Through Many Windows

When we talk about freedom of speech, we also need to consider the quality of the communication and the opportunities available to do so.

We have to keep remembering that we are always human beings first and that the boxes of social construct come later.

THE law will not allow you to keep stolen property or even property bought with proceeds from an unlawful activity.

To visit or not to visit a friend or acquaintance in hospital is a very tricky decision to make.

The strategy of instilling fear in our childhood was so effective that it is carried on into life, including in the political realm, where politicians have become adept at creating a bogeyman to make the citizens and voters do their bidding.

IN the past two decades in our country, we have increasingly heard the words “accountability and transparency of the government”. What is it really and how is it possible for ordinary citizens to hold the government accountable for their actions? Should the government even be accountable to the citizens or should they just be left alone to do their work?

LET me try to explain this as simply as possible so that ordinary citizens who are not lawyers can understand. It is extremely important to our lives.LET me try to explain this as simply as possible so that ordinary citizens who are not lawyers can understand. It is extremely important to our lives.

A BUDDHIST monk in Penang told me a story during the holidays after my Form Five.

UNFORTUNATELY, modern

In a democracy, every citizen has equal opportunities to prosper, progress and determine the way he wants to live his life in accordance with the law.

The Federal Constitution does not confer any rights to ‘ownership’ of the nation based on ethnicity or religion.

Compassion is a fundamental value that a govt must have if its going to serve the people properly.