Malaysia’s Bridge is Falling Down
July 19, 2010
Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein*
KUALA LUMPUR: The farcical trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim resumes this week in Kuala Lumpur. This is the second time that the country’s ruling establishment has tried to destroy Anwar’s career with trumped-up allegations of sodomy. It succeeded 12 years ago, when he [...]

SHAH ALAM, June 2 (Bernama) — The Selangor state government is introducing two new policies to ensure a clean and transparent administration, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.
In making the announcement, he said the two policies were the Pakatan Rakyat State Government Administration Integrity Index and the Integrity Pact (IP) which would be [...]

By Teresa Kok
For all the propaganda spouted by BN-owned media, it is plain as daylight that Najib Razak reshuffled his cabinet yesterday for the sole purpose of appeasing MCA and MIC’s internal leadership problems, did nothing at all for the rakyat’s interest, and nothing at all to increase women’s representation in government.
The last point truly [...]

SHAH ALAM, May 30 (Bernama) — The Selangor government will not allow premises in the state to be used for football betting, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said.
“Although the federal government had issued football betting licence, the state government, via local authorities has the power to stop it.
“The company has to apply for [...]

As Malaysia prosecutes an opposition leader, the U.S. is silent
ATRIAL that could determine whether one of Asia’s fast-developing countries evolves into a democracy has been making lurid headlines this month around the region. Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader in Malaysia and one of the foremost advocates of political freedom in the Muslim world, stands accused [...]

February 1, 2010
Wall Street Journal
More than a decade after he was beaten, tried and jailed, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will once again face a Kuala Lumpur court today on charges of sodomy. The accusations are highly dubious and raise a serious question: Is this moderate Muslim democracy becoming a nation with no real rule of [...]

Pakatan Rakyat defacto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s success in setting up a strong opposition coalition in Malaysia when he was named as one of the “100 Top Global Thinkers” (http://www.foreignpolicy.com) by renowned Washington-based magazine Foreign Policy.
Anwar is ranked 32nd in the list which boasts names of powerful leaders like US President Barack Obama [...]

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) applauds the Selangor state government’s initiative to demand for public release of the findings of the tragic Bukit Antarabangsa landslide that happened on 6 December 2008 in the face of challenges from the Federal Government to protect the document that is classified under the Official Secrets Act.
Selangor Menteri [...]

FOR corporate czar turned chief minister Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, the past 18 months have seemed like 18 years.From day one, Selangor’s 14th – and first from the opposition – chief minister has been beset by shocks and scandals – from protests against a pig farm project approved by his predecessor to a Malay [...]

SHAH ALAM, 9 August -  The Selangor State Government welcomes the statement made by the Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Peter Chin (New Straits Times, 4th August 2009) that it is important to conclude restructuring of the water services industry as soon as possible.
The State fully agrees that the matter should be resolved [...]