang Tengku Rahimah Ampuan and Universiti Malaya Medical Centre’s Dr Prashant Samberkar as well as pictures of Teoh’s injuries.) Referring to an anal tear Teoh suffered as a “penetrative injury”

Keeping Paranoia Politics Alive…
…is among others, Utusan Malaysia’s Firdaus Abdullah. The issue at contention here is the government’s decision to do away with the “race” column in some government issued forms way back in August. The Star was a bit more cautious with with the story, going on to get it from the DPM’s mouth. Here’s Muhyiddin’s rationale. “There is a need for us to look at Malaysians not from the perspective of

Oi! Don’t Screw With My Country
Us Malaysians are generally a generous lot. Especially when it comes to helping those affected by disaster, war or any other hardship. From individuals to corporates to the government, we do not stint in aid, especially to neighbours. From Darfur, to Kosovo, to China to Aceh to Sri Lanka, Palestine and God knows where else, we have stepped up to help. Even at the height of the Indon-media-whipped resentment against Malaysia in the past few months, Malaysian students helped out with relief efforts during the West Jawa quake (early September). This time around it

Opaque Maneuvers at TI M’sia?
Ah! The seat got too hot for Paul Low, President of Transparency International Malaysia. Some rumblings were expected over at this body, especially judging by yesterday’s New Sunday Times report that implied the EGM today would expect outbursts from many of the exco members. Six of TI Malaysia’s excos threatened to resign apparently. However, today’s shocker is that it was Paul Low himself who had to leave. Read it here. Quite cryptic, don’t you think? In the absence of some substantive details, I’ll spec