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Mariam Mokhtar
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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OPINION A shockwave is reverberating over a Malacca government decision to allow male students below 18 and female students below 16 to marry. What normal, responsible parents would allow the state to make decisions over their child? What are the dreaded consequences?
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Mariam Mokhtar
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Monday, 02 August 2010 |
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OPINION Do policymakers hear the voices of the women who are suffering in polygamy? The rights of these women and children are often violated. If laws relating to marriage and divorce are not enforced, then polygamy should be banned.
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Mariam Mokhtar from London
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
OPINION Chief Minister Taib Mahmud must have found it galling that thousands of miles away from the safe confines of his tropical riverside mansion in Sarawak, the Penan problem and the destruction of the forests would be haunting him in this centre of learning — Oxford University, England.
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Mariam Mokhtar
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Friday, 23 July 2010 |
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MAY 13 is a scar on Malaysian history and for some, the memories are especially painful. For a young man called Kush, May 13 evokes more poignant horrors.
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Mariam Mokhtar
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Sunday, 18 July 2010 |
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OPINION It appears that the phenomenon of child marriages in this country is not as isolated as previously thought. How can these outrageous acts occur in 21st Century Malaysia? Child marriages condemn young girls to a life of misery and pain.
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Mariam Mokhtar
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 |
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REMEMBERING TEOH The Teoh family will mark the first anniversary of the DAP political aide's death with prayers at 8am outside Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam, on Friday July 16. Memorial activities are planned for Friday and Saturday by the DAP.
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Mariam Mokhtar from Paris
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 |
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PARIS - French police have interviewed private eye P Balasubramaniam – their first witness from Malaysia – in their investigations into alleged corruption in the sale of Scorpene submarines to Malaysia.
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Mariam Mokhtar
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Sunday, 11 July 2010 |
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PRIVATE investigator P Balasubramaniam's presence in London and Paris has brought back the ghost of murdered Mongolian Altantuya. This case is just like the submarines purchased by Najib and Abdul Razak Baginda – they have a nasty habit of keeping afloat.
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Mariam Mokhtar
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 |
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IS Nurul able to take women's concerns seriously and advance the position of women in Malaysia? In her London speech on July 4, Nurul did enough to show that she had the same eloquence as her father and she also managed to engage with the crowd.
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Mariam Mokhtar
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 |
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THE Penan elders dress in chawats (loin cloths). Taib is reputed to be a dapper dresser with a preference for double-breasted suits. The Penan used to go barefoot but now wear cheap, plastic football boots, Taib has a choice of luxury cars, is frequently seen in his Rolls Royce and visits longhouses by helicopter.
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