After much antagonism over blogs in Malaysia, the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, suggested recently that bloggers form their own ethics code to ensure accountability and fairness in their writings. Syed Hamid, who opened the Bloggers Buff 2008 Conference, emphasized the importance of this because most bloggers do not have a journalism background. The Home Minister, acknowledging that […]
Author: danyogafit
The Sun: Workers’ long wait for justice
The courts and the judiciary have come under scrutiny recently. Allegations of corruption and political inculcation in boot camps have taken up many column inches in both the print and online media. Another ill plaguing the courts, undue delay in resolving cases, has also been highlighted through Irene Fernandez’s decade-long “false news” case. Industrial courts, running […]
GV: Are the police being too brutal?
Last year, on November 10th, 40,000 Malaysians attended the BERSIH Rally, the civil society coalition for a clean and fair elections. The coalition started out as a Joint Action Committee for Electoral Reform, formed in July 2005. Now, the coalition’s objective is to push for a thorough reform of the electoral process in Malaysia, including a freer […]
GV: Reforming the Malaysian judicial services
[post updated with Spanish Translation] The Malaysian judiciary has long been criticised of corruption, and also for being less-than expeditious in its process. Earlier this year, de facto Law Minister, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, promised to bring changes to Malaysia’s legal system, beginning with the judiciary. While he was in office, Zaid set up a committee to […]
GV: Media Council- Double handcuffs or media freedom?
[post updated with link to Spanish version] This is my first post for Global Voices, so yay! Amidst a number of recent journalistic blunders, Malaysia’s Home Minister, Syed Hamid Albar, announced that the government has full intention of establishing a national media policy, together with a regulatory body over Malaysian media. Syed Hamid said that […]
Thrive: the key to retaining your staff
Thrive Magazine for Public Mutual members only. “Guess what Azmi has done now?” the text message read. My thumbs and forefingers flew over my mobile keypad with my response, “Don’t tell me he quit?” Azmi was our new credit-control executive, with us for just three weeks. “Spot on!”read the response.
The Malay Mail: Appeal delayed again
The follow-up to yesterday’s piece, written [mainly by] with Sheila Rahman. “Impossible to understand” is how most dictionaries define “incomprehensible” – the word Irene Fernandez’s counsel M. Puravalen used yesterday to describe portions of the notes of evidence relating to her “false news” case. Click here and here, or buy the paper. RM1.00 only lah! […]
Personal Money: Going it alone?
Freelancing is the new black. More and more people are braving it alone. It might seem a little strange that freelancing is growing popular in a tightening economy, but it is for this very reason that freelancing is fast expanding. In bad times, many businesses might not have the budget to hire full time staff, but […]
GV: Malaysia’s jungle spirits
[post updated with link to Spanish, Arabic and Bangla translations] To celebrate All Hallow’s Eve and All Saints’ Day (Day of the Dead), Global Voices has a special feature on “Ghosts, ghouls, myths and legends“. My first for this special, and my second Global Voices contribution, is as follows: Lush with primary and secondary virgin jungle, […]