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Archive for December, 2008

There were many mistakes made and painful uncalled for statements issued during the search for Nurin Jazlin Jazimin and after her body was identified. There was an unprecedented outpouring of grief for the dead child, mostly because prior to the return of her remains, following almost a [...]

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Like fellow blogger Oliver Krishnan (Real Life), I started blogging about NURIN Alert when I got hot under the collar with this post “Shut up and do something about it!”. In that post I wrote about the abduction of Adam John Walsh and the gruesome discovery of his decapitated body. Having been in the USA during the time news broadcasts [...]

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Just when I had given up on anything good coming out of the NURIN Alert proposal, the debate on this issue is ongoing in the NST (See Letter to the Editor below). I fully agree with the views of Dr Hartati as it indeed reflects very much what the Citizens for NURIN Alert (C4NA) had discussed. Indeed [...]

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I read with horror this New Straits Times report (see below) about a 16-year-old girl being charged in court for attempted suicide. I couldn’t help thinking that what she may have failed to do before, the harsh media spotlights on her now might very well prompt her to complete the deed. I’m not sure if I [...]

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