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Her guts have scared politicians, espcially those with much at stake, hence the dirty move to deter her from pursuing her agenda of pushing for free and fair elections.

Jeswan Kaur, Free Malaysia Today

Bersih 2.0 co-chairperson A Samad Said is asking a very pertinent question – why are the detractors not giving him a hard time and are hell bent on harassing his colleague S Ambiga?

The police had been standing there for hours, almost a day in fact, but nothing happened. Until someone (Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and PKR deputy president Azmin Ali) gave a signal for the crowd to breach the barriers and thats what the demonstrators did. This happened despite someone else (Bersih 3.0 co-organiser Datuk S. Ambiga) telling the crowd to disperse, and she later admitted that she could not control the crowd.

The Star

Irshad Manji says that moderate Muslims in Malaysia are not only 'useless' but that their 'silence and passivity' allow extremists to get away with violence and intimidation.

“When (civil rights activist) Martin Luther King said that the Bible was being use to justify racism, the Christians told him to stop creating tension,” she explained. “And he reminded them that tension already existed if the Bible was being used for such purposes.”

Stephanie Sta Maria, Free Malaysia Today

PM Najib is forced to shower the rakyat with crumbs of goodies to obtain votes because the people are fed-up with BN's underhand tactics.

Attacking Nik Aziz is the biggest faux pas (pun intended) so far. As Nik Aziz is a very well-respected ulama, this attack on him will be viewed by many as disrespectful and downright insulting.

Selena Tay, Free Malaysia Today

The DAP saw in Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim as the best hope of reaching out to the Malays. But when he quit the party, the party's multi-racial image took a beating.

Zainal Epi, Free Malaysia Today

DAP was desperate when it offered Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim a senior fellowship in an institute in Penang with a stipend of RM50,000.

Five-minute time lag allows extra bits to be snipped out to preserve "sensibilities"

Azia Sentinel

In Malaysia, the international television news you watch may not be the same television news watched across the rest of the world. It appears that the major broadcast networks beamed into the country including BBC, CNBC, Australian Broadcasting, Al Jazeera and other international news feeds are put on a five-minute tape delay while electronic devices scan the broadcasts for objectionable keywords, including the name of the opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim.

In 1988, the relationship between the Singapore government and the law society turned sour, resulting in the creation of the law academy.

RK Anand, Free Malaysia Today

Ties are now strained between the Malaysian Bar and the government in the aftermath of the Bersih 3.0 protest, incidentally spearheaded by a former Bar Council president, S Ambiga.

Some might think it would be alright just by calling Tunku names, accusing him of being bribed by BN. No way! If DAP goes on this way, it will only find itself sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire. Tunku joined DAP all because of an aspiration, thinking his move could propel the nation's democracy and progress. Lim Kit Siang can testify on this. When this party begins to lose its ideals to favouritism and utilitarianism, its culture begins to recede.