Poskod Malaysia

Hey all:

• Malaysia beat Indonesia 3-0 in last night’s Suzuki Cup finals. But Indonesia is crying foul: apparently, Malaysian fans were shining laser beams into Indonesian players’ eyes. (BBC News)
• Two cops have been arrested for the horrific assault and robbery of businessman Chia Buang Hing. The impunity of the police is just ludicrous: you’d expect the fuzz to be smarter at covering their tracks, at least! (Malaysiakini)
• What does the new National Visual Arts Development Board Bill 2010 mean for Malaysian art and artists? (Arteri Malaysia)
• Selangor’s ban on “1Malaysia” branding has been frozen, pending review. The ban is a bit petty … Why be afraid of a slogan so obviously meaningless? (The Malaysian Insider)
• Isa Samad, the ex-MB of Negeri Sembilan who’s widely believed to be corrupt, has just been confirmed as new FELDA chairman. (Malaysiakini)
• Um, creepy: Playboy’s 84-year-old Hugh Hefner is now engaged to a former Playmate — 60 years his junior! (CNN)
• The Bank of America is rumoured to be WikiLeaks’ next target, so the company has formed a “war room” to deal with the potential PR fallout. (Newser)
• A Tibetian lama claims he cured his gangrenous leg with meditation. Now scientists are studying his brain to find out what actually happened. (The Daily Beast) 
• In Brazil, an 88-year-old being prepared for burial was sent back to the hospital, after undertakers noticed she was still breathing. (The Telegraph)
• Do you own any diamond jewellery? Drink coffee? Chances are you’re enjoying the fruits of child labour. (Huffington Post)
• Year-end list of the day: the top 40 iPhone apps of 2010. (TechCrunch)
• Conspiracy theory of the day: what if Abe Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, didn’t really get shot? What if he got away? (Boing Boing)
• Is social media forcing Hollywood to make more intelligent movies? (New York Times)
• In the Super Size Me tradition of dietary self-experimentation, a man ate nothing but candy for a week! He was worried his brain had starved to death by the end of it. (Zug)

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