“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way.” Charles Dickens.  read more...

 read more...

Konvensyen Pakatan Rakyat Negeri Perak yang telah bersidang pada 31 Oktober 2009 bersamaan 12 Zulkaedah 1430 telah merumuskan resolusi berikut :-
.  read more...

After the nonsensical assembly sitting in Perak on Oct 28, Barisan Nasional should deeply reflect whether it is worthwhile to prolong its farcical rule in the Silver State.  read more...

For 17 years, Marina Undau lived a life of a child growing into a young adult.  read more...

The DAP has reiterated its stand that the Perak state legislative assembly has to be dissolved and that fresh elections need to be called for a clear mandate from the people of Perak.  read more...

Have no delusions about it. The enemy is the Malaysian police. Those are the people we must first bring down if we want to bring down the regime called Barisan Nasional. Malaysians must declare war on the Malaysian police.  read more...

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is now alleging that the violent attacks they were subjected to during yesterday's chaotic assembly sitting were a part of a carefully thought-out conspiracy by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government to pull wool over the eyes of the media.  read more...

Selangor Speaker Teng Chang Khim (picture) said today that the resignation of Badrul Hisham Abdullah from PKR would not affect the stability of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government.  read more...

Those who should know better are forgetting the values enshrined in our Constitution, thus the Bar Council's education campaign.
 read more...

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) today claimed that ousted Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar was nearly strangled at the state assembly's parking lot after police tried to take the Speaker's robe and songkok from him yesterday.  read more...

Perak police chief Datuk Pahlawan Deputy Commissioner Zulkifli Abdullah today insisted that his men had not used extreme force upon ousted Speaker V. Sivakumar and other Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen at the parking lot of the State Secretariat building yesterday. read more...

Najib Razak's 2010 Budget is called ‘1Malaysia, Together we prosper'. Before the advent of the Prime Minister's multi-million ringgit public relations sloganeering, his predecessor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had already introduced the ‘Prosper' theme.  read more...

That this Perak State Assembly sitting would be a farce was taken as a given.  read more...

Dalam kekecohan persidangan - 2 dalam 1 - DUN Perak, BN meluluskan bajet negeri, manakala ADUN Pakatan meluluskan tiga usul.  read more...

The Perak state assembly proceedings turned farcical again, just as it did on May 7, with both Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) holding separate proceedings in the same hall amid shouts and screams.  read more...

The second session of the 12th Perak assembly sitting was possibly one of the shortest in the state's history as it was adjourned sine die three hours after it started.read more...

The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) today demanded that the 1 Malaysia camp to be suspended until the safety of students taking part in the programme can be guaranteed. read more...

read more...

Participants of a 1 Malaysia camp in Kuala Dipang here received more than the training they had bargained for when the three week-old suspension bridge they were crossing collapsed, killing one student. read more...

The appointment of sergeants-at-arms for the state assembly is the prerogative of the Speaker, Perak Speaker Datuk R. Ganesan said in response to complaints that the post is now filled by 15 “samsengs”. read more...

“In the old days, the corruption was smaller. If an Umno branch leader did not get a taxi permit, he would dissolve his branch. Now many Umno leaders are busy looking for big projects. That's the success of the NEP (New Economic Policy),” he laughs. read more...

The Malaysian government must acknowledge that interfering in people's private lives and sentences such as caning are the antithesis of a "moderate" Muslim state. Malaysia must make clear what kind of country it wants to be. Is it the nation of the splendid Kuala Lumpur skyline, blending the traditions of its mosques and temples with the modernity of the dazzling Petronas Towers? Or is it a judgmental, moralistic nation that obsesses over the private lives of its citizens? read more...

Dear Megat, it's been a long time since I have heard from you. It is certainly nice to hear from you again. I missed you at Tengku Razaleigh's Hari Raya open house last year because I had to spend not only Hari Raya but also my birthday in Kamunting. And this year I had to spend Hari Raya, as people say, on the run. read more...

SURE, “politics is the art of the possible” – especially if it involves politicians who can change their tune overnight. That's why it has been possible for Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek to suddenly become friends again after a year of fierce animosity between them. read more...

Former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today accused State Secretary Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim of being the “de facto mentri besar” by controlling Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir and meddling with state assembly matters. read more...

The Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak could not have a more disastrous end for his two-hour long speech for his first budget for 2010 in Parliament on Friday, as he said: “Our recent success in Bagan Pinang has sparked our zeal to embark on this journey of transformation to lift our beloved nation to greater heights.” read more...

The Judiciary cannot decline or delay administering justice just because the decisions are not going to be universally popular, said Raja Muda of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah. read more...

What is the next move for newly-appointed MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai? read more...

The family of Teoh Beng Hock wants his body to be exhumed so a second post-mortem can be carried out by renowned Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand. read more...

read more...

read more...

A civil servant crept into the bedroom early Saturday and poured acid on his sleeping wife and daughter. read more...

There are those who subscribe to the principle that to live is everything and by this they believe that we are all here to survive and in order to survive we just have to be practical (realism). read more...

PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat is firm about the party having an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) which insiders see as a way of deposing president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang for leaders warmer towards a full-fledged opposition pact. read more...

Former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin has alleged that the Barisan Nasional administration had “an evil plan” to attack Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers during the Oct 28 sitting if they attempted to stop any proceeding. read more...

The Perak Government is set to announce a micro-credit financing model to help eradicate poverty during the Oct 28 state assembly sitting. read more...

Former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin has scoffed at the Barisan Nasional's 2010 budget, alleging that it was a “copycat” one. read more...

Tahniah diucapkan kepada Pemuda Pakatan Rakyat Negeri Perak yang akan melancarkan Sekretariat Pemudanya 24 Oktober ini di Lumut. Sepanjang hampir setahun BN merampas kuasa dari PR, banyak perkara yang telah dilakukan oleh PR bagi meyakinkan rakyat bahawa, penyalahgunaan kuasa oleh BN ini perlu diserahkan kepada rakyat untuk dibuat pemilihan semula. read more...

By all accounts, Datuk Seri Najib Razak tabled a solid Budget 2010, one that attempts to cut the deficit while ensuring all sectors get their due. read more...

Belanjawan tahun 2010 yang dibentangkan oleh Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Kewangan, Najib Abdul Razak memperlihatkan bagaimana kerajaan Barisan Nasional mula mengatur langkah untuk menghadapi Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13. read more...

What is the top ten? I would say a failing education system, state-endorsed or institutionalised racism, abuse of power, corruption, wastage of public funds, lack of transparency and accountability, attitude problem, no civility or courtesy, serious crime problem, and arrogance, though not necessarily in that order. read more...

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and his former deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek have agreed to work as a team to unite the party and resolve together issues confronting the party leadership. . read more...

Former Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar and six others were given the nod by the High Court to challenge the decision of the Election Commission (EC) in not holding by-elections for three state seats in Perak. read more...

The country is on the verge of realising a two-party/coalition democracy, at which point the electorate will have the choice of two equally viable and inclusive alternatives. But to get there, Pakatan Rakyat parties must commit to a Common Policy Framework as a precursor to registering the coalition. read more...

Speaker DUN Perak, Datuk R. Ganesan berkata, jika wakil rakyat DAP itu berdegil dan masih memakai jubah Speaker, maka beliau tidak akan teragak-agak mengambil tindakan sewajarnya. read more...

Malaysia's judiciary should look beyond the national borders and adopt more international human rights thinking and standards in arriving at legal decisions, the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, said today. read more...

MCA leaders were as great a focus as the Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak in yesterday's 2010 Budget presentation in Parliament ¨C the visibly uncomfortable MCA President Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and the forlorn MCA Deputy President Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. read more...

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has tabled Budget 2010 with the theme "1Malaysia, Together We Prosper". Totalling RM191.5 bil, he said it would be the foundation of a new economic model and precursor to the 10th Malaysia Plan. read more...

Rabu lepas, saksi utama kes rasuah dua ADUN Perak, Mohd Imran Abdullah dengan tenang memberikan keterangan bercanggah dengan laporan dan kenyataannya kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) sebelum ini. read more...

The Perak Pakatan Rakyat will be the first to kick off the alliance's inaugural convention this Oct 31. read more...

The Civil Service assist the business of Government with the ruling party of the day. The Civil Service has in the past recruited its employees based on the principle of selection on merit and on the basis of fair and open competition. read more...

Pakar forensic dari Thailand, Dr Pornthip, memberikan keterangan yang mengejutkan dalam inkues kematian Teoh Beng Hock hari ini apabila berkata, tengkorak kepalanya pecah bukan kerana jatuh tetapi kerana pukulan kuat. read more...

Lucy Ash meets Thailand's most senior forensic pathologist and discovers that finding the truth about how people died is not always welcomed. read more...

RELIGION is a belief in, or the worship of, a god or gods.

The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus defines it as the belief in a superhuman controlling power, especially in a personal God or gods entitled to obedience and worship. read more...

read more...

Kita semua tahu apa yang berlaku di Perak. Tetapi ramai yang tidak tahu, mengapa ia berlaku.
Sekiranya anda masih ingat, ianya mengambil masa seminggu untuk kerajaan baru di Perak dan Selangor mengangkat sumpah selepas pilihanraya umum Mach 2008. Kedua-dua Sultan dinegeri ini mahu ¡®membincangkan' terlebih dahulu dengan ADUN-ADUN  Pakatan Rakyat.Sultan kemudiannya meletakkan beberapa syarat sebelum bersetuju untuk melantik Pakatan Rakyat sebagai kerajaan negeri yang baru. read more...

Nazrin's succession to the Perak throne depends on the goodwill of the federal government. But only if the state government is a Barisan Nasional government will there be this goodwill. If Pakatan Rakyat remains the state government, then expect Nazrin to pay the price when his time comes to succeed his father. read more...

Financial policies created must be people-focused and should not be formulated only for investors and their money managers, the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, said Monday. read more...

You can't fault Datuk Seri Najib Razak for trying.

The Umno president last week got his party to accept reforms for its internal elections, making himself a hero for almost returning democracy that it had before being deregistered in 1988. read more...

If Ipoh is to progress it needs recognition. Recognition requires a specific value that distinguishes it from other cities. This begins with a vision of what it wants to be acknowledged for and a mission to realise it. There was a time when Ipoh was known as the cleanest town. read more...

Even though I am a life member of MCA, I have always stayed out of politics, mainly because my wife finds politics to be nauseating. I must confess that to date I have not even attended any meeting of my MCA branch in Kg Baru Pandan, Johor Baru. read more...

Beating his anti-colonialism drum again, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (picture) , today warned the Malays that they stood to be ¡°conquered¡± anew by the Western powers if they blindly embraced globalisation and pushed for free trade agreements. read more...

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday brushed aside Khairy Jamaluddin's call for Malays to end their siege mentality, pointing out that perhaps ¡°some of us are already successful.¡± read more...

Transparency International (TI) is the only international non-governmental organisation specialised in curbing corruption, but the TI-Malaysia is currently having a dispute. As a monitoring organisation, it is unable to set a good example but has caused unnecessary quarrels. How is it going to fight corruption and play its role well? read more...

Some neighboring countries have been suffering from earthquakes and typhoon attacks. Malaysia is a very fortunate country to have escaped from such natural disasters. However, it is not necessarily a good thing.   read more...

After a two-hour sit-down today, PAS and DAP leaders in Selangor declared an end to their animosity over a slew of issues which have destabilised the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government. read more...

Most of Pakatan Rakyat's (PR) leaders are impressed with the string of reform promises and lack of race rhetoric at the ongoing Umno general assembly. read more...

Former Deputy Prime Minister Tun Musa Hitam said although the Malays could be regarded as an educated and mature community with many of them being professionals, generally they still lack confidence in their own capabilities.   read more...

For the first time in Perak State Assembly history, the Opposition will not be posing any written questions. read more...

Oon Yeoh and Ong Kian Ming discuss Khairy's progressive speech at the UMNO GA. Has he had a change of heart? Or is this just another case of political expediency?   read more...

In yesterday's Umno Youth general assembly, Khairy Jamaluddin did not hold up the keris, but instead honoured what he once said. read more...

I REFER to ?¡ã Tough times working in Ipoh ?¡À ( The Star , Sept 30) and ?¡ã Big dreams in sleepy Ipoh town ?¡À (Oct 5). I would like to point out to the writer of the first letter who who informs us of the antiquated machines at his workplace in Ipoh that not all companies in this town are in the same situation.   read more...

One of MCA's vice president Datuk Seri Dr Liow Tiong Lai has come out to say that the party will be able to solve the current leadership crisis without the intervention of anyone outside the party or within the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. read more...

What the by-election has changed, however, is the dynamics within the BN's power-sharing arrangement. This is because Umno won the by-election without much help from its Chinese partner.   read more...

I wrote the piece below soon after the Sanggang by-election on 1 April 2000 (April Fool's Day). The purpose of the piece, which was published in Harakah , the PAS party newspaper, was to bring to the opposition's attention that all is not well and unless something is done about it the future would look very bleak for the opposition coalition. read more...

Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad's victory in the Bagan Pinang by-election was not unexpected, as in the by-election, Isa the candidate bulked larger than Barisan Nasional the party.   read more...

Pakatan Rakyat's (PR) loss in the Bagan Pinang by-election was a rude wake-up call for the coalition, indicating that it could not be overconfident of its popularity among Malaysians, said the DAP's Lim Kit Siang. read more...

Today 8 Oct 2009 postal voting begins for the Bagan Pinang by election. It will continue tomorrow. This according to Datuk Ngah Senik, the Election Commission secretary "is necessary as there are 4,604 postal voters in the constituency." Polling proper as we know is on Sunday.  read more...

'Ong Tee Keat always says that Chinese issues have often been discussed within four walls and not in the open. Yet nothing comes out good.' read more...

The announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak recommending his concept of 1Malaysia to other countries to adopt a similar concept and his call for the creation of 1WORLD dream are both astounding and confusing. read more...

Despite the smiles and the show of unity by top Selangor PAS and DAP leaders, who obliged the press by posing for pictures, nothing was really resolved at yesterday’s round-table meeting at Concorde Hotel here. read more...

A majority of voters in peninsular Malaysia remain unconvinced Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is a viable alternative to Barisan Nasional (BN) to rule the country at federal level although they are largely satisfied with the way states under the fledgling coalition is being administered, a new poll shows. read more...

With the party's crucial extraordinary general meeting (EGM) less than 48 hours away, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today unveiled a badge emblazoned with the words "1MCA, 1Team" to mark his first year anniversary as MCA president. read more...

The protracted cold war between the MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and his deputy will come to a conclusion at this Saturday’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM), and Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek says he is confident of his chances of becoming MCA’s interim president. read more...

Maknanya lebih kurang macam ni.. Malaysia telah disenaraikan di tangga ke 47 dalam senarai negara yang kurang amalan Rasuah (kurang tu maksudnya ada amalan rasuah).. tetapi Pulau Pinang dipuji!!  read more...

The DAP launched its “alternative” Budget today, which outlines what it says will be a more equitable distribution of federal revenue to the various states, if the party takes federal power together with its Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners. read more...

The DAP launched its “alternative” Budget today, which outlines what it says will be a more equitable distribution of federal revenue to the various states, if the party takes federal power together with its Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners. read more...

Alleging that hundreds of postal voters are also ordinary registered voters, PAS today said it will seek a court order to postpone polling for the Bagan Pinang by-election scheduled for this Sunday. read more...

Malaysia can be proud that it has gone through 12 general elections. But there are many areas which can be improved for greater democracy. read more...

Will someone tell if this Najib is the Prime Minister of UMNO, of the Malays or of Malaysia. I did not mention the Chinese, the Indians and the Others because by default and by his actions he has certainly made these people reject him as their Prime Minister. So that leaves the Malays and Malaysia because he certainly is Prime Minister of UMNO. Now because Malaysia is made up of not only Malays but also the others then again by default he cannot be Prime Minister for Malaysia. So that leaves the Malays. read more...

A lawyer and a manager of a legal firm were sentenced to five years' and three years' jail respectively by the Sessions Court here Monday for criminal breach of trust involving RM3mil.  read more...

The candidate selections for the Bagan Pinang are not surprising, but BN's candidate Tan Sri Isa Samad's comeback still grabs the people's attention.  read more...

Eventually, BN decided to field former Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Tan Sri Isa Samad for the Bagan Pinang by-election. He was picked as the BN candidate based on the voters' wishes. It is what BN needs.   read more...

The PAS national leadership moved today to help repair cracks in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) alliance, particularly in Selangor, by urging its members not to issue statements that would give the impression of discord between the coalition partners.  read more...

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said today he was prepared to take on his predecessor from the Barisan Nasional (BN) in a nationally-televised debate without any conditions set. read more...

Known for his straight talk, the former chairman of Transparency International, Tunku Abdul Aziz, said the government could be effective if it had the right leadership. read more...

If ??religionists' can understand this then the world would be a much better place. Malaysia would be a much better place. And those hundreds of millions who were slaughtered over the last 3,500 years in the name of the ??true religion' need not have died needlessly. read more...

Barisan is compromising its entire platform of reform by nominating Isa, in the hope it can win this one by-election. It is nominating a known money politician to represent itself to the people of Bagan Pinang and the people of Malaysia. It is basically telling us that Barisan stands for corruption. read more...

What was Anwar's biggest contribution to what we are today? I sat and ponder over this question the whole day today.  read more...

Biar mati anak, jangan mati adat! (Sacrifice your child if need be, but never your tradition!) Growing up in Negri Sembilan, that wisdom of my culture was continually drummed into me. To those outside the clan, that adage may seem extreme, an ugly manifestation of unyielding and irrational conservatism.  read more...

I was in Seoul last Monday to participate in the World Forum for Democratisation in Asia (Third Biennial Conference) on “Sustaining Democratisation in Asia: Challenges of Economic and Social Justice” with some 200 delegates from Asia and the United States.  read more...

 read more...

Thousands may have died in an earthquake that struck the city of Padang on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, a minister said today, with officials saying many victims remained buried under toppled buildings.  read more...

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck off the city of Padang off the coast of southern Sumatra at about 6.17pm on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, trapping thousands of others and causing tremors as far away as peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.  read more...

Thousands of people were evacuated from high-rise buildings here after tremors hit the country at 6.16pm Malaysian time following a strong earthquake of a magnitude of 7.6 on the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia.  read more...

Malaysia stands to be embarrassed internationally if former Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng takes his grievance to the International Court of Justice: it will show up the government as having reneged on several important legally-binding obligations to the CPM.  read more...

In recent months, it has come to the Bar Council's attention that unknown parties have been abusing the names of Members of the Bar and legal firms for unscrupulous purposes. In particular:  read more...

The Sessions Court was told that 36ha of land earmarked for a development project has not been alienated to the Perak Tengah district council. read more...

The High Court will deliver its decision on ousted Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar’s leave for application for judicial review against the Election Commission (EC) on October 22.  read more...

Umno's central leadership bowed to pressure from the Negeri Sembilan party grassroots and picked Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Bagan Pinang by-election. read more...

From reliable sources, the Umno candidate for the coming by-election in Negeri Sembilan will most likely to be the former mentri besar, who was once suspended from the party because of money politics. read more...