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5 Dec 2011, 2:38 pm
You will learn about the national panic to spread such laws during the early 20th century because the black boxer Jack Johnson (who defeated a string of opponents who were billed as “the Great White Hope”) notoriously consorted with white women; how courts struggled with interpreting miscegenation laws in the West (which were mainly aimed at Asians, and which raised questions such as whether a ban on white marriage to “the Mongolian or Malay races” applied to… [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 11:27 am
It’s impossible to capture them all, but I’m going to do my best, by saying a heart-felt “thank you” to: Venkat Rangan and Charu Rudrakshi who started the company, raised the first round of funding, and set the DNA of the engineering team; Jim Goetz at Sequoia Capital who acted more as co-founder than investor in the company’s first year, and has since been incredibly supportive of the management team; Tom Dyal at Redpoint Ventures for his… [read post]
30 Jul 2011, 7:15 pm
Judging from the hissing and cackling from the crowd, I assumed I wasn't the only one: "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 4:43 pm
The park was full of young men and women in their late teens and early 20s – Malays, Thais, Vietnamese, Cambodians, and a host of other ethnic groups and nationalities that I could only guess at. [read post]
26 Nov 2010, 1:37 pm
This application is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Ukrainian. [read post]
29 Sep 2023, 2:13 pm
Snapshot of expat life in Malaysia Population: 33.5 million Capital city: Kuala Lumpur Currency: Malaysian Ringgit Official language(s): Malay Approximate number of American expats: Over 30,000 The Malaysia nomad visa, AKA the DE Rantau Nomad Pass What sets Malaysia’s digital nomad visa apart from the rest is its generous package of benefits. [read post]
28 Feb 2021, 4:37 pm
Malay Mail reports that the Federal Court in a majority decision has held that Perkasa and its then president Datuk Ibrahim Ali have to pay RM150,000 in damages to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng over the group’s defamatory statements published in October 2011 United States Singer Cardi B has filed a motion to dismiss a defamation case against herself and sister Hennessy Carolina after they were named in a lawsuit back in September, following a beach altercation… [read post]
7 Oct 2018, 4:08 pm
Malaysia Following our reporting last week the Malaysian Bar has voiced concerns over the recent ruling of a federal court that the government may sue citizens for defamation citing the danger of a “chilling effect on public discourse”, the Malay Mail reports. [read post]
23 Sep 2020, 5:01 am
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to affirm that artificial transformation cannot alter the legal classification of natural features and continental states cannot draw straight baselines reserved for archipelagic states—referencing Beijing’s baseline claims around the Paracel Islands (Mandarin: Xīshā Qúndǎo; Vietnamese: Quần đảo Hoàng Sa) and potential future attempts to delineate the Spratlys (Malay: Kepulauan Spratly;… [read post]
5 Oct 2021, 5:01 am
In response to the new identification law, on Sept. 8, the U.S. conducted a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in the vicinity of Mischief Reef (Chinese: Meiji Jiao; Tagalog: Panganiban; Vietnamese: Đá Vành Khăn), a low-tide elevation within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the hotly disputed Spratly Islands (Malay: Kepulauan Spratly; Mandarin: Nansha Qundao; Philippines: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; Vietnamese: Quần đảo… [read post]
16 May 2018, 2:28 pm
The political cycles in Malaysia run astonishingly fast. [read post]
9 Nov 2022, 8:14 pm
On average, this meant 15-16 executions per year.Reflecting upon this period, however, 22 years after Mahathir’s administration, studies have shown that the then Prime Minister’s attempts were somewhat fruitless, especially in relation to heroin: it was found by the US Central Intelligence Agency that almost 2 in 3 Malay youths had used heroin throughout that era, proving that the extreme measures to tackle the issue were insufficient. [read post]
26 Feb 2024, 12:33 am
On Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 February 2024, the High Court heard an appeal against the 2023 decision to deny Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition order. [read post]
19 May 2011, 1:00 pm
That treaty was applied to the Federated and Unfederated Malay States as of July 31, 1939, and remained effective in Malaysia. [read post]
2 Feb 2022, 10:15 am
The island is China’s southernmost point and is located near the disputed Spratly Islands (Malay: Kepulauan Spratly; Mandarin: Nansha Qundao; Philippines: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; Vietnamese: Quần đảo Trường Sa), over which China claims sovereignty. [read post]
4 Jun 2020, 4:48 pm
An Indian butler is shot on a moonlit island filled with radiant Chinars at the centre of Kashmir’s dal lake. [read post]
25 Sep 2013, 6:42 am
I noted there the growing influence of these notions outside the West, citing to the work of Anwar Ibrahim, an influential Malay politician: "For Ibrahim, the rule of law encapsulates three principles. . .The first is the predominance of regular law so that the government has no arbitrary authority over the citizen. . .Secondly, all citizens are equally subject to the ordinary law administered by the ordinary courts. . [read post]
2 Feb 2022, 10:15 am
The island is China’s southernmost point and is located near the disputed Spratly Islands (Malay: Kepulauan Spratly; Mandarin: Nansha Qundao; Philippines: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; Vietnamese: Quần đảo Trường Sa), over which China claims sovereignty. [read post]
