Contagious CUP culture

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – Shakespeare’s Hamlet CUP (Cruel Unusual Punishment) is a psychological necessity, reliable companion, and faithful ally to those running, undermining, and ruining affairs of state. Primarily caused by stinking thinking, it permeates through every nook and cranny of government often requiring the Chatham […]

Meting out punishment not for faint of heart

BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA and ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP WORKING in a prison surrounded by inmates who have committed violent or non-violent crime is hardly anyone’s first choice of career. Within brick walls and gates, executions of the death penalty and caning are carried out like clockwork. In Malaysia, caning is used as a supplementary punishment to […]

Action taken against 1,000 officers over auditor-general’s report 2012-2018

PUTRAJAYA: Action has been taken against 1,000 officers for flaws and weaknesses contained in the 2012-2018 Auditor-General’s Report. Auditor-General Datuk Nik Azman Nik Abdul Majid said of the total, 255 of the officers were penalised, 604 officers were freed and proceeding still on going against 141 others. On the punishment taken, he said, they included […]