Roll over Najib, The Muhyiddin Administration 2012 is already in Facebook

Where is the pulse of Malaysian society now? In the traditional coffeeshops that dot the nation or in the social media like Twitter and Facebook? Whichever your answer, it looks like there is agreement amongst the old and the new that Muhyiddin Yassin is 'in' and his boss, Prime Minister Najib Razak, is 'out'!

Bizarre is the word to describe Najib’s administration

"I have not violated any law in Malaysia and strongly protest my detention," Bourdon's statement written in French read.

"I do not understand the rationale of this detention; secondly, I have acted professionally as Suaram's lawyer; and thirdly, I only came to explain the details of the Scorpenes lawsuit."

His wife Lea Forestier, who travelled from Paris with him, was not detained. She read out the statement at a briefing to the press. The authorities have closed off access to William.

UN condemns Najib administration for "excessive" crackdown on Bersih

The United Nations has condemned Prime Minister Najib Razak's crackdown on the Bersih 2.0 rally  as "excessive", also expressing diappointment and "alarm" at the targeting of individuals in the run-up to the July 9 citizens march for free and fair elections.

"We are very concerned by the recent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators by the government in Malaysia," AFP reported Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as saying.