NURUL IZZAH ANWAR on party, family & father

By Mark Teh

“Sodomy II” – the media has framed Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s ongoing trial as a sequel. And as with many sequels, the elements are discussed and dissected with greater detail than the original – the formulaic and predictable plot, the returning cast of characters, the introduction of new faces, and the seeming rehash of old angles (not least by the mainstream media – across language lines).

One of the characters in this epic drama is Nurul Izzah Anwar, daughter of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat leader, who has had to come of age in the most public of arenas in the past 10 years. We speak to her about the internal problems affecting PKR, as well as what her father’s trial means for her family and her party.  Watch the interview here:  http://bit.ly/aH66Mi

Nurul Izzah Anwar is the Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai.

And on That Effing Show, a music video for Machas!  http://bit.ly/bbbaG1

We are machas. We go to mamaks. We like hip-hop. So we made a music video. A really, really, really high-budget one (it features a Porsche, yo!).

Our Message is simple: “When in doubt – don’t fight, don’t destroy places of worship, don’t cane people, don’t say ridiculous stuff the rakyat is gonna make fun of in the internets. Just do the ‘Macha-rena’, and all will be well”.