Malaysians should take a bow. If the administration of Datuk Seri Najib Razak is making some reform noises — merit-based national scholarships, talk of finally abandoning quotas — it is because of the political changes effected on March 8, 2008.   read more...

THE historian's lament is that he or she is often witness to mistakes of the past, and yet is unable to prevent them from recurring. In the end, the historian is cursed with the Cassandra complex and accused of being a tiresome doomsayer.   read more...

The Hindu Rights Action Force’s (Hindraf) is organising a nationwide protest in a final bid to force the DAP-led Penang government to save what they claim is the last Indian cultural heritage village on the island.   read more...

The Penang state government will stick to its policy of not giving state awards to members of the ruling coalition even though there are some rumblings of discontent, particularly from among some PKR members and leaders.   read more...

I have mentioned before that Malaysian humour was not funny at all. But this time, I laughed, and I could not stop laughing. I laughed that some people were so naïve and some people were so pathetic while some made Malaysia well-known in the world.   read more...

There are many who are pleased with the revelation brought on by the death of Michael Jackson. This is of course the revelation that he may have converted to Islam. These happy people were also pleased that Cassius Clay became a Muslim (and is now called Muhammad Ali) and in most likelihood Princes Diana and astronaut Neil Armstrong did as well -- although I don't think these personalities concerned actually publicly said so.    read more...

In life, Mohan Singh a/l Janot Singh worked behind the scenes as an art director for films and television commercials.

In death, he is centre stage in a legal battle between Islamic authorities who claim he died a Muslim, and his family who claims he was Sikh till the end.   read more...

When I was a student at Lincoln's Inn, more years ago than I care to recall, we were told that all decisions obf the House of Lords were final and there was no further appeal; except to the editorial committee of the Law Quarterly Review.  read more...

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s concept of 1 Malaysia, disparaged so relentlessly by the opposition since its introduction, was distilled this morning into a cultural song-and-dance.   read more...

Michael Jackson's legion of Chinese fans wept across the Chinese mainland on Friday as news of his sudden death spread like wildfire.   read more...

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s concept of 1 Malaysia, disparaged so relentlessly by the opposition since its introduction, was distilled this morning into a cultural song-and-dance.   read more...

Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin defended the aborted unity talks between Umno and PAS today, and called criticisms by the DAP’s Lim Kit Siang “borderline racist.”  read more...

One of my fondest memories as a young college student is sitting on the cement stoop outside my friend Fairuz’s father’s house in SS2 in Petaling Jaya, sharing smokes, talking about girls, movies, music and, occasionally, even politics.  read more...

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) will continue to use the term 'swine flu' instead of influenza A (H1N1), said Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.    read more...

ATLANTA: Health officials estimate that as many as 1 million Americans now have H1N1 flu. Lyn Finelli, a flu surveillance official with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, voiced the estimate at a vaccine advisory meeting yesterday in Atlanta.    read more...

DAP assemblyman Yew Tian Hoe has filed a suit against Perak assembly deputy speaker Hee Yit Foong for allegedly assaulting him with a pepper spray during the chaotic May 7 sitting state.  read more...

Sultan Azlan Shah’s appointment of Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as Perak’s mentri besar on 17 March 2009 precipitated a constitutional crisis that culminated in the case now before the courts.  read more...

The Federal Court will hear toppled Perak mentri besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin’s appeal to be reinstated next month.    read more...

There are two things that I believe define Malaysia fairly well: our food and the civil service. The former is a source of pride, unity and identity. The latter, well, is the opposite.  read more...

For several semesters during a short stint teaching law I taught the English legal system to both law and non-law students. I taught my students that legislation, that is, law made by a legislative body (Parliament being the supreme one), is the most important source of English law. And the most important form of legislation are Acts of Parliament and these are not law until all the stages in the law-making process have been completed.   read more...

Tired out after three days of fun, my five friends and I flew home aboard AK837, the last AirAsia flight out of Phuket, Thailand, on Sunday (June 21) night.     read more...

The government is expected to announce its decision on the use of English to teach mathematics and science by July.   read more...

The teaching of maths and science in English the last six years has not improved the performance of students in those subjects, the education minister admitted today.  read more...

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders today rejected Umno's unity government proposal, and proclaimed all issues surrounding the fiasco which brought the fledgling opposition coalition on the brink of collapse resolved.  read more...

The two Malay political parties — Umno and PAS — are battling each other  to convince us that each is better than the other in advancing the “Malay agenda.” The two are like ageing fighters stuck with their same old tired moves. They are oblivious of the fact that we are fed up with their act, their lack of vigour and imaginative new strategies.  read more...

Datuk Seri Najib Razak eloquently waxed lyrical about Sarawak in his yesterday, telling the tale of his recent visit to the country's largest state and walking in his father's footsteps to a remote Serian village.  read more...

Pada hari Sabtu 20 Jun, Utusan Malaysia menyiarkan paparan dan perbincangan isu-isu utama akhbar-akhbar berbahasa Cina dari 8 hingga 13 Jun. Dalam senario negara sekarang, amatlah wajar dan tepat sekali kita dimaklumkan kandungan dan sentimen salah satu kumpulan surat khabar yang mewakili kaum minoriti yang signifikan dalam masa depan politik kita.  read more...

DAP leader Lim Kit Siang usually speaks his mind plainly. But today, he seemed unable – or unwilling – to put himself and his party on the line over the controversial unity talks between Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partner PAS and rival Umno.  read more...

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today reiterated that MCA was ready for a dialogue with any party, including DAP, PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).  read more...

Change is good -- especially of it means celebrating our diversity, curbing our desire for material wealth, punishing those who have stolen form the masses, and making our systems implement equity, equitibility, equal opportunity, and empathy as philosophical elements of change.  read more...

Gerakan vice president Huan Cheng Guan has been suspended for three years from the party, reigniting speculation that the Penang politician would be heading soon towards a Pakatan Rakyat (PR) party.  read more...

' Maybe it was just for kicks or maybe it was a grim reflection of the political weariness experienced by the people since the March 8 general election, which has somewhat opened a Pandora's box.   read more...

Gerakan vice president Huan Cheng Guan has been suspended for three years from the party, reigniting speculation that the Penang politician would be heading soon towards a Pakatan Rakyat (PR) party.  read more...

'Any observer would find it strange that judges could decide before having backed up the decision with solid reasons. And they should not be taking so much time writing them out.'
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Anyone who had attended the talk by Prof Aneez Esmail on !￥Race Relations in Britain' organised by Kita (Institute of Ethnic Studies) in UKM will be left in no doubt as to the efficacy of the Race Relations Act 1976 in dealing with racism and racial discrimination in Britain.   read more...

Gerakan vice president Huan Cheng Guan has been suspended for three years from the party, reigniting speculation that the Penang politician would be heading soon towards a Pakatan Rakyat (PR) party.  read more...

'Any observer would find it strange that judges could decide before having backed up the decision with solid reasons. And they should not be taking so much time writing them out.'
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Amazing isn't it how the Indians suddenly seem to be doing so well? In recent months, every few day there seems to be a splash in the mainstream media about the MIC doing something or another for its Indians. One day it might be rushing to a neighbourhood where the sewer pipes may have burst or a sinkhole may have developed under someone's home. Another day it might be a story of some MIC official pandering to some Indian traders in Brickfields or some other such Indian neighbourhood. More recently we have seen one mainstream newspaper do a big spread with a photo of the MIC having channelled RM30,000 for a Tamil school library! Wow! Just imagine.   read more...

"The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, said any move which questions the interests of the Malays and Bumiputeras in terms of scholarships and places of study not only violates the fundamental provisions in the federal and state constitutions but also questions the sovereignty of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Malay Rulers.  read more...

Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin has filed a leave application at the Federal Court to appeal the ruling that declared Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir as the rightful mentri besar of Perak.  read more...

Former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin will be filing his appeal to be lawfully reinstated to his post at the Federal Court registry in Putrajaya at 3pm today.   read more...

About 10,000 residents in Bukit Merah, Perak, are hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel for their air and noise pollution problems that have plagued them for eight long years.
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I have been labelled anti this and that. Apparently, I am also pro this and that, or the other. Therefore, I am going to begin this article with a disclaimer, just as all accountants do on their reports. This article contains my interpretation of the relevant Constitutional provisions in respect of the “rights” of the Malays.  read more...

Eight new confirmed Influenza A (H1N1) cases were detected yesterday bringing the number of cases in Malaysia to 35.  read more...

I refer to the Malaysiakini report Nizar, 6 MPs kicked out of Parliament .

I sometimes don't understand how bananas can be part of a certain cuisine. The attempt to fuse food can results in odd and funny food, like curry with banana (not the leaf, but the fruit).
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Yesterday it was PKR. Today, the DAP joined in to try and contain the crisis engulfing Pakatan Rakyat (PR) following the widening cracks in PAS over the unity government issue.  read more...

DAP chairman Karpal Singh said his party has no intention to join in any !!¡Àunity talks!‥ with Umno, while his Pakatan Rakyat partner PKR has adopted a !!¡Àwait and see!‥ attitude.   read more...

PM Najib wants more development for Johore and Malaysia by improving relationships with Singapore. His proposal to build a third bridge to link South East Johore with Changi of Singapore was meant to bring economic development for South East Johore and Singapore.   read more...

Most, if not all, laymen will find the written judgment of Augustine Paul FCJ – who eventually put in writing the judgment of the unanimous decision of the infamous five – most perplexing.  read more...

PKR’s de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has moved to contain the fallout over cracks in the PAS leadership, denying his party’s Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partner was split over Umno’s offer of talks with the Islamist party.   read more...

It’s amazing the amount of press coverage, especially in the Chinese press, devoted to the visit of Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore.  read more...

It was a heart-wrenching moment, says ousted Perak mentri besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin when asked about the day he was sworn in as Bukit Gantang MP.  read more...

There seems to be no way around it: Umno leaders say if Singapore wants sand as part of the deal for the third bridge, it’s a “no go”.   read more...

FOR more than 50 years, the Barisan Nasional (BN) has used an array of laws and methods to silence dissent and perpetuate its own vision of reality as the only truth. But in recent years, the scenario has changed. The BN is now being challenged by bloggers and other citizens who are highly critical of the government, even to the extent of dismissing any attempts by the BN to rectify its wrongs.  read more...

The High Court has decided to give Datuk R. Ganesan a month to prepare for the suit filed by his rival V. Sivakumar for the Perak assembly speaker's seat.  read more...

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, who used to be called the "conscience of Umno," finally joined PKR. Hopefully he has found a place where he should belong.  read more...

' Either you speak up (without fear or favour) or leave BN and stay independent. You can then support any side that works fairly for all Malaysians. Please do not behave like a mouse.'   read more...

Perkara-perkara berkenaan dengan penamatan kewarganegaraan terkandung di dalam Bab 2, Bahagian III Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Perkara 23 membolehkan seseorang warganegara Malaysia melepaskan kewarganegaraannya secara sukarela.  read more...

We might as well dissolve Parliament and let the speaker act as a one- man arbitrator and ombudsman and let the nation go to the dogs with his 'no debate' mentality.'
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'We might as well dissolve Parliament and let the speaker act as a one- man arbitrator and ombudsman and let the nation go to the dogs with his 'no debate' mentality.'
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V. Sivakumar may face an obstacle in a bid to regain the speaker's seat in the Perak legislative assembly tomorrow.  read more...

A Perak DAP assemblyman will file a legal suit against his former colleague Hee Yit Foong for allegedly using a pepper spray on him during the controversial May 7 state assembly sitting.  read more...

Polis hari ini mengesahkan telah menerima laporan berhubung dakwaan empat murid di sebuah sekolah rendah di Bintulu yang dipaksa melakukan oral seks selain diambil gambar lucah oleh seorang guru lelaki berusia 24 tahun di sekolah terbabit.  read more...

The Federal Court says it is the Election Commission (EC), and not the legislative assembly speaker, who has the right to decide whether or not a seat is vacant, according to its written judgment in the recent Perak case where three state lawmakers sued Speaker V. Sivakumar.  read more...

Perak’s RM9 billion deal with Vale, the world’s second largest mining company, to build an iron ore centre has not been finalised, but Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir insists that it is only subject to “certain matters”.  read more...

Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and seven other Pakatan Rakyat MPs were thrown out of Parliament and suspended for two days just moments after he was sworn in this morning as the new Bukit Gantang MP.
He had led Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs in chants of “Hidup rakyat (long live the people)” and “Bubar DUN (dissolve the assembly)” as soon as the swearing-in ceremony ended, with some of them seen wearing headbands with the words "Bubar Dun".  read more...

Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin mencetuskan drama lagi sejurus selepas mengangkat sumpah sebagai anggota baru parlimen bagi Bukit Gantang pagi ini - melaungkan "hidup rakyat, bubar DUN".  read more...

Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein defended in Parliament today the police for physically removing “ousted” Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar from the chaotic May 7 Perak state assembly, claiming it was done according to the law.  read more...

As the media reported that Zaid Ibrahim has now joined PKR, I have been in a buoyant mood, not from a PKR or Pakatan Rakyat perspective but for Malaysia as a whole. After all, action speaks louder than words.  read more...

I am going to transfer ownership of Malaysia Today to a group of people and allow them to decide how the site is to be run. They will have full authority to decide on the form and function of Malaysia Today. After that Malaysia Today will be out of my hands.   read more...

The failing economy, rising crime and crisis of confidence were among the  litany of shortcomings of the prime minister raised by DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang during a dinner last night.   read more...

Coming to the three-quarter mark of the first 100 days in power, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has had his hits and misses.  read more...

Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir wants the people to stop harping only on the weaknesses of the Barisan Nasional leadership but to be more encouraging by recognising its strengths.  read more...

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will explain the 1Malaysia concept to federal government leaders soon, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Maj Gen (Rtd) Datuk Mohd Jamil Khir Baharom said today.  read more...

Is the recent resolution passed by the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) Muktamar on the group Sisters in Islam merely an expression of PAS' right of free expression? Some say that there was no call to !!¡Àban!‥ SIS as such but merely to investigate and rehabilitate / ban only if they are found to be acting against Islamic law.   read more...

It has been said a million times, race and religion dominate Malaysian lives. Everything political in this country is somehow connected with race and/or religion. In the past two decades, things that were once non-political are now caught up with race and religion. I can’t remember the last time a public issue was looked at from a Malaysian perspective. Three recent items really spooked me into thinking that we have now reached the height of looking at every issue through the prism of race and religion.  read more...

New York legislators seem to be taking a leaf from Perak politicians, and may even consider convening sittings under a tree.   read more...

A recent suggestion by Malaysia’s education minister to make it compulsory to pass English before getting a high-school certificate has reignited the debate on falling English standards in the country.  read more...

The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, said any move which questions the interests of the Malays and Bumiputeras in terms of scholarships and places of study not only violates the fundamental provisions in the federal and state constitutions but also questions the sovereignty of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Malay Rulers.   read more...

After hosting Lee Kuan Yew for two hours, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng says his party differs from Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) despite their shared history.  read more...

Former Umno minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has joined PKR, in a boost to the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced Zaid's decision today at a special PKR congress here, saying it will help improve ties between the three PR parties.Zaid said he felt he would be most effective in PKR which fits his ideals and chose the party because he knows Anwar is a good man.  read more...

'The home minister should know better. Let the police do their job and ministers should refrain from passing their comments.'   read more...

Parti Keadilan Raykat (PKR) will hold a special congress tomorrow to approve its widescale proposed reforms, which, among others, will propose the direct election of its president and limit the term of the party presidency.   read more...

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Margaret Chan has now officially declared the outbreak of influenza A (H1N1) as a pandemic in a press conference here today. This is the first time in more than 40 years that the WHO has made such a move.  read more...

Malaysia confirmed another two new Influenza A (H1N1) cases today, bringing the total so far to 11. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the latest cases involved two Malaysian women who returned from Melbourne and Manila on June 9 and June 6 respectively.  read more...

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Margaret Chan has now officially declared the outbreak of influenza A (H1N1) as a pandemic in a press conference here today. This is the first time in more than 40 years that the WHO has made such a move.  read more...

Malaysia confirmed another two new Influenza A (H1N1) cases today, bringing the total so far to 11. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the latest cases involved two Malaysian women who returned from Melbourne and Manila on June 9 and June 6 respectively.  read more...

English should be made a compulsory subject to pass in all public examinations, said Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Aminah Ayob.  read more...

By equating any questioning of Malay interests and scholarship quotas to the sovereignty of the rulers, Perak’s Sultan Azlan Shah has been met with incredulous response.  read more...

The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, said today any move which questions the interests of the Malays and Bumiputeras in terms of scholarships and places of study not only violates the fundamental provisions in the federal and state constitutions but also questions the sovereignty of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Malay Rulers.  read more...

A South American multinational corporation is investing a whopping RM9bil in an iron ore distribution centre for Asia in Manjung, Perak.  read more...

Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Kadir’s announcement yesterday of a whopping RM9 billion investment in Perak was premature and could jeopardise the deal with Brazil’s Vale, the world’s second largest mining company.  read more...

I write this article so as to apprise the people who, in the mind of the general public, have taken the law into their own hands through the harassment of law abiding citizens of this country with the threat of using the Sedition Act 1948 on them. They should not have done it without first taking expert legal advice on the technical and difficult law of sedition under the Act.  read more...

I joked candidly that M. Kula, the Ipoh Barat Member of Parliament must have been an Orang Asli in his past life because of his concern and support for my work with the indigenous people of this country. He revved his 4WD on a precariously winding road in the secondary forest that was once ravished and ravaged by the greed of men and narrowly missed the ravine that would have taken all those in the vehicle into the river below.  read more...

Since the last general election, the party that has gained the most is not PKR, unlike what many people think, but rather PAS.  read more...

Seperti anda sekalian, penulis pun keliru dengan dengan konsep “kerajaan perpaduan” yang diutarakan Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Hadi Awang. Tidak kiralah anda ahli Umno atau pun PAS, kita masih samar-samar mengenainya.  read more...

The rising tension due to the PAS's unity proposal with Umno has shaken the fledgling Pakatan Rakyat (PR) alliance.
DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang today conceded that PR "is facing its first crisis of confidence" since its euphoric electoral gains on March 8 last year where it denied the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) a two-thirds majority in Parliament by winning a record high 82 parliamentary seats and the government of five states.  read more...

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng needs to make local council elections a priority as promised by his elections manifesto, Suaram Penang said today.  read more...

Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir said discussions between Umno and PAS can calm down the political scenario and restore stability, the main selling point for Malaysia in attracting foreign direct investments (FDI).   read more...

In Selangor's touted Islamic city of Shah Alam, PAS held its important 55th Muktamar and elected its new crop of leaders, who turned out to be overwhelmingly incumbents.  read more...

In 1966 it was Sarawak, in 1985 it was Sabah, and in 2009 it is Perak. But the issue in these times of crisis in state governments has been essentially the same: how are the so-called !￥Westminster-type constitutional conventions' relating to the appointment and tenure of chief ministers, and written into both federal and state constitutions in Malaysia, supposed to operate?   read more...

With every passing day, Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin grows more anxiousThe popular PAS leader has only 12 days left to file his appeal to the Federal Court to uphold a High Court ruling that he is the rightful mentri besar of Perak.  read more...

The Perak government is mulling minimum wage for staff of all state departments to help them through these uncertain economic times.  read more...

PAS is facing a huge fallout with its partners in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) over the rekindling of unity government talks with Umno at its muktamar last weekend.
Its call for the banning of Islamic feminist non-governmental organisation Sisters in Islam (SIS) has also drawn fire from PKR.  read more...

Salah satu tragedi yang muncul sebaik berakhirnya muktamar ke 55 PAS ialah kemenangan Nasharudin untuk mempertahankan kerusi Timbalan Presiden. Tragedi kerana kemenangan itu diraikan dengan penuh semangat 'perpaduan' oleh media UMNO (Baru)yang tentunya adalah suara kepimpinan parti Melayu terbesar di dunia itu.  read more...

While much of the focus at the recently-concluded 55th PAS muktamar was on the unity government talks and everybody talked about the much hyped about battle between the conservative and moderate factions in the party, the one thing everybody was united on is the rising star status of Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin.  read more...

Umno is again trying to resume talks with PAS, in a seemingly deliberate move designed to drive a deeper wedge between the Islamist party and its secular partners in Pakatan Rakyat (PR).  read more...

I agree with Rusdi and the Umno Bloggers and will ensure that Malaysia Today leaves the family out of the political war currently raging in the country. And I, again, apologise to Rusdi. I hope he will accept my apology in the spirit it is given.
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For whatever reason, it is better for PAS leaders to keep their feet on the ground. The party's political resurgence at the 2008 general election was not achieved solely through its own steam.  read more...

More than a year ago, the Barisan Rakyat Bloggers launched The People's Declaration . In case many of you are not aware of this or have forgotten what we said then, you can look at the details below. Read what we had launched and compare it with Najib's 1Malaysia and you will see that Najib's idea is not new and that the Barisan Rakyat Bloggers had, in fact, proposed the same thing more than a year ago.   read more...

For the sake of not arguing, let’s take a few things as given.</p>
What things, you ask?
Well, let’s take it as a given that the Malays were here first, and so were the Melanaus, Bajaus, Ibans, Dayaks, other indigenous people and Lee Kuan Yew’s great-great-grandparents.  read more...

Many Malaysians are hoping that Pas will remember that its gains in March 2008 were the result of it being in the Pakatan. For that reason, Pas’ leaders need to recognise the needs and demands of the Malaysian public, and be sensitive to the new political realities on the ground in Malaysia. Farish Noor urges Pas not to let these Malaysians down.  read more...

Ousted Perak mentri besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin cemented his reputation as a popular politician by topping the votes for the PAS central committee elections, winning 854 votes.  read more...

In a blow to its Pakatan Rakyat partners, the conservative faction in PAS has triumphed in the deputy president race with incumbent Nasharudin Mat Isa keeping his post.   read more...

The results of the contest between the conservatives and the “Erdogan” or moderate factions in the PAS elections will determine its direction as well as that of the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat.  read more...

Tell me why is this Lee Kuan Yew coming here to meet Lim Guan Eng, Lim Kit Siang, YB BABI and Nik Aziz and other mentris besar and then meeting other opposition leaders! Why are we allowing this and is not there any Wisma Putra protocol that applies to this grand old Chinaman from ther Red Dot?! He didn't even put visiting TDM as part of his itinerary, betul betul kurang ajar punya China!
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I am honoured to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt 's advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.   read more...

"THE first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." This phrase from Shakespeare's Henry VI is often used pejoratively when people feel the need to vent their feelings of frustration or disgust in respect of the legal profession. Ironically, this now infamous phrase was originally intended to pay homage to lawyers. In Shakespeare's play, the phrase was spoken by a villain and to better understand the context in which the phrase was used, we need to paraphrase it as follows, the first thing any potential tyrant must do to eliminate freedom and the rule of law is to kill all the lawyers.   read more...

I have had many run-ins with the Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng. We have had a fair share of disagreements. But on many socio-political issues in this country, we are on the same page.  read more...

Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir has seemingly taken a leaf from his predecessor by pledging to solve all land-related problems in the state as soon as possible.  read more...

Modest but surprising growth in Australia and a jump in US pending home sales added to evidence the world economy, while not rebounding, has come through the worst of the slump.   read more...

General Motors Corp said yesterday it reached a tentative deal to sell its Hummer brand to a privately held Chinese company, part of an effort to drop four unprofitable vehicle lines and leave bankruptcy as a leaner company.   read more...

I refer to !!!O CPM violence not stressed !‥ (The Star, May 29) in which the Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim is of the view that our history books should have more information on the atrocities committed by the communists .  read more...

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's arrival in Beijing for a four-day official visit marked a milestone in the 35-year-old friendship between Malaysia and China.  read more...

Chinese security forces blanketed Tiananmen Square today ahead of the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, a day after Twitter and Hotmail Internet services in China were blocked.  read more...

There are some who love to post comments such as the Monarchy should be abolished because it costs a lot of money to maintain a Monarchy and if it is abolished then the country can save a lot of money. I detect from their IDs and e-mails that many of these people are Chinese. These people know who they are so I need not mention their IDs here.  read more...

Malaysia and China today agreed to partially abolish the need to have visas for their holders of diplomatic and official or service passports for travel to each other’s countries.  read more...

As a Perakian, I will always remember 11.5.2009 as the day when justice and truth alighted briefly for a moment in a Kuala Lumpur High Court. It was the day when, against all expectations, the Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed Nizar’s application for several declaratory orders, amongst others, an order declaring him as the rightful Menteri Besar of Perak.  read more...

The Malaysian Bar deplores the astounding spate of arrests that the Police have made in recent weeks.  We are concerned whether this heavy-handed and disproportionate approach is an ominous portent of the trend we can expect to see under the current Government's administration.     read more...

Yesterday, I said that the collapse of the roof of the RM300 million 50,000-capacity Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Gong Badak within a year of completion is symptomatic of a society in serious disrepair and Malaysia at the verge of a vicious cycle of a failed state.
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Pemuda Umno Kelantan menyifatkan kenyataan Mursyidul Am PAS, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat menyokong golongan “Erdogan” sebagai petanda awal sokongannya terhadap Datuk Husam Musa sebagai calon timbalan presiden PAS.  read more...

In yet another attempt to force fresh polls in Perak, PAS Youth today launched what is considered a "Black Saturday" campaign to call for the dissolution of the state legislative assembly in the silver state.   read more...

Datuk Seri Najib Razak has again said he “had nothing to do with” Altantuya Shaariibuu, laughing off the federal opposition’s attempts to link him to the murdered Mongolian model whose killers now face the gallows.  read more...

Malaysia wants to settle its decades-long territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea through "friendly negotiation", the country's prime minister said in Beijing Wednesday.   read more...

Perak will finally have its Chinese Muslim mosque. Perak Regent Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, who is also the head of the Perak Islamic and Malay Customs Council, consented to the mosque's construction and approved a RM2 million council allocation to kick-start the project.  read more...

It has been two years of hell for three Indonesian women since they began working for the owner of a catering company in Sungai Siput.   read more...

Pakatan Rakyat's inevitable appeal to the Federal Court will go ahead next Monday despite the appeals court failure to provide the written judgment overturning a High Court ruling that Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin is the lawful Perak mentri besar.  read more...

'Episod kemelut politik Perak sudah hampir selesai selepas Mahkamah Rayuan Jumaat lalu mengetepikan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi pada 11 Mei lalu yang mengisytiharkan Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin pemegang sah jawatan Mentri Besar Perak.  read more...

Apa yang sedang berlaku di Perak amat baik sekali. Kelam-kabut dan kacau-bilau yang sedang kita lihat berlaku di Perak sekali imbas tidak mendatangkan faedah kepada orang ramai. Tanggapan sebegini satu pandangan yang salah.   read more...

' For Muhyiddin to only tick off the newspaper gives the perception that Umno and its daily are doing a good-cop-bad-cop sandiwara with the DPM trying to score cookie points with the !￥pendatang'.   read more...

From a poor communist country has been transformed into the fourth richest country in the world after USA, Japan and Germany, the man who started the phenomenal change was Deng Xiao Peng who introduced liberal and modernisation policies.   read more...

The DAP today slammed the Umno-owned <em>Mingguan Malaysia</em> for fueling racial discord by referring to non-Malays as ‘Kaum Pendatang’ or immigrants.  read more...

Bread and butter plus security issues are at the top of Malaysian minds, the first public opinion poll conducted since Datuk Seri Najib Razak took over as prime minister two months ago revealed.  read more...

Less than two months into his administration, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak only has the thumbs up from 45 per cent of Malaysians polled recently, with nearly four out of 10 refusing to even answer the question.  read more...

Fresh from its guaranteed success in the Penanti by-election, PKR is now gearing up for state elections which it thinks will happen soon in Perak as well as Sarawak.   read more...

This is the mentality of the Old Malay. But the Old Malay is finding out that the New Malay does not think like this at all. The New Malay has different values from the Old Malay. And the Old Malays are getting lesser while there are more New Malays emerging.    read more...

Just how well do Malaysians understand the recent economic liberalisation policies announced by the prime minister? Not very, according to a survey conducted by a local research company.   read more...