Author Archives: Tricia

Reforms needed for campaign financing

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Tricia

Reforms needed for campaign financing  (Full version first published in The Nut Graph on 25 April 2013) THE 13th general election (GE13) since our independence is finally happening, after Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced that Parliament has been dissolved on … Continue reading →

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Malaysia is no Egypt

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Tricia

Malaysia is no Egypt First published in theSun on 26th April 2013 NEGATIVE advertisements are flooding mainstream newspapers in this very electric season of the 13th general election campaign, but many fail to convince. One full-page advertisement caught my attention, paid … Continue reading →

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Aljazeera 101 East Forum

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Tricia

So this Malaysian election special is finally out on Aljazeera’s 101 East, featuring Tony Pua, Ibrahim Suffian and Nur Jazlan. I’m the one in orange asking questions to one of the dear MPs (guess which). Watch the full length version here: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2013/04/2013417101152169523.html

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The Rights of The Dead to be screened at Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Tricia

We are attending the 9th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha, Qatar (18-21 Apr). ‘The Rights of The Dead’ will be screened at 13.25 (Doha time) on Thursday, 18th April 2013. The documentary is competing in the category of … Continue reading →

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On Radio Free Malaysia, on The Rights of The Dead

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Tricia

In this episode of Radio Free Malaysia, listen to interviews with PI Bala before his death, Teoh Beng Hock’s sister Teoh Lee Lan (whilst being detained for seeking justice) and myself (on the documentary The Rights of The Dead, also … Continue reading →

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A Manifesto on the Back Foot

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Tricia

A Manifesto on the Back Foot (A version of this was published in theSun on Wednesday, 10th April 2013. The below is the slightly different, unedited version). The term back foot refers to being at a disadvantage, and forced to … Continue reading →

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GE13 Malaysia – from New Mandala

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Tricia

GE13 Malaysia – Tricia Yeoh (I was asked a common series of questions on the upcoming 13th General Elections. Here are my answers, as posted on the New Mandala website! Thanks goes to Greg Lopez of the Australian National University … Continue reading →

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Pakatan rule of Selangor – how has it fared?

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Tricia

Pakatan rule of Selangor – how has it fared? Thanks goes to the newly formed Radio Free Malaysia (RFM) for interviewing me recently on the  record of the Selangor state government over the past five years. The interview was conducted … Continue reading →

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Ensuring growth to ensure sustainability

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Tricia

Ensuring growth to ensure sustainability  (First published in the Penang Monthly’s March 2013 issue) Photograph: My Train Pix / Flickr While Singapore’s government tries to convince its citizens of the wisdom of its population plans, Malaysia suffers instead from the lack … Continue reading →

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Peaceful Transitions

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Tricia

Peaceful Transitions (theSun, 29th March 2013) PRIME MINISTER Datuk Seri Najib Razak said this week that a weak government owed to a reduced parliamentary majority would mean instability and uncertainty, in a bid for greater support for his Barisan Nasional coalition. Surely … Continue reading →

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