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Before Kak Listen, there were Ms Tow Truck and Ms Equality…
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This is the link to KS Bavani on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bawani-KS/231538583638525
Bawani KS | Facebook
This is the link to SW1M on Facebook
Suara Wanita 1 Malaysia | Facebook
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Free Malaysia Today
Sharifah is a liar, says Bawani
UUM law student lodges a police report over SW1M president’s claim that she had made a rude gesture at a forum in December.
PETALING JAYA: UUM law student KS Bawani lodged a police report yesterday against Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen for claiming that she had shown her the middle finger before walking out of a forum at the university on Dec 4.
“I categorically deny ever making such a gesture. Sharifah is a liar. Her statement has tarnished my name in the public. Her allegation is false and defamatory,” Bawani told FMT today.
She lodged a report against Sharifah at Kajang district police headquarters yesterday.
“Sharifah also told FMT that SW1M would be uploading a full version of the video which would reveal that I showed the middle finger. I’m waiting to see it. I want the police to investigate and get to the bottom of her preposterous claim,” she added.
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n an immediate reaction to Bawani’s police report, Sharifah denied uttering defamatory statements in the interview she gave to FMT.
“Surprisingly FMT wrote the article, yet I cannot discern any defamatory statement in the article,” she said in a text message.
Sharifah is a liar, says Bawani
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Free Malaysia Today
Bawani silent on next move
A police report and a defamation suit are among the options that Bawani may take against Suara Wanita 1Malaysia chief, Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin.
PETALING JAYA: Second year law student KS Bawani is silent on her next move against Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) chief, Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin’s allegation that Bawani had made a rude gesture before leaving the forum
“I will respond to the matter soon. I may consider lodging a police report against her on charges of defamation I will have to discuss the matter with lawyers,” Bawani told FMT
Bawani was responding to allegations by Sharifah that she had shown Sharifah the middle finger before leaving the hall.
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From ‘Listen Listen Listen’ to ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!
Free Malaysia Today
‘Listen, she raised her middle finger’
SW1M chief Sharifah Zohra says student Bawani was rude during the forum at UUM.
KUALA LUMPUR: Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) chief Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, who shot to notoriety last month over her verbal brawl with student KS Bawani, claims the latter made a rude gesture and this was videotaped.
“Bawani showed me the middle finger and walked out of the hall alone,” she told FMT last night.
“The students applauded me. What does this say?”
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Did I shout at her, or get physical with her? No, I didn’t. I only said ‘Listen, listen’ and ‘Let me speak’ several times. And yet she still went on and on even after I took away the microphone. She only stopped after the rest of the panelists told her that they had received the point that she had raised.
“People fail to see that I was calm when I tried to stop her from talking.”
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She compared Bawani unfavourably to two other students who raised questions during the session.
“The two other students asked three questions each and approached issues professionally, unlike Bawani,” she said.
‘Listen, she raised her middle finger’
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Free Malaysia Today
Bawani: Forget video, focus on crucial issues
The law student says she wants the closure since the public has been made aware about students’ freedom of expression in local universities.
KUALA LUMPUR: KS Bawani, the law student who became an overnight sensation, wants a closure to the infamous “listen, listen, listen” video which propelled her into stardom.
“I want this to end. I don’t want to talk about the video anymore.
“The public is now aware because it shows the reality of students in campuses,” she told a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall today.
Bawani: Forget video, focus on crucial issues
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On a tip from Herbert Gomez
Subject: ‘Listen! Listen!’ dance remix past 1 million views.
‘Listen! Listen!’ dance remix surges past 1 million views
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Malaysiakini
| 2:51PM Jan 23, 2013 |
Embattled Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin has accused student group Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) of barging into the SW1M office in Taman Sri Gombak last week.
In a report she filed at the Setapak police station yesterday, the 41-year-old (right) said three men and a woman claiming to represent SAMM charged into the office at 2.30pm on Jan 18.
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http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/219738
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SAMM has denied that its representatives barged into the SW1M office.
“Our coordinator Wan Farel was received warmly by their staff,” SAMM propaganda director Edy Noor Reduan told FMT.
Free Malaysia Today
SW1M’s Sharifah goes to the cops
She reports that SAMM and Harakah Daily are trying to make the public hate her.
PETALING JAYA: SW1M president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin has lodged a police report against PAS organ Harakah Daily and student group Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM), accusing both of attempting to arouse hatred against her.
She also accused SAMM of trespassing when four of its representatives entered SW1M’s Gombak office to give her an invitation to tonight’s “Academic Freedom and Fundamental Rights” forum at the Kuala Lumpur-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.
“SAMM and Harakah Daily are abusing me by raising the hatred of Malaysians because I am not attending the forum,” she said in the report, lodged with the Setapak police station at 1.15 this morning.
“SAMM also has used my photograph on the banner promoting the forum and is spreading false news through the Internet by claiming that I am attending the forum.”
She also said Harakah Daily had “published a false SW1M document to imply that I am accepting the invitation”.
She denied that the signature in the document was hers and that the stamp on it was SW1M’s.
SW1M’s Sharifah goes to the cops
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Malaysiakini
| 1:52PM Jan 22, 2013 |
Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin – dubbed ‘Kak Listen – will not be invited to speak at any event held in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), said vice-chancellor Mohamed Mustafa Ishak.
The ban on the Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) chairperson comes in the wake of the “listen, listen, listen” controversy at a forum held at the university on Dec 8 last year.
“If we had known that the forum would create such a huge controversy, the university would not have approved the activity,” he was quoted as saying in Oriental Daily News today.
However, Mohamed Mustafa denied a claim by law student KS Bawani in an interview with Malaysiakini that students from some of UUM’s residential colleges had been forced – under the threat of expulsion – to attend the forum organised by SW1M.
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Calling this a lie, Mohamed Mustafa advised Bawani not to create public pressure that could tarnish UUM’s image.
“Bawani was lying. That is her view (that students were forced to attend). These (allegations) are all rubbish,” he said, stressing that the students have freedom of expression.
He clarified that the university encourages students to participate in extra-curricular activities to accumulate credit hours, but does not compel them to do so.
Mohamed Mustafa also pointed out that Bawani is a political activist and that her actions and statements could be motivated by political interest.
UUM shuts doors to ‘Kak Listen’
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Malaysian Insider
Student told to ‘listen’ zips lips on Sharifah Zohra’s latest snub
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 22 – Bawani K.S. has declined comment on the woman who told her to “listen” who has snubbed a second chance to speak at a student forum tonight, saying she will leave it to the organisers to interpret Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin’s rejection of their invitation.
Sharifah Zohra, dubbed the “Listen” woman after her outburst, was also alleged to have been invited to share the same stage by the organiser, student group Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM), but her organisation, Suara Wanita 1 Malaysia (SW1M), yesterday confirmed Sharifah Zohra will not be attending the “Academic Freedom and Fundamental Rights” forum.
“I have no comment on this,” the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) law student told The Malaysian Insider when asked to respond to Sharifah Zohra’s skipping out on the chance for a second face-off.
Student told to ‘listen’ zips lips on Sharifah Zohra’s latest snub
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BLOG smears Little Ambiga!
ANGIN LAUT CHINA SELATAN
Monday, 21 January 2013
BAWANI PULA MOHON RESTU NIK AZIZ???
http://anginlautchinaselatan.blogspot.com/2013/01/bawani-pula-mohon-restu-nik-azizi.html
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Ratu Naga Facebook
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Incidentally, from where does SW1M get its funding? Is it the taxpayer or does the money come from abroad?
Free Malaysia Today
The Ugly 1Malaysian Muslim Woman
Umno women, like Sharifah, Norhayati Saiddin, Raja Ropiah Raja Abdullah, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and Rosmah Mansor, are poor role models for Malaysian women.
Umno seems to have a lot of people who open their mouths and put their feet straight into them. That is why few will sympathise with Sharifah Zohra Jabeen, the president of Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) who has gone into hiding and is attempting to restore her reputation after she delivered a knockout blow to Umno.
Perhaps, she deserves a tinge of sympathy for having an out-of-body experience; the moment she opened her mouth, all credibility left her body.
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It is Sharifah’s snobbery and aggression which the rakyat identifies with Umno.
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Umno women, like Sharifah, Norhayati Saiddin, Raja Ropiah Raja Abdullah, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and Rosmah Mansor, are poor role models for Malaysian women.
The Ugly 1Malaysian Muslim Woman
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INTERVIEW After being catapulted into the limelight, student KS Bawani says her mother is more concerned about her newfound fame than herself.
“About fear… actually it is my mother who is more afraid. She told me after the issue blew up, ‘Be careful. Maybe someone will gun you down.’
“I think I have done nothing wrong so there is no need to be afraid. Plus there are many who support me. If anything happens, I think I will face it with a smile,” she said in an interview with Malaysiakini last Friday.
Bawani faces her troubles with a smile
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Free Malaysia Today
PKR: We’ve nothing to do with the video
Rafizi Ramli, in dismissing Sharifah’s allegation, says the ‘listen, listen video’ caught the party’s attention only after it went viral.
PETALING JAYA: PKR’s strategy director Rafizi Ramli denied that his party was involved in manipulating a 20-minute video as it went viral before it caught the attention of politicians.
“It went viral among the students first,” said Rafizi when asked to comment on Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president, Sharifah Zohra Jabeen’s allegation.
Yesterday, Sharifah accused a political party of doctoring the video to gain support when she offered forgiveness without repentance to UUM law student, KS Bawani.
Both Sharifah and Bawani were featured in that video that showed Sharifah berating Bawani on the issue of free education.
PKR has been in the forefront of advocating free education since last year.
PKR: We’ve nothing to do with the video
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Monday, 21 January 2013 13:04
Sucking up to Umno? Ms Listen a “SHARK” that eats her victim, then offers forgiveness?
Written by Maria Begum, Malaysia Chronicle
In what critics say is another shocking display of boorish manners and complete disconnect as to how the wider Malaysian public viewed her “listen, listen, listen” tirade, Suara Wanita 1Malaysia president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen has graciously condescended to ‘forgive’ university undergraduate KS Bawani.
Indeed, Zohra’s clumsy move is bound to unleash a fresh avalanche of criticism, and this time the scolding can be expected to be even more intense.
“Kakak Listen11x came out fighting, maafkan Bawani. Kakak ni memg ada masalah, mcm masalah jerung. Dia makan org, dia lak maafkn org ,” PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli said on his Twitter.
[Ms Listen (11 time) came out fighting, forgiving Bawani. This lady obviously has a problem like a shark has a problem. She eats someone and then wants to forgive her victim.]
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“First and foremost, I forgive the young girl (Bawani) in the video for whatever she had said and done before, during and after the forum,” said Sharifah Zohra in a statement posted on a Facebook account under the name ‘Ratu Naga’ (Dragon Queen).
However after extending her forgiveness, Zohra launched into a new tirade that can best be described as political in nature.
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In sharp contrast, the rather skinny Bawani showed a more humble disposition. The UUM undergraduate had on Friday said that she does not expect an apology from Sharifah, stating that the older woman was “not my enemy”.
“The system must respond to our demands. Sharifah is not in power to answer the question on free education,” said Bawani, describing the forum as reflective of the brainwashing culture prevalent at most local universities.
Malaysia Chronicle
Sucking up to Umno? Ms Listen a “SHARK” that eats her victim, then offers forgiveness?
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Malaysaikini
| 4:46PM Jan 21, 2013 |
The controversy sparked by ‘Kak Listen’ at a Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) forum has gone up a notch with her raising suspicion that law student KS Bawani may have been “planted to create provocation”.
In an interview with the little-known Media Putrajaya, Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin said she does not know whether Bawani was being “used”.
“I’m really not sure but it seems like she waited for her cue to come in, and then, provocational [sic]. The statement was provocative,” she said without elaborating.
A nine-minute video recording of the interview was uploaded to YouTube yesterday.
‘Was Bawani planted at UUM forum?’
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The ‘Academic Freedom and Human Rights’ forum is organised by several student and youth groups, including Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM), Kumpulan Aktivis Mahasiswa Independen (Kami) and Independent Students Front (Instef).
Besides Sharifah and Bawani, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIA) lecturer Maszlee Malik and a former UIA law professor, Abdul Aziz Bari, were invited.
Malaysiakini
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Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) chairperson Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin has denied she will meet face-to-face with KS Bawani at any forum.
Sharifah berated the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) law student at a forum there and a video of the incident was posted on YouTube which became a huge hit.
“No, I have never agreed to attend any debate,” she told Malaysiakini via SMS when asked about an Astro Awani report that said Sharifah had confirmed her attendance at the forum to be held at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) tomorrow night.
‘Kak Listen’ won’t meet Bawani in face-to-face debate
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#Listen PRESS STATEMENT By SHARIFAH ZOHRA JABEEN @ PRESIDENT S
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Snubbing public outrage, Zohra tells Bawani ‘I forgive you
| Harakahdaily, | 21 January 2013 |
Jan 21: Far from expressing remorse over her rude outburst at a student who spoke against government policies, Barisan Nasional propagandist Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin (right) put up a brave front, even offering to forgive all parties disturbed by her act.
Zohra, who during a forum she organised under her shady outfit Suara Wanita 1Malaysia had publicly scolded student K.S. Bawani, repeated a litany of complaints typically sung by UMNO leaders and expressed regret that the public had condemned her after the ‘Listen’ incident made way into YouTube, resulting in an explosion of anger, humour and countless parodies on cyberspace.
“To me, these statements are not professional, but I forgive them,” Zohra said in a video she posted on YouTube, disabling comments from viewers.
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Sundaily
‘Listen to my side of the story’: Sharifah Zohra
Posted on 21 January 2013 – 05:25am
Alyaa Alhadjri
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
PETALING JAYA (Jan 21, 2013): Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen has broken her silence and appealed to Malaysians to “listen… listen… listen…” to her side of the story in her altercation with University Utara Malaysia undergraduate K.S. Bawani, the video of which went viral on social media.
“First and foremost, I forgive the young girl (Bawani) in the video for whatever she had said and done before, during and after the forum,” said Sharifah Zohra in a statement posted on a Facebook account under the name ‘Ratu Naga’.
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“I am bewildered to note that some irresponsible individuals had taken advantage and merchandise (sic) this phenomenal YouTube sensation.
“This issue was creatively spin (sic) to gather emotional support for an opposition party,” said Sharifah Zohra, who went on to describe the video as being “politically altered” and “sensational”.
She said since the video first made its debut on YouTube, the safety of her family and young children has been compromised after she received SMS threats.
Sharifah Zohra also claimed her detractors had failed to see that the incident was merely a “communication issue” between her and Bawani, as they had viewed only the 24-minute video, instead of a recording of the entire forum.
“Sadly, the cunning people only highlighted part four of the video,” she said, stressing that there was no act of condemning the students, nor any attempt at restricting freedom of speech at the forum.
‘Listen to my side of the story’: Sharifah Zohra
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Sharifah Zohra in a statement posted on a Facebook account under the name ‘Ratu Naga’.
Photo capture of some pages from Ratu Naga
Ratu Naga (Melayu Jangan Mudah Lupa)
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LISTEN !!! – Forum Kebebasan Akademik & Hak Asasi : Penampilan Sharifah Zohra dan KS Bawani
SAMM Segmentasi Mahasiswa dengan kerjasama KAMI dan INSTEF akan menampilkan pertembungan iconic yang menjadi fenomena luar biasa… Juga pertembungan idea dan pemahaman… SAMM menyediakan ruang untuk Sharifah Zohra menjelaskan isu sebenar dan kami juga bawakan KS Bawani untuk menghabiskan kata-kata yang tertangguh dalam pertemuan terdahulu.
#LISTEN !!! – Forum Kebebasan Akademik & Hak Asasi
Tarikh : 22/1/13 ( Selasa)
Jam : 8.00 pm
Tempat : Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor
Panel : Dr Maszlee Malik , Prof Dr Aziz Bari, Saudari KS Bawani (mahasiswi UUM) , Puan Sharifah Zohra Jabeen ( Presiden Suara Wanita 1 Malaysia )
Ucap aluan : che’GuBard
Anjuran : SAMM Segmentasi Mahasiswa, KAMI & lNSTEF
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COMMENT The Bawani-Sharifah affair has unearthed what I have suspected for 26 years of being an academic at a public university. I have long believed that Malaysian public universities prefer to train our university students to be workers in offices and not leaders of societies.
Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) law student KS Bawani (right) mentions that she thought the session was a brainwashing session where a heavily one-sided anti-Bersih view was propagated. A discourse should have a balance of two opposing views to trigger critical thinking. But as I have found out after more than a quarter of century, the public university is not the place to have critical views on issues of national importance.
In my 26 years passing through the gates of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), I can hardly remember a single critical discourse held in its spacious halls. I used to listen to controversial forums held in auspicious places as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) or Universiti Malaya (UM). But now all public universities are as numb as UTM.
If controversial issues were to be discussed, we would have to go and join a forum at UCSI Universiti (the Ambiga-Khairy debate), Penang Institute or Taylor’s University where my daughter tells me that she heard PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar gave a public address. I can vouch for you that these issues or individuals would never cross the gateways of UTM. Why is this the case? Well, I will let you in on my thoughts.
Read the whole article here: Root cause of the Bawani-Sharifah affair
MOHAMAD TAJUDDIN MOHAMAD RASDI is professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s School of Architecture. An eloquent writer, he has authored over 30 books, including his latest, ‘Why Listen to the Vice-Chancellor?‘
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MULTI-AWARD-WINNING journalist and editor-at-large of The Malay Mail, FRANKIE D’CRUZ is the National Press Club-Scomi Journalist of the Year 2012.
Read what he has to say about Little Ambiga and Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin .
Brimming with free-floating rage
FREE speech is often specifically about peeving other people — challenging social taboos or political ideals. But should someone who raises legitimate questions, such as free education and clean and fair elections, be branded as shouting fire in a crowded theatre?
Second-year law student K.S. Bawani was in such a predicament during a forum last month on student and politics. Brave Bawani refused to bawl when an “intellectual brawl” erupted between a debate panellist, Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, and her.
She stood her ground — and all scorn was unleashed on her. Suddenly, she became unpatriotic. Suddenly, she became “Little Ambiga”, a reference to Datuk S. Ambiga, the co-chair of electoral reform movement, Bersih.
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Yet, sections of the crowd applauded this woman, who did not have the mental disposition to engage in hearty debates. Therein, herd mentality surfaced despite abuses hurled at a fellow student.
Brimming with free-floating rage | The Malay Mail
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The highlight of the rally was when Bawani showed up to emphasise the three main issues that she said the public should focus on following the uproar over the video.
Free Malaysia Today
Peaceful protest over ‘Listen, listen, listen’
Some 100 people gathered at Brickfields to demand that Sharifah Zohra Jabeen apologise to KS Bawani.
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 100 people gathered peacefully around the fountain in Little India, Brickfields this morning to protest against Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, the little-known SW1M president turned Internet sensation after a video of her humiliating a student went viral this week.
By 11.30am, some of the predominantly Indian crowd were seen holding placards with cartoonish drawings of a shark wearing headphones along with the words ‘respect freedom of speech’. Others brandished colourful t-shirts bearing the now-infamous mantra ‘listen, listen, listen’.
In the centre of the rally, leaders of various non-governmental organisations (NGO) such as the Malaysian Indians Progressive Association (MIPAS), Tamil Action Force and Pertubuhan Kebajikan Dan Amal India Baru Malaysia (Perinnbam) took turns to publically demand Sharifah apologise to Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) student and PSM activist KS Bawani.
Peaceful protest over ‘Listen, listen, listen’
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She said she had seen similar complaints on Facebook from students of other residential halls as well, but is unsure which particular ones or the number of students affected.
Bawani added that she was not one of them but went there of her own volition. Some 2,000 students reportedly attended the event.
The forum titled ‘Women in Politics’ was held at UUM from around 10am to 1pm on Dec 8.
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INTERVIEW Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) students from some of its residential colleges were compelled to attend the infamous Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) forum under threat of expulsion, claims student KS Bawani (below).
Therefore, she said she is disappointed that the university had reportedly distanced itself from the event last month by saying that it merely provided the hall, where SW1M chairperson Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin had berated her.
“The university said it was not involved, but many students were compelled to attend the programme… If it is not a university programme, why make it compulsory?” she said during an interview with Malaysiakini yesterday.
She said among those forced to attend were first year students from Proton Student Residential Hall (DPP Proton), which sponsored the event.
Bawani: Students forced to attend controversial forum
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The war of words between Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) law student KS Bawani, which has become hot topic of discussion in social media, has nothing to do with the Higher Education Ministry, let alone the government.
The minister, Mohamed Khaled Nordin, said the forum, in which the war of words took place, was organised by students at the university and Sharifah Zohra was invited in her capacity to be the moderator.
“In university, not all programmes are organised by the government, some are organised by the students, but it appeared that the government was being accused of organising the event and asking Sharifah to speak like that to control the minds of the students.
“Sharifah is not an academic staff of UUM or the ministry. She was invited by the students to become the moderator for the forum. I don’t even know where she’s from,”
Khaled: Gov’t has nothing to do with UUM forum
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This 26th January 2013 Happening will NOT happen!
Heard over the radio that a scheduled talk featuring “Listen! Listen!” speaker Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin on “How To Make Your First Million” has been cancelled.
Apparently, organisers heeded a police recommendation to cancel the event after they got wind of plans to hold a protest outside the hotel venue in KL.
Deep sigh! Now we will never know how to make our first million…
Listen! How NOT to make your first million…
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Please whack UUM and MOE. Whack BN. Its not that half baked speaker that we should worry about. She was just born like that and cannot help herself. Its the policies and processes, and meddling by BN in our once great education institutions that should be CONDEMNED.
Are we whacking the wrong party ?
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Free Malaysia Today
The Ugly 1Malaysian Muslim Woman
Umno women, like Sharifah, Norhayati Saiddin, Raja Ropiah Raja Abdullah, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and Rosmah Mansor, are poor role models for Malaysian women.
Umno seems to have a lot of people who open their mouths and put their feet straight into them. That is why few will sympathise with Sharifah Zohra Jabeen, the president of Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) who has gone into hiding and is attempting to restore her reputation after she delivered a knockout blow to Umno.
Perhaps, she deserves a tinge of sympathy for having an out-of-body experience; the moment she opened her mouth, all credibility left her body.
Incidentally, from where does SW1M get its funding? Is it the taxpayer or does the money come from abroad?
Incredibly, the other members of her little known organisation are just as blind, and do not think Sharifah’s behavior was appalling. Can anything be clearer?
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Umno women, like Sharifah, Norhayati Saiddin, Raja Ropiah Raja Abdullah, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and Rosmah Mansor, are poor role models for Malaysian women.
The Ugly 1Malaysian Muslim Woman
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Saturday, 19 January 2013, 12.20am
Dance Remix: Listen! Listen! When I Speak, Listen! is about to hit a million views! Currently at 983,815 views.
[Namewee Tokok] 009 Listen 聽我說 15-01-2013 has 730,143 views.
Parodi Forum Suara Mahasiswa has 632,954 views.
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“This is the reason why I felt compelled to speak up during the forum. I believe that Malaysia can offer free education from primary right up to tertiary level.
Sundaily
Bawani is no stranger to activism
Posted on 18 January 2013 – 07:11pm
Karen Arukesamy & Trinity Chua
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
SUNPIX by MUHAMAD ASRAFKUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18, 2013): Bawani Kanniappan or better known as Bawani KS (pix), a widely mentioned name on social networks and in the public sphere, for her courage in championing for free education, is no stranger to activism.
The 27-year-old student from Air Kuning, Kampar has been actively involved in grassroot NGO movements and has been exposed to activism in her teens, where she championed the welfare of plantation workers and the urban poor.
Bawani, who obtained a degree in Psychology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2006 is currently a second-year law student in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM).
“I have always supported the call for free education because education is a fundamental need and right just like food, clothes and a place to live.
Bawani is no stranger to activism
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Sundaily
Bawani: I don’t want an apology from Sharifah
Last updated on 18 January 2013 – 07:19pm
Karen Arukesamy & Trinity Chua
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
Bawani at the press conference organised by the Coalition to Demand for Free Education at the KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall here. SUNPIX by MUHAMAD ASRAFKUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18, 2013): The student activist who was insulted at a university forum last month, said that she does not expect an apology from the forum panelist Sharifah Zohra Jabeen despite calls by various quarters for a public apology.
Bawani KS became widely popular after a 20-minute video of her being berated by Sharifah for asking a question on free education in Malaysia and clarifying the court decision on the Bersih 3.0 rally, during a forum on students and politics at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) on Dec 8 went viral.
“She is not my enemy. The fight is for free education not between me and Sharifah.
“The system must respond to our demand. Sharifah is not in power to answer the question on free education,” she told a press conference earlier today at the KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall here.
Bawani, who is also a coordinator for the Coalition to Demand for Free Education (GMPP), called on all those who had expressed support for her not to lose focus from the main issue – the call for free education, which is the right of every citizen.
“It is also about students’ rights to freely express their views and grouses and debate openly,” she said.
Bawani said she was compelled to ask questions during the forum because the panellists only opened the floor for two questions from about 2,300 students in the crowd and that there were many unanswered questions.
“It was interesting to note that UUM was holding a forum on students and politics but most of the points raised were advocating against street demonstrations and activism by NGOs and civil groups for various causes.
“The panelist even questioned the ‘Go Green’ campaign, saying ‘why Go Green; why not (campaign) for No Free Sex’. I do not understand how ‘Go Green’ and ‘No Free Sex’ are related,” she said, adding that she was astonished at the way the forum was conducted.
Bawani: I don’t want an apology from Sharifah
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After Augustine Anthoy’s call for compassion and S. Ambiga’s warning against excessive criticism of Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen, Little Ambiga says, “It’s not a racial issue!”
Free Malaysia Today
Bawani: Don’t turn incident into racial issue
Bawani urges public instead to focus on fighting for free education.
KUALA LUMPUR: Law student KS Bawani, who became an overnight sensation when she stumped a NGO leader with her questions on free education, today called on the public to refrain from racial attacks and instead focus on the fight for free education.
Bawani, who was told by Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen to go to Cuba or Argentina if she was looking for free education, urged the public to refrain from turning the incident into a racial issue.
She also urged the public to fight against attempts to brainwash university students into harbouring contempt against opposition and anti-establishment figures.
“The main issue here is on our education system and how university students are being brainwashed by NGOs invited to give talks to students,” she told a press conference here.
“Please do not divert it into a racial issue,” she urged.
Bawani: Don’t turn incident into racial issue
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Free Malaysia Today
SW1M defends Sharifah Zohra
She could not accept student Bawani’s rudeness, says a spokesperson for the NGO.
PETALING JAYA: Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) yesterday defended its president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin against the ridicule she has been subject to over the “listen, listen” video.
“She does not like it when voices are raised; that’s why she said ‘listen’ several times,” SW1M spokeswoman Ema Lee Abu Samah told FMT today.
Ema Lee also accused Universiti Utara Malaysia student KS Bawani of being rude during the forum at which the video was shot.
“Bawani was emotional, extremely loutish and dragged on with her statement,” she said.
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AMIDST THE OVERWHELMING, SCATHING CRITICISM OF THE SW1M PRESIDENT, S. AMBIGA AND AUGUSTINE ANTHONY SOUND A CALL FOR REASON AND THE AVOIDING OF EXCESSIVE CENSURE AND CASTIGATION.
Sundaily
Don’t overdo criticism of SW1M president, says Ambiga
Posted on 17 January 2013 – 05:28am
Tan Yi Liang
PUTRAJAYA (Jan 17, 2013): Lawyer and activist Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has cautioned against going overboard in criticising Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin over the “Listen, listen, listen” video clip.
“I think we shouldn’t overdo the criticism. Some of it is downright sexist and unnecessary. Enough has been said and I hope a lesson was learned from this,” she said when approached at the Putrajaya Palace of Justice yesterday.
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In the video that went viral last week, Sharifah repeatedly told Bawani to listen to her, and also called Ambiga a “pencetus anarki di Malaysia” (catalyst of anarchy in Malaysia).
Responding to that remark, Ambiga said: “She is welcome to say what she wants. That’s freedom of speech. What was said was disgraceful and the public outcry is fabulous.”
Don’t overdo criticism of SW1M president, says Ambiga
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WISE WORDS FROM AUGUSTINE ANTHONY
I thought this a wise comment from Augustine Anthony, prominent senior lawyer and the man who headed the Bersih 3.0 Perak team that organized the first assembly under the Peaceful Assembly Act.
He wrote on his Facebook Page:
“Correct, Correct, Correct was the buzz word before the 12th general Election in 2008.
Listen Listen Listen will undoubtedly be THE word before the 13th General Election that must be held in 2013
The irony of it all is that, these powerful, authoritative and endearing words are immortalized and etched in the Malaysian minds by those whom the general public pour scorn and had become a subject matter of unimaginable anger and hatred.
So remember, for a paradigm shift or the attainment of a critical mass capable of effecting change, all you need is one word and it may even come from someone or somewhere most unexpected.
You see, critical thinkers say that without Judas Iscariot, Jesus would not have died on the cross and mankind will be without salvation. As such Judas Iscariot himself played a single most important role in the salvation of mankind albeit as a villain.
So please have compassion in your comments and if you can please don’t call a woman a bitch (more so publicly) no matter how much you may dislike her.”
Augustine Anthony
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Sundaily
Call for fair debate between Sharifah Zohra, Bawani on Jan 22
Posted on 17 January 2013 – 09:51pm
Alyaa Alhadjri
newsdesk@thesundaily
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17, 2013): Listen, listen, listen! Youth leaders are asking for a fair fight of facts over issues of academic freedom and students’ rights, instead of personal attacks, in light of the recent furore involving a forum speaker and an undergraduate.
The challenge was issued by a group of student leaders to undergraduate K.S. Bawani and Suara Wanita 1Malaysia president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, following the duo’s heated exchange during a forum at Universiti Utara Malaysia last month.
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Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia national coordinator Norazizi Abdul Aziz today invited Sharifah Zohra and Bawani to participate in a debate to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall on Jan 22, saying it would be a platform for both parties to state their stands and to promote intellectual discourse.
“We are not out to defend either party, but rather, allow the public to make up their own minds based on facts,” he told a press conference.
Kumpulan Aktivis Mahasiswa Independen (Kami) deputy president Khalid Mohd Ismath stressed that the debate or forum was not organised to attack Sharifah Zohra or rally support for Bawani.
Call for fair debate between Sharifah Zohra, Bawani on Jan 22
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Free Malaysia Today
‘I’ve said worse things about Ambiga’
Wanita Umno member Norhayati Saiddin says this in an apparent apology to law undergraduate KS Bawani and the Indian community.
PETALING JAYA: In an apology for her remarks, Wanita Umno member Norhayati Saiddin said she had posted “worse comments” about Bersih chairperson S Ambiga in the past.
“Since you all demanded an apology…okay…I’m sorry if it made everyone uncomfortable. In fact, I have already apologised earlier and explained the matter,” she wrote on her Facebook.
Norhayati said that she never meant to insult law student KS Bawani or the Indian community.
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In her defence, Norhayati said that she never told Bawani to “go back to India” but merely told her to study in India if she wanted free education.
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Norhayati said that she never meant to sound racist as she grew up in a multi-racial environment.
‘I’ve said worse things about Ambiga’
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Free Malaysia Today
‘Umno woman’s remark stupid, personal’
Barisan Nasional leaders have distanced themselves from Umno Wanita member, Norhayati Saiddin’s attack on law undergraduate KS Bawani.
PETALING JAYA: Umno has distanced itself from the racially charged rants of a member of its Wanita wing against law undergraduate KS Bawani.
Umno supreme council member Saifuddin Abdullah said that Norhayati Saiddin’s post, on her Facebook page yesterday, telling Bawani to study in India if she wanted free education was “personal opinion.”
Norhayati had also posted that the Indian community were making too many demands, claiming Indians living in estates in the past never knew what a toilet was before Barisan Nasional came along.
Said Saifuddin: “This lady’s statement is her personal opinion and does not reflect Umno or BN’s stand.
“Her statement is unbecoming, especially in the context of 1Malaysia.”
Other BN leaders have also distanced themselves from Norhayati’s statement.
“It’s uncalled for and a very stupid statement,” said an angry Gerakan secretary-general Teng Chang Yeow.
‘Umno woman’s remark stupid, personal’
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OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND FOR THE CREATIVE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO JUMP ONTO THE BASH ‘KAK LISTEN’ BAND WAGON!
It would seem these advertisers have discovered the power of the social media in responding to national issues as a platform for marketing products in a humorous manner to appeal to the young and aware.
Malaysiakini
| 1:11PM Jan 17, 2013 |
Product advertisers are riding high on the wave of discontent over the video clip of a panellist berating a student at a forum at a public university last month, poking fun at the fracas in advertisements ranging from grilled chicken to mobile services.
Several advertisements have appeared, seemingly spoofing the panellist, Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, scolding second-year law student KS Bawani at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and trying to silence her discontent by repeating a string of the word “Listen”.
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First to take the plunge in using the comments was restaurant chain Nando’s in an advertisement for its chicken offering.
“Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Our chicks are A-okay,” reads the online poster on Nando’s Facebook.
Blogger:
Here are some of the other posters…
SW1M leader’s fiasco inspires deluge of ads
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WISE WORDS FROM AUGUSTINE ANTHONY
I thought this a wise comment from Augustine Anthony, prominent senior lawyer and the man who headed the Bersih 3.0 Perak team that organized the first assembly under the Peaceful Assembly Act.
He wrote on his Facebook Page:
“Correct, Correct, Correct was the buzz word before the 12th general Election in 2008.
Listen Listen Listen will undoubtedly be THE word before the 13th General Election that must be held in 2013
The irony of it all is that, these powerful, authoritative and endearing words are immortalized and etched in the Malaysian minds by those whom the general public pour scorn and had become a subject matter of unimaginable anger and hatred.
So remember, for a paradigm shift or the attainment of a critical mass capable of effecting change, all you need is one word and it may even come from someone or somewhere most unexpected.
You see, critical thinkers say that without Judas Iscariot, Jesus would not have died on the cross and mankind will be without salvation. As such Judas Iscariot himself played a single most important role in the salvation of mankind albeit as a villain.
So please have compassion in your comments and if you can please don’t call a woman a bitch (more so publicly) no matter how much you may dislike her.”
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For more about Augustine Anthony, click on:
perakbar.blogspot.com/2008/08/augustine–anthony… – Cached
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Augustine Anthony shared TORA！TORA！TORA BN！BN MUST GO！‘s photo.
Miss Bavani,
I am proud of you. You are a courageous and fine example demonstrating that universities are not a place for just learning a given syllabus for your chosen course but to have substantial grasp of world views so that collectively, like minded students like you can shape this country into a better place.
You are a breath of fresh air when we look at our Political landscape , system of education, workplace, our social atmosphere etc. that stifle “Dissent” which is one of the important and valuable component of a progressive society.
The Malaysian Bar will welcome people like you because in the Malaysian Bar we encourage dissent.
You are a great torch bearer in a cluttered environment that promotes “katak dibawah tempurung” culture disguised as “obedience” that stifle our youth from thinking out of the box.
Seeing you standing your ground, I am confident that there is hope in and for Malaysia. And that is of course if you defy the caustic, corrosive comment that anyone who compares Malaysia to another country should leave Malaysia. Stay back for your country. She needs you.
You spoke from your heart, so stay back and fight and advance the cause that you believe in. One day people will say that in Miss Bavani, there was a Rosa Parks of Malaysia.
By Augustine Anthony
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Malaysian Insider
Ambiga says impressed with ‘Little Ambiga’ activist
Assistant News Editor
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Student activist Bawani KS earned high praise yesterday from Bersih 2.0 co-chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan for defending the group in a verbal stand-off with controversial speaker Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin during a university forum last month.
Ambiga said the second-year law student had been brave to voice her opinion, even supporting it with facts and figures, despite being forced to stop later when Sharifah Zohra pulled her microphone stand away.
“Her argument outdid the moderator’s (Sharifah Zohra),” the former Bar Council president observed in an SMS to The Malaysian Insider.
Ambiga, a renowned lawyer and civil society activist, said Bawani, who has been dubbed “Little Ambiga” over incident, would likely have a bright future ahead of her.
Ambiga says impressed with ‘Little Ambiga’ activist
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Malaysiakini
| 12:00PM Jan 17, 2013 |
Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, or more popularly known as ‘Kak Listen’ after a video showing her berating University Utara Malaysia (UUM) law student KS Bawani during a forum last month went viral on the Internet, will respond to the issue soon.
Sharifah told Sinar Harian that she would issue a statement soon, but did not say when and where.
“God willing, I will inform (in shortest time),” she is quoted as saying by the Malay daily.
I will respond, says Kak Listen
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This is the link to KS Bavani on Facebook:
Bawani KS | Facebook
This is the link to SW1M on Facebook
Suara Wanita 1 Malaysia | Facebook
[Namewee Tokok] 009 Listen 聽我說 15-01-2013
“Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. This is a democracy country. I allow you to speak. But when I speak, you must listen.
“Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. Don’t compare our country with other countries. If you want to compare, what are you doing in Malaysia?”
“But we can compare to the animals. We should compare to the kuching in Cuba, the tikus in Argentina, anjing di Malaysia because the animal are happy with the government [sic].”
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Grilled chicken restaurant chain, Nando’s, also took a jab at Sharifah, in its latest advertisement, telling Facebook followers to “Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Our Chicks are A-Okay”.
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“Listen” | Kosong – Mr Bie (Parodi)
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Dance Remix: Listen! Listen! When I Speak, Listen!
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Free Malaysia Today
‘Go to India’, Umno woman tells Bawani
Norhayati Saiddin claims that Indians are demanding too much even though they did not know the existence of toilets while living in the estates.
PETALING JAYA: The critical comments of a Wanita Umno member regarding law student KS Bawani is causing a stir.
In her Facebook posting, Norhayati Saiddin wrote: “Deii Bawani.. kalau mau pendidikan percuma tanggechi pergi ler belajar sana India… you mother land.. sana tanggechi boleh dapat pree… ammakk!!” (Bawani… if you want free education, go and study in India, your motherland. There you can get free…)
“Untung lorrr… dulu India banyak duduk estet… itu jamban pun lu orang tarak tau… sekarang India org banyak mahu sebab itu BN ada perintah ini negeri.” (It’s a privilege.. before Indians mostly lived in estates. They didn’t even know toilets. Now Indians have a lot of demands that is why BN rules this country.)
Norhayati’s Facebook also had a photograph of her posing with three other Wanita Umno members at a function.
Some people who found her comments offensive took a screen capture of the statement and Facebook and tagged her to the photo.
One Facebook user Tajol Ariffin Omar questioned the need for Indians to vote for Umno candidates following such offensive comments.
“It is Umno members’ mentality. Indian voters do you still want to vote for Umno?” Tajol wrote and posted a photo which read: “Umno then, now and forever racist”
‘Go to India’, Umno woman tells Bawani
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NOW THAT UMNO HAS DISOWNED HER, SHARIFAH IS FAIR GAME FOR ALMOST EVERYONE INCLUDING BN COMPONENT PARTIES SUCH AS MCA AND GERAKAN.
…Gerakan Youth education bureau chief Thor Teong Gee (right) called on public universities to vet more thoroughly their choice of panellists before calling them to speak at forums and conferences.
Malaysiakini
| 2:44PM Jan 16, 2013 |
The two parties’ national youth bureaux expresses their condemnation for Sharifah’s treatment of law student KS Bawani during the Dec 8 forum at UUM.
Two more BN political parties have joined the growing group of people hurling brickbats at student forum panellist Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, who was captured on video last month berating a Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) student.
The MCA and Gerakan Youth education bureaux came forward today to express their condemnation of Sharifah’s (right) treatment of law student KS Bawani at the Dec 8 forum at UUM.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/219097
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Free Malaysia Today
‘Sharifah should learn to swim first’
A Gerakan youth leader said SW1M chief Sharifah Zohra should undergo proper training before she conducts any other forum.
GEORGE TOWN: A Gerakan youth leader hit out at Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) chief Sharifah Zohra Jabeen for being “cocky, arrogant and unprofessional” during a post-graduate forum on students and politics held at Universiti Utara Malaysia on Dec 8, 2012.
Gerakan youth national education bureau deputy chief Baljit Singh called on the SW1M president to undergo proper training on professional public conduct before she can even think about reappearing in any forum.
“This is my brotherly advice to her. She must learn swimming first before diving into the pool.
‘Sharifah should learn to swim first’
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Malaysian Insider
After ‘Listen, listen, listen’ video, speaker loses paid gig
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin’s tirade on YouTube may have cost the controversial speaker a paid engagement, after organisers of an entrepreneurial seminar scheduled for next week said today they are calling off the event over security concerns……….
“The committee discussed the pros and cons, and decided that it would be best to cancel it,” organiser Lina Ahmad was reported saying by The Star Online.
The police had advised the organiser to call off the talk following news of a planned public protest against Sharifah Zohra on that day, the news portal reported Lina adding.
Sharifah Zohra was set to appear on January 26 at the DoubleTree Hotel, part of the Hilton group, in the national capital for a talk titled, “How to make your first million” with two other speakers, retired diplomat Datuk Pahamin A. Rajab and Zafri Zakaria Merican, that charged participants RM200 per person.
After ‘Listen, listen, listen’ video, speaker loses paid gig
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LATEST NEWS!
Free Malaysia Today
SW1M attack: Ambiga doesn’t give a fig
The Bersih chief is not bothered about being branded an anarchist but is perturbed by the brainwashing that takes place in universities.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bersih co-chairperson S Ambiga is not drowning in despair after being branded as an anarchist by Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen.
The former Bar Council president, who had twice persuaded tens of thousands of Malaysians to take to the streets in demand of clean and fair elections, said that detractors had conferred upon her labels which were even less flattering in the past.
“I am not bothered about what the moderator [Sharifah] had branded me. It’s freedom of speech.
“Worse things have been said about me. I will just leave it to the public to decide. Very often, what people say reflects on them,” she told FMT.
SW1M attack: Ambiga doesn’t give a fig
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Free Malaysia Today
MIC leader gives SW1M chief a backstroke
S Vell Paari says that Sharifah Zohra Jabeen lacks the ‘mental evolution’ needed to debate with law undergraduate KS Bawani.
PETALING JAYA: A MIC leader has launched a broadside against Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) chief Sharifah Zohra Jabeen, saying that the latter’s “mental evolution ranks below that of a parasite”.
“It will take the SW1M president another five million years to evolve to a stage that will allow her to debate with law undergraduate KS Bawani,” said S Vell Paari.
MIC leader gives SW1M chief a backstroke
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Malaysian Insider
‘Listen, listen, listen’ woman in hiding due to blackmail, NGO claims
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― Suara Wanita 1 Malaysia (SW1M) claims its president, Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, has gone underground since being exposed castigating a student on YouTube as she was blackmailed over the now-viral video.
Chief administrator of the SW1M Facebook page, Emalee or better known as “Ratu Naga”, made the claim yesterday when contacted by The Malaysian Insider.
“Why I never ask her to reveal herself? Somebody blackmailed her. So I think the best way (is) for her to keep quiet and that I do all the posting and I do all the explanation,” the SW1M supreme council member and advisor said.
Emalee also said she could address the matter as she had been present during the incident at the December 8 forum held at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), which was captured in a 20-minute video clip that recently sparked an online storm.
“I ask her to go somewhere safe because she has children. Someone try to blackmail her, this issue has become quite serious,” she later said.
She confirmed that Sharifah Zohra does not oversee posts on SW1M’s Facebook page, adding that she was not responsible for its content.
‘Listen, listen, listen’ woman in hiding due to blackmail, NGO claims
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Malaysian Insider
Viral video reveals varsity ‘brainwash’ tactics, says student
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 16 ― The university student shown being berated for her views on a viral YouTube clip has said it revealed to the public how state-funded universities use student forums to “brainwash” undergraduates.
Second-year law student Bawani KS also expressed surprise that she was now an overnight sensation for questioning panellist Sharifah Zohra Jabeen at the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) student forum held last December 8.
“Now the public will know what’s happening in public universities and how they could organise a ‘students in politics’ forum and yet use it to ‘brainwash’ the students by telling them that street rallies are wrong while showing pictures of Opposition leaders like Nurul Izzah (Anwar) and telling us not to emulate them,” Bawani told The Malaysian Insider.
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The 27-year-old social activist was glad that the incident went viral as it may get more people to join in her cause to fight for free education for all Malaysians.
When told she has been dubbed “Little Ambiga”, ostensibly after Bersih co-chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, Bawani (left) laughed it off and went on to say how important it is for people to know that they should continue to fight for their rights.
Viral video reveals varsity ‘brainwash’ tactics, says student
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Enterprising netizens have proposed that T-shirts be made featuring what has now become Sharifah’s catchphrase, “listen, listen, listen…” which was repeated 11 times in her rant against Bawani.
Malaysiakini
Bouquets for Bawani, brickbats for Sharifah
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Malaysiakini
| 12:22PM Jan 16, 2013 |
Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) has clarified that it merely provided its hall to NGO Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) to organise the student forum which saw SW1M chairperson Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin berating law student KS Bawani.
Besides providing the venue, the university had nothing to do with the forum, UUM vice-chancellor Mohamed Mustafa Ishak (left) told several Chinese dailies yesterday.
“To link UUM with the forum is very unfair to the university authority,” Mustafa was quoted as saying by China Press.
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Stressing that Sharifah’s statement did not represent UUM’s stance, he praised Bawani’s courage in expressing her views.
“Actually, the attitudes of both of them were very tough. Bawani insisted on asking her questions after the question-and-answer session had ended and rattled on. This might have angered Sharifah (right),” Mustafa is quoted as saying by the Chinese daily.
“The university always gives its students the freedom to express their thoughts,” he added.
UUM: We’ve nothing to do with Sharifah’s forum
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Malaysaikini
| 8:03AM Jan 16, 2013 |
Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) law student and Jerit coordinator KS Bawani continues to receive bouquets of praise after her bruising verbal encounter with Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) chairperson Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, who, on the other hand, is receiving brickbats all round.
Bouquets for Bawani, brickbats for Sharifah
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This is the link to KS Bavani on Facebook:
Bawani KS | Facebook
This is the link to SW1M on Facebook
Suara Wanita 1 Malaysia | Facebook
The following is the unedited posting by SW1M in defence of Zohra.
“Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, read as you may if this what it take to make’s to stop the ‘barking’ as SW1M is not represent any other politic parties. we are independent NGO. if the issue make you all angry as see’s that more bavani ‘friend’ compare with the others. So here we are to give you note, THE FORUM IS ABOUT WOMEN & CHILD, AND WHY BAVANI STOOD UP AND TELL’S FAIRY TALES? WE ARE NOT THE GOVERNMENT. WE ARE INDEPENDENT NGO’S. AND WE DID LISTEN TO HER, WHY DOES SHE LISTEN TO US AND RAN AFTER WE TRIES TO EXPLAIN TO HER.
WHO ASKED HER TO RAN AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EXPLANATION? WHO CANNOT ACCEPT THE TRUTH? CUBA? BRAZIL? SPAIN? DO YOU KNOW THAT THE COUNTRY ECONOMIC WISED? DO A RESEARCH, LEARN TO DO THAT, YOU ALL A STUDENT, IF YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE OPPOSITE LEADER AS YOU TO DO, AND I ASKED YOU BACK TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE TALKED, MANNER IS ALL THE NATION PROUD OF, TO SEE ALL OF YOU BEHAVE, I DO RESPECT MADAM SHARIFAH ZOHRA HAVE GUT’S TO TEACH BAVANI A LESSON. BVANI DID DESERVED THAT
respect yourself and others will respect you, if you have lest of knowledge about RESPECT, let me teach you then, courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen as we supposedly listen to many, speak to a few due to what we were. Listen, real manner doesn’t say anything, it just ticks off the possibilities. opens all doors. you can walk through anyone that suits you. respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners, or should I teach you that also?
your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully, as a respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your self.
WE ALL SUPPORT SHARIFAH ZOHRA, THERE IS NO NEED FOR HER TO APOLOGIZE TO BAVANI, AS BAVANI NEED TO LEARN HOW TO RESPECT OTHER’S
Admin ~ Mis Natrah
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Calls amplify for pro-UMNO panelist to apologise to student
Harakahdaily
Jan 15: Following her public outburst at a student who criticised the Barisan Nasional government, calls have reverberated for Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin to issue a public apology for her behaviour.
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A Facebook fanpage themed “We want Sharifah Zohra Jabeen make a public apology to Miss Bavani” has at press time drawn more than 21,000 likes only after 17 hours of
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Meanwhile, Zul Fikri Zamir, social activist and chairman of Teach For The Needs, a non-governmental organisation working to empower education in the country, questioned Zohra’s act of leaving the stage in order to confront the vocal student.
“Is it a norm in Universiti Utara Malaysia (where this forum was held) for a panelist to come down and ‘confront’ the audience head on? In any forum in a mature country, I don’t think such ‘intimidation’ is called for,” he wrote in an open letter.
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Malaysian Insider
On Facebook, ‘listen, listen, listen’ woman’s NGO attacks vocal ‘Little Ambiga’
Assistant News Editor
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — In fending off cyber brickbats hurled against its president, a little-known organisation called Suara Wanita 1 Malaysia (SW1M) launched an offensive by posting on its Facebook a video link showing Sharifah Zohra Jabeen’s verbal attack against a vocal university student that has already sparked an Internet storm.
The group, which claims to be non-profit and non-government-linked, appeared proud with the uproar stirred by the lopsided exchange between its president and the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) undergraduate identified as Bawani K.S. whom it labelled “Little Ambiga” in its latest Facebook posting today, in a mocking reference to Bersih co-chair and prominent lawyer Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan.
On Facebook, ‘listen, listen, listen’ woman’s NGO attacks vocal ‘Little Ambiga’
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[Namewee Tokok] 009 Listen 聽我說 15-01-2013
“Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. This is a democracy country. I allow you to speak. But when I speak, you must listen.
“Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. Don’t compare our country with other countries. If you want to compare, what are you doing in Malaysia?”
“But we can compare to the animals. We should compare to the kuching in Cuba, the tikus in Argentina, anjing di Malaysia because the animal are happy with the government [sic].”
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Grilled chicken restaurant chain, Nando’s, also took a jab at Sharifah, in its latest advertisement, telling Facebook followers to “Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Our Chicks are A-Okay”.
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“Listen” | Kosong – Mr Bie (Parodi)
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Dance Remix: Listen! Listen! When I Speak, Listen!
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FORUM SUARA MAHASISWA PART 4
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Malaysiakini
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Although Umno leaders are distancing themselves from Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin, the panellist who berated a Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) student during a recent UUM forum, Sharifah Zohra has been active in Umno circles.
A check with the Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress (Kimma) headquarters confirmed Sharifah Zohra (right) to be a former deputy Wanita chief of Kimma. She was predecessor to the current deputy chief, Nafisah Mammoo.
Kimma is an associate party of Umno and claims to represent the interests of the Indian Muslim community. It has been campaigning for the BN in many general elections.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/219002
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Malaysian Insider
‘Listen, listen, listen’ woman sparks new memes
Assistant News Editor
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — A pro-Barisan Nasional (BN) woman activist has become the latest Malaysian Internet phenomenon with her “Listen, listen, listen” diatribe after video clips of her public rebuke of a local university student went viral
Parodies of Sharifah Zohra Jabeen, president of the little-known organisation Suara Wanita 1 Malaysia (SW1M) that is seen to be aligned with the ruling BN, have spawned on various social media platforms including YouTube and Facebook and has also been picked up and incorporated by a couple of food and beverage joints as part of their advertising gimmick in the last 24 hours.
Listen, listen, listen’ woman sparks new memes
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Free Malaysia Today
Law student becomes overnight sensation
There was an overwhelming support for student KS Bawani who spoke in favour of free education at a forum at Universiti Utara Malaysia.
PETALING JAYA: A second year law student became an overnight sensation when she stumped a NGO leader with her questions on free education.
KS Bawani took on Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president, Sharifah Zohra Jabeen at a forum entitled ‘Are University Students in Line with Politics’ last month in UUM.
The video of the forum was uploaded on Facebook and microblogging site, Twitter and it went viral.
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In the video entitled ‘Forum Suara Mahasiswa Part 4′, Sharifah was unable to counter Bawani’s argument in favour of free education and went ballistic against Bawani.
Sharifah insisted that Bawani listen to her explanation. She said ‘listen’ and ‘let me speak’ seven times.
Law student becomes overnight sensation
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Malaysiakini
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It was meant to be a forum involving university students, but in the end one of the panellists had only wanted her views to be heard.
That was the often drawn conclusion of Internet users after watching a video of a forum for Universiti Utara Malaysia students which took place last month.
Clip of panellist berating student goes viral
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Free Malaysia Today
SW1M chief drowning in public scorn
Internet users, including controversial rapper Namewee, have created several parody videos to mock Sharifah Zohra Jabeen.
PETALING JAYA: Public scorn against Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen continues to pile up as more parody videos mocking her are posted on Youtube.
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