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	LUNAS BY
		If one was to total up the number of members that have left the opposition parties over the last year alone, as reported by TV3, one would find that the figure exceeds the membership of the parties concerned.
		In other words, according to TV3, more members have left the opposition parties than the opposition has members.
		Every election and by-election TV3 announces thousands of members "leaving" the opposition parties.
	pemudakeadilan.tripod.com /lunas/lunas7.htm (563 words)

	The World Today - Karpal Singh warns against lengthy US occupation of Iraq
		In fact, the government in Malaysia officially said that the war in Iraq would strengthen the Opposition, the Opposition Islamic Party, not my party which is a multiracial party, the Democratic Action Party.
		Karpal Singh was the Defence Attorney for Malaysian Opposition figure, Anwar Ibrahim, and he's now chairman of the opposition Democratic Action Party in Malaysia.
		In Malaysia in particular I think there is a lot of resistance against in the first place the Coalition forces defying the UN Security Council, you know.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s832940.htm (715 words)

	Malaysia: Propagandists For The BN (Part 1) - Monitoring media coverage during Election 2004
		As the most watched free-to-air TV station in the country, TV3 certainly gave BN a huge outlet to bombard the public with their propaganda, while leaving the public largely with a negative view of the opposition.
		Called “Bersama Mu Malaysia” it was about the election but was only interested in projecting the BN from among the parties.
		Close to 64% of all items and 67% of the first three items were focused on or positive towards the BN, while only about 4% focused on the opposition and not one opposition news item made the top 3 items for the entire coverage.
	www.aliran.com /monthly/2004a/5i.html (2114 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Malaysia: Human Rights Developments
		Malaysia continued its policy of detaining and expelling persons recognized as refugees by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and continued to deny UNHCR permission to visit immigration detention camps where refugees were detained.
		Although Malaysia's ruling coalition, dominated by the United Malay National Organization (UMNO), maintained its two-thirds majority in parliament, it lost significant ethnic Malay support as a result of Anwar's controversial prosecutions.
		Chief Minister Mohamed Ali Rustam explained that the measures were intended "to serve as a warning to opposition party supporters that they have no place in Malacca."
	www.hrw.org /wr2k1/asia/malaysia.html (1788 words)

	Articles - Malaysian general election, 2004
		The third opposition party, the Democratic Action Party, which was routed in the 1999 elections, improved its performance with the re-election of party chairman Lim Kit Siang and his deputy, Karpal Singh.
		On March 2, the 10th national parliament and all state assemblies in Malaysia (with the exception of Sarawak) were dissolved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong upon the advice of the Prime Minister.
		A re-election was held in the seat of Sungai Lembing (Pahang), since the wrong party symbol was printed on the ballot paper for the opposition candidate.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Malaysian_general_election,_2004 (877 words)

	AsiaMedia :: MALAYSIA: Why Parliament sessions can't go live on TV
		MALAYSIA: Why Parliament sessions can't go live on TV A minister has provocatively suggested that it was the thought of 'opposition antics' flashing across television screens that kept the government from allowing live telecasts of parliamentary proceedings
		The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Parliament, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, said the government would not have qualms about live telecasts if the opposition 'behaved itself'.
		KUALA LUMPUR - A minister has provocatively suggested that it was the thought of 'opposition antics' flashing across television screens that kept the government from allowing live telecasts of parliamentary proceedings.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=10904 (264 words)

	Griffith Asia Institute
		The Alternative Front opposition parties were preaching and practising national unity encompassing the diversity of races and religions in Malaysia in the 1999 general elections, while it was the National Front ruling parties - which had ruled the country for four decades - which were sowing inter-racial and inter-religious distrust, suspicion and disunity, i.e.
		Ten years after this 30-year vision, the Opposition Front was spearheading this concept of a Bangsa Malaysia while the ruling National front was backtracking to a throwback of the politics of race and religion, desperately trying to keep Malaysians in their separate ethnic and religious compartments.
		Chairman of Democratic Action Party and former Malaysian Parliamentary Opposition Leader
	www.gu.edu.au /text/centre/asiainstitute/seminars_lectures/siang01.html (1379 words)

	Asia Times: Malaysia: Ready, aim, shoot in foot
		A highly publicized dispute between two key opposition parties over whether Malaysia should be turned into an Islamic state is threatening to undermine the alliance and has provided fodder for the leaders of the ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition to denigrate the opposition.
		But although the manifesto was accepted by all the main opposition parties, it still left the alliance vulnerable to the ruling coalition's scare tactics and to the differing interpretations of the DAP and PAS.
		Playing on lingering ethnic Chinese fears of an Islamic state, the mainstream media highlighted the ideological rift within the front in the run-up to the 1999 general election and implied that the cultural and religious rights of the minorities were under threat.
	www.atimes.com /se-asia/CG05Ae03.html (1114 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		PKR, the ‘official’ acronym allowed by Malaysia’s Registrar of Societies (they just hate the word ‘keadilan’, which means justice, so they have forbidden it from being used) saw life on 4th April 1999 amidst much pomp and fanfare when it was launched at the then newest five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the Renaissance Hotel.
		In the 11 May general election that year, the ruling Alliance Party was practically trounced and managed to form the government with only a simple majority, the first and last time such a phenomena was ever seen in Malaysia.
		Three ‘independent’ opposition parties against the ruling coalition of 14 parties would be a cruel joke to the opposition supporters who stood by Barisan Alternatif these last six years.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=9426269&postID=111699745387165289 (1610 words)

	Diari Pemantau Media Malaysia Malaysian Media Monitors' Diary
		Sin Chew Jit Poh has given balanced coverage of election news for both ruling and opposition parties in the period monitored (15-21 Feb).
		For example, the newspaper carried at least six news items on opposition parties but only four pieces on the ruling parties on 19 Feb. On the other hand, there were more than eight pieces about ruling parties and less than three on opposition parties on 21 February.
		It is the tradition of the editorial column of Sin Chew Jit Poh not to take a stand on sensitive political issues; so not surprisingly, the editorial column didn’t carry any comment on the coming election.
	www.aliran.com /charter/monitors/2004/02/sin-chew-focuses-on-mca-and-dap-sin.html (1610 words)

	BBC NEWS Monitoring Media reports The merits of Mahathir's long goodbye
		But the pro-opposition Malaysia Kini newspaper said opposition leaders had "poured cold water" on the announcement.
		Utusan Malaysia said Dr Mahathir's decision had surprised the nation and was difficult for the people to accept, and called for an "open mind and pragmatic attitude".
		Utusan Malaysia newspaper said the announcement that Dr Mahathir would remain as interim prime minister had relieved the nation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2067058.stm (398 words)

	CNN - Wife of jailed Malaysian official forms opposition party - April 4, 1999
		She urged other members of Malaysia's opposition to unite to help oust Mahathir.
		KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (CNN) -- Vowing to turn out Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's government in upcoming elections, the wife of Mahathir's ousted deputy formed a new opposition party on Sunday.
		Anwar's decision not to become an official member of the new party was seen as a tactic giving the group more flexibility in any talks with power brokers in the ruling coalition, the United Malays National Organization.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9904/04/malaysia.new.party (398 words)

	Online NewsHour: Elections in Malaysia -- November 29, 1999
		Malaysia has always, for a long time has had a negative unemployment rate and the economic crisis did not throw a lot of people out of work.
		Still, one election monitoring group said that waxy marks had been placed over the space to mark opposition votes in some places, making it difficult to vote for the opposition candidates.
		MARGARET WARNER: For more on the Malaysian elections and what they mean, we turn to Ronald Dewayne Palmer, U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia during the Reagan administration, and former president of the Malaysia- America society.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/july-dec99/malaysia_11-29.html (1907 words)

	Asia Times: DIRE STRAITS
		Novice opposition politician Fong Po Kuan, Malaysia's youngest parliamentarian at 28, had publicly taken to task the 77-year-old parliamentary Speaker, Mohamed Zahir Ismail, a veteran who had presided over the House for five terms spanning 19 years, after he had rejected her motion to discuss an examinations scandal.
		Instead, a "brute majority", as one opposition politician referred to it, in parliament was used to suspend her.
		One such institution is parliament, which is widely perceived as a rubber-stamp for government-sponsored bills.
	www.atimes.com /se-asia/CL22Ae02.html (941 words)

	Asean MPs in Malaysia to Press Military Junta
		The workshop, to be held in the JW Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Nov. 26-28, is being organized by the Pro Democracy Myanmar Caucus-Malaysian Parliament, a multi partisan group, which includes MPs from both the government and opposition benches as well as both Houses of Parliament.
		However, in July 2003, Mahathir Mohamad, the influential former prime minister of Malaysia, threatened to expel Burma if its military regime continues to defy international demands for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
		Malaysia played a key role in the controversial decision to admit Burma to ASEAN in 1997, despite concerns about the country's political and economic instability.
	www.mizzima.com /archives/news-in-2004/news-in-november/25-November04-29.htm (406 words)

	History of Malaysia
		Malaysia has since maintained a delicate ethno-political balance, and developed a unique rule combining economic growth and a political rule that favours ethnic Malayans and moderate Islam.
		Football Association of Malaysia Official site, includes news, history, and fixtures and results for the national leagues and Malaysia Cup.
		Malaysia Taiji (Tai Chi) Resource Center Provides history, development and styles of Taijiquan, and list of instructors in Malaysia and Singapore.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-History_of_Malaysia.html (406 words)

	Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, a march made by the DAP along with Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) as part of the opposition led to violence, and resulted in what was euphemistically termed the May 13 Incident.
		PAS became the leading opposition party in Parliament.
		At the first DAP National Congress held in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur on July 29, 1967, the DAP declared itself to be "irrevocably committed to the ideal of a free, democratic and socialist Malaysia, based on the principles of racial and religious equality, social and economic justice, and founded on the institution of parliamentary democracy".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Action_Party (847 words)

	Amnesty International Report 2002 - Asia and the Pacific - MALAYSIA
		In August, 10 men, including at least seven members of the main opposition party Parti Islam seMalaysia (PAS), Islamic Party of Malaysia, were arrested under the ISA and accused of links with a local Islamic ''extremist'' group, Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM), Malaysia Mujahidin Group.
		In April a human rights defender and nine political activists, mostly senior members of the opposition Parti Keadilan Nasional, National Justice Party, were arrested under the ISA and accused of planning to overthrow the government by ''militant'' means including violent demonstrations.
		A number of judicial decisions and the activities of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia were perceived as bolstering respect for human rights principles.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/asa/malaysia!Open (1529 words)

	BBC News ASIA-PACIFIC Islamic party rejects women MPs
		Malaysia's opposition Islamic party has rejected calls for women to run as candidates in state and parliamentary elections, according to a local news agency.
		The party also tripled its seats in the election, becoming the leading opposition party.
		One of the leaders of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, said the party was concerned for womens' "security".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/784070.stm (426 words)

	Asia Times: Indonesia and Dr Mahathir's worries
		An alliance of opposition parties including the PAS (Islamic Party of Malaysia), he said, was ''noted for misusing and misinterpreting Islam to its political advantage''.
		Such statements are inevitably interpreted as reflecting Mahathir's concern over the outcome of coming elections and the possibility that the opposition composed of the followers of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and the PAS might make significant inroads against his Umno bloc.
		He was deeply worried that radical Islamic forces then on the ascendancy would take a foothold in Malaysia and undermine its secular orientation, with severe consequences for the future of the country's multi-ethnic society.
	www.atimes.com /editor/AJ08Ba01.html (555 words)

	Freedom in the World 2000 - 2001
		The Alternative Front named Pas president Fadzil Noor as parliamentary opposition leader on December 8.
		At the November 29, 1999 elections, held under a 72 percent turnout, the National Front won 148 seats, led by UMNO with 72; the Alternative Front, 42 (Pas, 27; DAP, 10; Keadilan, 5); and Parti Bersatu Sabah, an opposition party based in Sabah state, 3.
		While Keadilan had presented itself as a secular, Malay-based alternative to UMNO, which lost 16 seats, the biggest swing, of 20 seats, went to the Islamic-oriented Pas, which apparently gained the support of many conservative Malays angered by Mahathir’s treatment of Anwar.
	www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2001/countryratings/malaysia.htm (555 words)

	10th General Election in Malaysia
		The opposition front called Barisan Alternatif comprises Pas, DAP and Keadilan (Justice) the new party led by Anwars's wife, and the Peoples Party of Malaysia.
		Secondly by aligning her party Keadilan (Justice) with Pas (the fundamentalist muslim party) the sympathy votes of the Malays got transferred to Pas making it the leading opposition party.
		Despite these allegations, it could be said that by voting the ruling coalition to power, the people of Malaysia have, by and large endorsed the policies of the Barisan Nasional (BN) and the leadership of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.
	www.saag.org /papers/paper95.html (1311 words)

	Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister
		An opposition attempt during the election campaign to tie him to nepotism in connection with a government contract awarded to his son backfired because voters did not take it seriously.
		Mr Badawi pointed out that it was an extension of a catering arrangement held by his family long before he entered politics and had been approved by Anwar Ibrahim, the jailed former deputy prime minister and finance minister, who was the opposition's candidate for prime minister.
		Mr Badawi, 60, was a well-respected and well-liked foreign minister before he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister.
	pgoh.free.fr /deputy_pm.html (1311 words)

	Malaysia
		Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and 3 federal territories with a parliamentary system of government based on periodic multiparty elections in which the ruling National Front coalition has held power for more than 40 years.
		Malaysia was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as an observer.
		In 2001 several university students were expelled or suspended for engaging in activities associated with the political opposition.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18252.htm (18571 words)

	News Updates from June 2000 to the present
		KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) - Malaysia's foreign minister Thursday criticised foreign media for their coverage of the ethnic clashes and told locals working for overseas news organisations not to help "destroy the country."
		Police said earlier Thursday they were investigating opposition leaders for sedition after the leaders issued a press statement casting doubt on the official death toll of six from the ethnic conflicts.
		The minister, quoted by Bernama news agency, said some opposition parties did not hesitate to collaborate with the foreign media in belittling the country.
	www.freeanwar.net /news012001/bernama170301.htm (18571 words)

	Malaysia - Atlapedia Online
		This Union also included provisions for the Chinese and Indians to be granted citizenship and equal rights, which met with strong opposition from the Malays.
		East Malaysia is bound by Indonesia to the south, the South China Sea to the west and north, and the Sulu Sea to the northeast.
		The principal rivers of East Malaysia are the Rajang, Baram, Lupar, Limbang, Kinabatangan and Padas.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/malaysia.htm (1455 words)

	kiat.net: Malaysian History
		Malaysia's election on Monday was a mixed verdict for both Mahathir's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and the opposition.
		Malaysia's economy had grown at a robust rate for two decades, and rapid economic growth had brought prosperity to all racial groups in the country.
		Malaysia was a multi-racial country with a mix of people from many different races and cultures.
	www.kiat.net /malaysia/history.html (2837 words)

	Will LKS be detained under ISA for a third time?
		Gong by its past record, the Utusan Malaysia front-page headline report yesterday was the first step of a set-up to prepare for a political onslaught, reminiscent of the political onslaughts over the Suqiu controversy in 2000 or as far back as 1987 before the clampdown with the mass ISA arrests under Operation Lalang.
		With the Utusan Malaysia front-page headline yesterday, many are worried that I might be heading for a Tripos under the ISA.
		I also explained in Parliament that the secular Malaysia intended by the founding fathers and the first three Prime Ministers never meant an anti-Islam or anti-religion Malaysia, but one where the best values of all the great religions to be found in Malaysia guide the nation-building process – which is restated by the 1970 Rukunegara.
	dapmalaysia.org /english/lks/jun04/lks3083.htm (894 words)

	Diari Pemantau Media Malaysia Malaysian Media Monitors' Diary: 2004/03/14 - 2004/03/20
		After all, can we say Malaysia has reached the pinnacle of achievements in our struggle for freedom, equal justice for all, democratic governance, an independent judiciary without fear or favour, etc - Issues that some of the opposition parties have used as their platforms, regardless if you disagree with them.
		Dalam Harian Metro semalam pula terdapat satu iklan politik BN bersaiz satu halaman yang cuba mengingatkan rakyat Malaysia betapa bertuahnya mereka kerana harga kemudahan asas, khususnya petrol, berada pada tahap yang “berpatutan”.
		Although the three newspapers were better than TV1, TV3, and channel 8 for covering the BA manifesto as well, they clearly gave a lot more prominence to the BN manifesto, offering it page 1 treatment and a lot more space.
	www.aliran.com /charter/monitors/archives/2004_03_14_archives.html (14017 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		Yesterday, Malaysia Today published a letter from that same person who continued raising the issue and last night we too received nasty SMS messages slamming us for ‘taking sides’ in the ‘conflict’.
		And, as long as these UMNO-owned or government-controlled news agencies do not practice transparency, fair reporting, and do away with censorship and allow news unfavourable to UMNO or the government, that is how long the opposition will boycott them.
		But Malaysia has changed and the people’s perspective too has changed since 1998 so we must change with the times.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=8578983&postID=109687981266822305 (1420 words)

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