Law and Legal Issues

19 March 2009

By Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz

That is why it is essential that not only the original party of freedom, of our Merdeka – but all Malaysian political parties – democratise themselves, subjugate themselves to the grassroots, and decentralise decision-making while ensuring any new bodies are subject to the same legal force that they are. If the parties don’t abide by the rule of law then there is little hope that they will promote it in government.

19 May 2009

If the obduracy of the parties continues to lengthen this debacle, the costs to taxpayers and to democracy will spiral further. Though I maintain that the root cause of all this is the insufficiently democratic method in which candidates are selected – which weakens their loyalty to their constituents – all our noble institutions have been besmirched. I read what my childhood political figure living in Ampang says, and perhaps geographical proximity is no longer the only reason to support him.

Wan Saiful Wan Jan

19 March 2009: Poverty eradication can only happen in Malaysia if measures to strengthen property rights protection, both physical property as well as intellectual property, are incorporated as an important pillar of the nation’s poverty alleviation strategy. Policy-makers, including those in the Ministry for Rural and Regional Development, and political leaders should take heed. IPRI 2009 provides clear evidence of this.

24 Februari 2009, Kuala Lumpur: In a study released today by the Malaysia Think Tank, data shows that countries that protect the physical and intellectual property of their people enjoy nearly nine times higher GDP per capita than countries ranking lowest in property rights protections. The study, the 2009 International Property Rights Index (IPRI), compared the protections of physical and intellectual property to economic stability in 115 countries representing 96 per cent of the world's GDP.

by Wan Saiful Wan Jan

7 February 2009: Since mid-2008, former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim popularised the notion that it was acceptable to lure government MPs to defect across party lines, to allow the Opposition to form a new government. This has now taken place, but not quite the way Anwar planned.

Sunday 24 August 2008, 2:00-4:00 pm,
Residence Hotel, UNITEN, Bangi, Selangor

22 – 24 AUGUST 2008.
HOTEL RESIDENCE, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA.

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