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Yin Shao Loong is a policy advisor with a passion for history, human rights, and the environment. He lectures occasionally on ideas and history.

A policy impasse

April 08, 2013

APRIL 8 — It is entirely appropriate that the prevailing colour of Barisan Nasional’s 2013 manifesto is white. From the disingenuous copywriting of the preamble to the jumble of … Read More

Use of Sedition Act is wrong

January 25, 2013

JAN 25 — Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee stated that the Sedition Act should be used on Ibrahim Ali because the latter had advocated the burning of bibles.Even though Lim … Read More

The political chemistry of Lynas

November 30, 2012

NOV 30 — To most people, chemistry and politics might not seem directly related, yet I have found they are. This is not just because I earned my first degree in the science of … Read More

Preventing the next Lynas or Raub mine

September 06, 2012

SEPT 6 — Communities around Malaysia have been protesting over development projects such as the Raub gold mine, the RAPID Pengerang refinery, the Lynas rare earth plant, dams in … Read More

‘Hantu Gangster’: Race and gangster Politics

August 11, 2012

AUG 11 ― Hantu Gangster, starring and directed by Namewee, is an allegory of Malaysian politics and society, a morality tale wrapped in comedy.Wee Meng Chee, better known as … Read More

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