· December, 2005

Stories about Malaysia from December, 2005

Malaysia: Islamic burial of ethnic Indian

31 December 2005

The recent controversy over “forced” burial of a Malaysia Everest mountain climber M. Moorthy in accordance to Islamic rites, in which the decision was disputed by Moorthy's family, has stir discussion among public. Earlier, Moorthy's widow Kaliammal Sinnasamy was seeking to declare that her late husband was a Hindu who...

Tsunami: Malaysian blogs reflect a year after

  29 December 2005

In remembrance of the Tsunami which took place at Asia Pacific in 2004, bloggers around the world were putting up posts to commemorate the event. MackZul dedicated a blog entry to those who have lost and pray that those who live on, are living better lives and even though Chan...

Malaysia: World in Asia

12 December 2005

As the inaugural East Asia Summit approaches in Kuala Lumpur, Competitive Malaysia finds similarities between certain Asian countries and western countries. Find out why he thinks Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia or Thailand is its Norway.

Malaysia: Racial Profiling

8 December 2005

Farish Noor, a guestblogger at Brand New Malaysian, shares his thoughts about racial profiling, connecting his experience abroad as a Muslim traveler and his country's discrimination against Chinese.

Malaysia: Humanize the News

6 December 2005

Malaysia's Mack Zulkifli suggests that the print media make more of an effort to present the human impact of the stories they cover. “That could be a way to rejuvenate the slump that our printed news is facing. And make no mistake, the slump is getting worse.”

Singapore, Malaysia: Assessing Explusion

  2 December 2005

Rajan Rishyakaran reflects on Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia, which resulted in the city-state's independence. He concludes it was a loss to Malaysia: “Should Malaysia kept Singapore, Singapore probably wouldn’t be as developed, however Malaysia with Singapore probably would be democratic.”