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...

Can an old brand that is in decline be rescued and revitalised?

It is possible but it won't be easy.

When sales fall and profits disappear, it means erosion of the brand's appeal has set in. read more...

Prime Minister Najib expressed his intention to make Malaysia a high income country, like the developed countries in Asia. America and Europe. read more...

There are only so many articles I can digest in a day. But it's interesting to read something like your article which normally cannot be found in the mainstream newspapers! read more...

Umno's choice for Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad as the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Bagan Pinang by-election appears quite set – and the latest indication is the “advice” by Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, asking former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad not to “interfere” and “embarrass” the Umno leadership with any more public statements on the question of by-election candidature. read more...

Another cow protest! At the Selangor State Secretariat again! But this time, it was live cattle that flocked to the seat of state power today. read more...

Rural folks have many land problems. The safest way to find lasting and meaningful solutions to their problems is to first eliminate all the politicians, bureaucrats and even the office boys who behave like lords of the lands, lording over many of these rural folks who lack confidence to confront them. read more...

I received a call last night from a retired Army General of the Royal Malay Regiment raising his concern after watching some shocking news coming from the Sultan of Pahang which was shown on TV.  read more...

I was raised in my early years in squatter colonies in the older sections of Kuala Lumpur. We were taught from young to be agreeable. It is key to getting past first-level social mobility barriers. read more...

Kellie's Castle (sometimes also called Kellie's Folly ) is located near Batu Gajah , and is about 20 minutes' drive from Ipoh , Perak , Malaysia . read more...

MY congratulations to local production outfit KRU Productions for a well-done documentary on Kellie's Castle in Batu Gajah, Perak, which was aired over Astro's Discovery Channel – “Enigmatic Malaysia”. read more...

I REFER to “ Selcat fallout ” ( The Star , Sept 23). I feel that the problem stems from Datuk Dr Hasan Ali, the Selangor PAS Commissioner. read more...

Many are of the opinion I should not comment on religion because I am not learned enough in matters of religion to be able to comment. I suppose lawyers would also argue that I should not comment on matters of law since I never went to law school. read more...

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It is therefore not difficult to understand why there is so much chaos in Pakatan Rakyat Selangor. Not only are PKR, DAP and PAS trying to outmanoeuvre each other. Internally, within PKR, DAP and PAS, there are many factions and each is trying to kill off the other.  read more...

The sex DVD featuring suspended MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has resurfaced just before the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Oct 10, bringing the party's internal conflict to another level.  read more...

Klang member of parliament (MP) Charles Santiago's recent call for the removal of Selangor state executive council (exco) member Datuk Dr Hasan Mohamed Ali appears to have received little support from Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblymen as the coalition seeks to quell a perceived internal rift.  read more...

use to view with amusement the goings on every year of the UMNO AGM at PWTC. The fight between Team A and Team B, spectacle of Mahathir crying on stage, the brandishing of the Kris, gag order, no gag order, contest no contest…the whole spectrum of human failings all there for us to see.  read more...

These are men and women whom you will never read or hear about. They may be well known to their community, but their "fame" stays there, in that circle. read more...

Perak DAP chairperson Ngeh Khoo Ham said he has spoken to Jalong state representative Leong Mee Meng over her claims of being marginalised by the party leadership and it was no longer an issue.  read more...

I cannot agree with bloggers Art Harun and Lim Kit Siang more. Both have basically argued a similar concern; why is the government acting as if they privately own the country. read more...

Chinese Malaysians appear to have grown increasingly dismissive of the potentially party-shattering power struggle happening in MCA and that is a distressing sign for an organisation which is entrusted by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition to help regain the trust and support of the community.  read more...

MIC deputy president Datuk G. Palanivel has thrown the ball back to party chief Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu on when the long-serving MIC president will vacate the post. read more...

Sabah and Sarawak brought much land and natural resources with them when joining then Malaya and Singapore to form Malaysia, thus the special privileges they are entitled to. read more...

After winning big at last year's general election, Pakatan Rakyat seems to be having a tough time managing that victory, no thanks to feuds within the coalition. read more...

Taking hints from an impatient Umno, veteran MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu is prepared to quit immediately but only if his anointed successor and deputy Datuk G. Palanivel is ready to assume the party leadership. read more...

A storm is brewing in the Perak DAP again over the Ngeh-Nga family factor.

The latest is the outburst by state treasurer Leong Mee Meng, who complained of being sidelined by the party's state leadership helmed by two cousins - chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham and secretary Nga Kor Ming. read more...

Datuk Seri Najib Razak appealed to Muslims and Malaysians to strengthen unity and discard suspicions among each other in his first Hari Raya Aidil Fitri message as prime minister while attacking “hate-mongers” for sowing ungratefulness among the people. read more...

I applaud Prime Minister Najib Razak for releasing five more prisoners held under the unjust and abominable Internal Security Act (ISA). That he did it in the last Ashra (ten days) of Ramadan, and within days of Hari Raya, captures best the true spirit of Ramadan and the generosity of Eid ul Fitra. read more...

Happy Hari Raya Aidilfiltri to all Muslims in Malaysia.

As the first Hari Raya under new Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, it should be an occasion for Malaysians regardless of faith, race or political beliefs to give real meaning to his 1Malaysia slogan so that it will not be short-lived and the butt of ridicule, derision and contempt like the slogans of previous premiers. read more...

Lim Kit Siang has slammed the Attorney-General for not prosecuting two former ministers in the scandal-hit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project as the government scrambled to contain damage from a leaked Cabinet paper which inferred they knew of the cost overruns. read more...

It is not an official secret that the BN regime has shown sheer contempt for the public's interest in enabling the PKFZ scandal to compound. read more...

Ibrahim Salleh, a school security guard, proudly displayed his new red DAP membership card which he obtained last week. read more...

Sorry, we do not have a Formula 1 racing team to boast of. read more...

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Bukan sesuatu yang pelik dalam Pakatan Rakyat jika pemimpin bukan Islam boleh bersama dalam majlis orang Islam. read more...

Ahli Parlimen Taiping YB Nga Kor Ming meraikan majlis berbuka puasa bersama penduduk Kampung Expo, Kamunting. Majlis Berbuka Puasa ini turut disertai ADUN Pokok Asam, Yee Sue Kai dan ADUN Aulong, Yew Tian Hoe berserta kaum Tionghua dan kelab penyokong PAS Taiping. read more...

Yesterday I received an email that disturbed me. It disturbed me because of the venom that it spewed on me. read more...

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It was his first night out on the town after being cooped up for cancer treatments. But for a Negri Sembilan prince, the happy event at a popular nightspot in the city centre here soon turned into a disaster. read more...

When I first read the news report in the Star that YAA Tan Sri Zaki, the Chief Justice, had told 2 errant High Court Judges to voluntarily resign, my initial reaction was one of pleasure. read more...

Just a week after his grandstanding against Umno interference in his party affairs, MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu was forced today to announce that he will personally apologise to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over the “slipper garland” insult. read more...

The one man show of MIC party election is over without any accident or surprise. Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has once again won without contest and his faction is still firmly in control of power. read more...

Kerajaan Malaysia, di bawah teraju Najib Razak semalam mengumumkan bahawa Kerajaan dengan usahasama Litar Antarabangsa Sepang (SIC), Persatuan Sukan Permotoran Malaysia, Naza Motor dan Air Asia telah menubuhkan pasukan lumba kereta Formula 1 dengan nama 1Malaysia. Pasukan ini akan menyertai sirkit F1 pertamanya pada musim 2010. read more...

Today, we are going to reveal the 18-page Cabinet paper on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) fiasco that has thus far cost the Malaysian taxpayers RM12.5 billion of our hard-earned money. Not only three Prime Ministers, but the entire Cabinet was briefed about the status of the project. In the end, the Cabinet endorsed what was going on rather than bring to book those responsible for the disaster that need not have happened. Be reminded that this Cabinet paper is covered by the Official Secrets Act, which means it is a crime to be in possession of it.  read more...

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Wednesday the Kamunting Detention Centre, where detainees of the country's infamous Internal Security Act including Singapore terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari are imprisoned, was too important to close down. read more...

92 Malaysians celebrated a very special Malaysia Day when they received their Malaysian citizenship papers from Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein today. read more...

Next Wednesday, 16th September, 2009, Hari Malaysia, my friends and I who have been working on the Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia initiative will launch the same.  read more...

The government must punish all those lawbreakers, only then can it regain the public's confidence. In the past, the public did not see those who abused their power getting punished, resulting in more abuses of power. As such, it (making the PKFZ audit report public) is a good start,” said Tun Daim Zainuddin. read more...

The Syariah court judge who sentenced Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno to be caned for drinking beer has served up a similar punishment on an Indonesian man for consuming alcohol, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.  read more...

Formula One’s governing body today named Lotus as the 13th team for the 2010 championship. The new outfit will be led by Tony Fernandes of Malaysia, it was announced here.. read more...

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has conceded that Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be more difficult to displace as prime minister as he has proven to be a more effective political leader than his predecessor, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. read more...

I understand that a highly placed member of the Perak State Government has decided that he will no longer read the Ipoh Echo. Apparently he does not like what the paper says, identifying my column in particular as sufficiently annoying to force him into this decision.  read more...

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1. The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan which had ruled the country since World War II has been trounced by the Democratic Party of Japan in the recent election.  read more...

Fifty two years of Merdeka, of being in full control of our own destiny, and what have we achieved as far as national unity is concerned? It remains a forlorn hope, a gleam in the eye at best. read more...

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu showed Malaysians who is boss in the MIC tonight with his men practically winning the lot in one of the party's most hotly contested elections ever.  read more...

While the Indians are hurt over the cow head incident, the community find itself getting star attention in Bagan Pinang.  read more...

Mirzan Mahathir has defended his investment group’s stake in Philippines conglomerate San Miguel Corp (SMC), saying the company was well on the way to diversifying substantially from its brewery business. read more...

Wing collar with bands, wearing a black jacket and holding my robe, my brisk stride to the usual work place came to a momentary halt by a gentle voice coming from the back me. “ Bos boleh menang kah… ini BN Ooh ” .  read more...

They have a mixed bag of politicians. They often are at loggerheads with each other over ideology. And governing the states under their control has not been a walk in the park.  read more...

RPK explains how his statutory declaration with regards to the murder of Altantuya intended for the Prosecutor's eyes only was published without his permission by those who looked to undermine its contents.  read more...

Q: Is there any similarity between the psychological states of the Han Chinese and the Malays in Malaysia?  read more...

The recent mishap caused by the Discovery Channel which asserted Pendet, the Balinese dance, into Malaysian culture had re-opened an old wound of Indonesians who believe that Malaysian has stolen Indonesian cultural heritage, again and again.  read more...

Essentially, human history is about the conflict of political and economic interests. However, we find that there are many racial and religious conflicts too as evidenced by violent terrorist acts throughout history. read more...

It would appear as if Reason and Rationality have gone on holiday in Southeast Asia recently: In Malaysia a group of angry residents who wished to protest against the construction of a Hindu temple in their neighborhood decided to demonstrate their anger by marching to the government offices in Selangor with a severed cow's head, .  read more...

The state of affairs now seen on our country leaves us with no other conclusion then that UMNO has failed. It has failed in its effort to justify their demand that we Malaysian should allow them to continue for another fifty years with their tinkering of our democratic values and principals as a trade off to the ongoing development of our country and the yet to be achieved uplifting of the Malay race to be a developed ethnic community.  read more...

1. In my previous article , I wrote about BN/UMNO strategy in winning back the state of Selangor and I feel the article would not be complete if I don't write anything about PR in Selangor. In a way, indirectly the current Selangor PR government is also creating opportunity for UMNO (BN) to destabilize the government their public display of the disagreement between the various component party leaders .  read more...

In 1835 Malays made up nearly 90% of Malaya's population. In 1947 this number was closer to 50%. Therefore during a time when Malayan political consciousness was awakening (the 1946 British introduction of the Malayan Union which effectively placed the entire peninsular under direct British rule galvanised what can be described as the Malayan left and the forefathers of the current ruling elite), it could hardly be described as homogenous.  read more...

In 1835 Malays made up nearly 90% of Malaya's population. In 1947 this number was closer to 50%. Therefore during a time when Malayan political consciousness was awakening (the 1946 British introduction of the Malayan Union which effectively placed the entire peninsular under direct British rule galvanised what can be described as the Malayan left and the forefathers of the current ruling elite), it could hardly be described as homogenous.  read more...

Bangun!
All rise. The judge walks in and takes his seat.
Duduk!
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I believe, and always will, that creative people are the most important people in the world.

All over the world, it is creative people who create new business, new enterprise, new markets, new brands, new life styles and new trends. It is creative people who build successful companies and drive successful economies around the world. It is creative people who discovered, who connected, who invented, who innovated, who communicated. Creativity is without doubt the world's most important single resource.  read more...

Dewan Pemuda PAS Negeri Perak (DPPN Pk) memohon perkenan Seri Paduka Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah campur tangan untuk menyelesaikan kemelut politik Perak serta krisis Perlembagaan yang terus berpanjangan sehingga kini semenjak rampasan kuasa awal Februari tahun ini.  read more...

Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said today the opposition in the state should respect the principle of upholding the constitution and accept yesterday’s High Court decision instead of making baseless accusations and claims.  read more...

Berita mengembirakan bagi peserta Lembaga Penyatuan dan Pemulihan Tanah Persekutuan (Felcra) Sabah diagihkan dividen kepada seramai 1,700 pesertanya dengan nilai agihan keseluruhan berjumlah RM21.32 juta.
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Joint NGO Statement dated 8 September 2009 in Conjunction with SUHAKAM's 10th Anniversary

Rabu lalu, bandar raya Ipoh kecoh lagi. Dan sekali lagi kekecohan itu ditimbulkan oleh Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Perak daripada pakatan pembangkang.  read more...

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng called on Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to act against those responsible for Malayan Banking Bhd's (Maybank) acquisitions of PT Bank International Indonesia (BII) and Pakistan's MCB Bank which caused nearly RM2 billion in impairment losses for the bank.  read more...

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Former High Court judge says more have to booted out to restore judiciary's image

A FORMER High Court judge, who resigned in 1996 after writing a so-called poison pen letter alleging corruption and abuse of power in the judiciary 12 years ago, has urged the Chief Justice to boot out more incompetent judges.  read more...

A district officer today revealed that Barisan National (BN) assemblymen under his jurisdiction had misused their state allocations ahead of the March 8 general elections last year.  read more...

The 2010 Budget should have attractive incentives to prompt small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) to venture beyond the Malaysian shores, said the Secretary-General, Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Datuk David Chua.  read more...

MCCBCHST (Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism & Taoism) notes with deep concern that the cowhead incident in Shah Alam is not an isolated case. Another recent example of this kind of insensitivity was when the Holy Eucharist was desecrated when certain persons went to a church, took the consecrated bread and spewed it out.  read more...

People could build different religious places along a street 200 years ago. But today, people cannot accept the existence of other religious temples within the distance of 300 meter.  read more...

The 150-year-old Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Shah Alam is unable to find itself a new home!

As if that is not enough, it has even been accorded a humiliating cow-head treatment!  read more...

You said that you are still trying to achieve it, is it because you have many differences among yourselves? For example, PAS emphasises on having an Islamic state while DAP will never agree with it. How are you going to persuade the people to support you?
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NO ONE in their right mind would wish to be inside the Kamunting Detention Centre which is synonymous with the Internal Security Act and terrorism.  read more...

PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said there was no need for discussions with Umno as long as the party’s struggle was not for the Islamic cause.  read more...

ROPHET Muhammad was an illiterate.

When the archangel Gabriel first approached Muhammad at a cave in the side of Mount Hiraa, 5km north of Mecca, Gabriel instructed the prophet to read.  read more...

THE Malaysian Bar is disappointed with Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein 's response to the demonstration outside the Selangor secretariat building on 28 Aug 2009. By not denouncing the offensive actions of some of the demonstrators and instead accepting their weak explanation, he has trivialised the seriousness of the incident.  read more...

Over the weekend I have been doing a bit of thinking after watching Malaysiakini video ?¡ã Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein's Press Conference 2nd Sept 2009 ?¡À on youtube re the cow-head incident in Section 23.  read more...

Fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin is taking his fight to the government with a series of video interviews that are expected to be posted on the Internet from this Thursday.  read more...

When you are in power for over fifty years, every now and then there is that temptation to bend the rules and sometimes even the truth to suit the political needs of the moment.  read more...

Marina Mahathir had a posting entitled ?¡ãThe Ugly Malay?¡À up two days ago.  read more...

Exactly eleven years after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sacking as deputy prime minister sparked the reformasi movement; Malaysia is still in a limbo. But there is an increasingly strong sense that, against all odds, change for the better, is still possible.   read more...

MCA’s infighting is a reflection for BN’s plight and crisis. Its president cum Transport Minister wanted to investigate the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal but he was eventually “ambushed from all directions”. And the issue may be listed as an agenda or a main point of Ong’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).What is the relationship between the PKFZ scandal and the party’s EGM? Why does it need the backing of the central delegates?   read more...

Thanks to the bloody war against Nazi Germany, Britain evolved in the history books from being a global empire that rationalised its conquests with ideas of racism into being the destroyer of racism.  read more...

In an historic event in March this year, the state assembly in Perak was forced to sit under a rain tree after the state assembly persons were prevented from entering the state secretariat. Future generations will no doubt remember this Democracy Tree as a symbol for upholding democracy in Perak against blatant undemocratic power grab by the BN.    read more...

Exactly eleven years after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sacking as deputy prime minister sparked the reformasi movement; Malaysia is still in a limbo. But there is an increasingly strong sense that, against all odds, change for the better, is still possible.   read more...

MCA’s infighting is a reflection for BN’s plight and crisis. Its president cum Transport Minister wanted to investigate the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal but he was eventually “ambushed from all directions”. And the issue may be listed as an agenda or a main point of Ong’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).What is the relationship between the PKFZ scandal and the party’s EGM? Why does it need the backing of the central delegates?   read more...

Thanks to the bloody war against Nazi Germany, Britain evolved in the history books from being a global empire that rationalised its conquests with ideas of racism into being the destroyer of racism.  read more...

The contents of my stomach flew out of my mouth onto the floor after reading Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein’s apparent defense of the cow-head demonstrators yesterday. Before I had finished wiping it, I was hit by another nausea inducing curve ball in the form of Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir’s statement supporting Hishamuddin’s.   read more...

Khir Toyo, one time Menteri Besar of Selangor, said that it was Samy Vellu who ordered the destruction of the Hindu temple in Shah Alam. "Barat" Maniam said that Samy Vellu siphoned out Telekom shares worth more than RM100 million that belonged to the MIC. P. Chitrakala Vasu said that Samy Vellu siphoned out millions in cash from various charity funds. On Monday we will reveal documents of some of Samy Vellu's criminal acts.    read more...

Both the Federal and Selangor governments are separately scrambling to contain the fallout from last Friday’s cow-head protest held by a group who oppose a plan to relocate a 150-year-old Hindu Temple to Section 23 here.   read more...

I was shock to read on Malaysiakini that Najib said that he wants Selangor back at all cost. Apparently he made such declaration during a recent UMNO meeting in Banting.    read more...

The Malaysian Bar is disappointed with Minister of Home Affairs Y.B. Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein's response to the demonstration outside the Selangor Secretariat building last Friday.   read more...

There are 15 million eligible voters in Malaysia. But only half of them voted. In fact, from the half that did not vote, about 4 million did not even register as voters. This means less than 4 million from 15 million eligible voters voted for the Opposition. 11 million voters either voted for the ruling party or did not vote or did not register to vote.  read more...

According to Special Branch intelligence, it took just three meetings, arranged by one "Umno Lim" in 1½ months and the deal was struck. Two meetings took place in Eastin Hotel, PJ and one in Corus Hotel (owned by CSL's close friend Tan Sri Khoo Kay Peng).  read more...

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be visiting Terengganu again today amid rumours that nine Umno assemblymen are planning to defect to Pakatan Rakyat due to their unhappiness with the state’s mentri besar, Datuk Ahmad Said.  read more...

The Internal Security Act (ISA) will not be used to resolve problems in Perak, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.  read more...

The Indonesians accuse Malaysia of stealing their song Terang Bulan and turning it into our national anthem, Negara Ku . The Indonesians are mistaken and should therefore apologise to Malaysia for pelting our embassy in Jakarta with rotten eggs. Malaysia actually stole the song from Hawaii, not Indonesia, and the original song is called Mamula Moon . It looks like the Indonesians also stole this song, just like Malaysia did.  read more...

Indonesians maids in Malaysia will be given one day off a week and be allowed to keep their passports during their stay in the country.  read more...

The Indonesians accuse Malaysia of stealing their song Terang Bulan and turning it into our national anthem, Negara Ku . The Indonesians are mistaken and should therefore apologise to Malaysia for pelting our embassy in Jakarta with rotten eggs. Malaysia actually stole the song from Hawaii, not Indonesia, and the original song is called Mamula Moon . It looks like the Indonesians also stole this song, just like Malaysia did.  read more...

???The main reason Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman decided to kick Singapore out of Malaysia was the speech made by its then Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, in the Malaysian Parliament in May 1965 questioning the Malay government in Malaysia.??¨¤  read more...

Shouldn't we, Muslims, ask ourselves whether we are - to a certain, if not large, extent - not to blame for the ridicule that has befallen our great way of life known as Islam? Are we blind or too much blinkered by what we believe to be the ways of Islam so much so that we are unable to see the signs before us? Or is it a fact that we just could not care less?
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The Home Minister today defended and justified last Friday's cow-head demonstration after meeting with Malay-Muslim representatives of Shah Alam's Section 23 at his office here today.  read more...

Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) state assembly sitting today approved a decision by its rights and privileges committee to arrest and jail for six months Barisan Nasional (BN) Speaker Datuk R Ganesan and his deputy Hee Yit Foong for their role in the May 7 fracas.  read more...

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Police arrested three Perak lawmakers this morning, including state DAP chief Ngeh Koo Ham, as they forcibly blocked a group of Pakatan Rakyat representatives from entering the state secretariat building here to convene a state assembly sitting.  read more...

In early May 1969, Australian anthropologist Clive Kessler rode his motorcycle through Kelantan hamlets for 30km to the nearest telephone box. He then called his parents in Sydney and told them: ???You're going to hear about trouble in a few parts of Malaysia in the next few days, but not where I am.??¡§¡è  read more...

The recent demonstration by a group claiming to be residents of SS 23 in Shah Alam at the Selangor State Secretariat, where a cow’s head was paraded and then dumped on its ground is the surest sign that our country’s ethnic relations are at a critical point.  read more...

Deposed MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek today slammed Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat for allegedly abusing his executive power to frustrate grassroots efforts for their own EGM and calling for an EGM of his own. read more...

Some MCA leaders refuse to admit that MCA has been caught in a party crisis. They believe that the dispute can be resolved through negotiations and other means. Is it possible for the two factions to talk? Even if the current situation cannot be described as a party crisis yet, the party is still facing a split. And if the situation continues, MCA will sure be seriously affected.  read more...

Akhirnya setelah memerintah Jepun selama 54 tahun, Parti Liberal Demokratik (LDP) tumbang pada tangan Parti Demokratik Jepun (DPJ). Di Malaysia Umno yang memimpin Perikatan dan Barisan Nasional telah memerintah selama 52 tahun, sama usia negara mencapai kemerdekaan, adakah ia mampu mengatasi keupayaan LDP?  read more...

Didn't Karpal receive a bullet (if I am not wrong) some time ago? And now this malicious message about his health.  read more...

A year ago today Burhanuddin Sulaiman, a 57-year old former Royal Malaysian Air Force lieutenant-colonel, was found dead at the Ampang Jaya police station approximately seven hours after he had been arrested.   read more...

I can’t say that I know Datuk Zaid Ibrahim very well. Our past encounters have been limited to a fleeting hello in front of the steps of my alma mater, the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in 2006, another chat during a reception in honour of Datuk Ambiga Sreevanesagan in June and, most recently, at the PKR’s recent EGM. It’s amazing, but perhaps unsurprising that he has in these three years evolved from an ambiguous reformist in Umno into the conscience of all Malaysians.  read more...

I must thank a local TV Channel for reminding me about the 8 values of 1 Malaysia in their talk show on the 52nd Merdeka Day with Lee Lam Thye (Tan Sri) and Dr. Chandra Muzzaffar as their guests.  read more...

The ??Cow Head' Demo in Shah Alam - Another attempt to create disunity and overthrow the Selangor government?  read more...

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat will convene his own extraordinary general meeting within 30 days, in an attempt to head off similar attempts by supporters of his rival Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.  read more...

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has challenged Gerakan president Senator Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon to a face-to-face debate on issues concerning the state.  read more...

In the heyday of UMNO the joke was that the party could field a dog as an election candidate and it would still win. The party leaders must still harbor that delusion for in the recent Permatang Pasir state by-election they fielded a disbarred lawyer. This time however, voters wisely drew the line at the dog.  read more...

Recent events, particularly in the past few weeks, cannot but raise the concern and even alarm of Malaysians who want to see the evolution of a Bangsa Malaysia after half a century of nationhood ??¨¬C as Malaysia is only just a decade from the Vision 2020 deadline of achieving a Bangsa Malaysia out of the diverse races, languages, cultures and religions in the country to become a fully developed nation in 2020.  read more...

PRIME MINISTER Najib Razak did the right thing by asking the police to take swift action against those trying to incite racial and religious hatred yesterday (28 Aug).  read more...

A special assistant to Bukit Kepayang assemblyman Cha Kee Chin was nearly raped by two men who came to his service centre purportedly to lodge a complaint.  read more...

When more Chinese voted for PAS at the Permatang Pasir by-election last Tuesday over those who supported it in Election 2008, the blame was naturally pointed at Umno.  read more...

The MACC said it tak layan (will not entertain) 'poison pen' letters. It will only investigate signed letters. Well, below is a signed letter plus a detail report implicating the IGP and AG in a crime. They helped a Chinese underworld syndicate boss escape the long arm of the law. Even the Deputy Home Minister said the IGP and AG are involved in this conspiracy. And this is the Deputy Minister's letter to the Prime Minister. Is this enough for you to now launch an investigation, MACC?  read more...

After months of speculation, the campaign to call for an EGM to remove MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and reinstate his deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was formally launched this afternoon by Datuk Theng Book, pro-tem chairman of the Save MCA campaign.  read more...

When more Chinese voted for PAS at the Permatang Pasir by-election last Tuesday over those who supported it in Election 2008, the blame was naturally pointed at Umno.  read more...

I wonder how many would spontaneously stand up and sing the Negara-ku in a public place? I haven't seen anything of the sort since my youth when most Malaysians felt a thrill in celebrating their new nation. I have no doubt many still do.  read more...

Yes, a crisis means a turning point. Therefore, when there is no crisis, we need to create one; and when we are not able to create a crisis, we need to imagine one.  read more...

A little oversight, and Malaysia's image will nosedive to the same levels of Sudan, or Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran.  read more...

The beautiful Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno reminds me of the brave Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein.  read more...

Dalam ucapan ketika menyambut kemenangan Pakatan Rakyat di Markas Utama Pas Permatang Pasir malam tadi, Mat Sabu menjadi pengulas sukan.. memberikan ulasan selari tentang siri-siri perlawanan diantara BN dan PR.  read more...

Kemenangan Ustaz Haji Mohd Salleh Man (9,618 undi) menewaskan Rohaizat Othman (5,067 undi) mencatatkan episod memalukan Umno/BN memandangkan majoriti yang sebegitu besar.  read more...

M ajlis Peguam semalam telah menjelaskan bahawa Speaker Perak Speaker Datuk R Ganesan hanya memfailkan notis pemberhentian sebagai peguam pada 17 Ogos, sepuluh hari selepas tarikh tamat untuk beliau lakukan sebelum ianya menjadi tidak sah.  read more...

Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Tronoh V.Sivakumar hari ini memfailkan saman terhadap Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim untuk menuntut ganti rugi, ganti rugi teruk dan ganti rugi contoh. read more...

Banyak yang perlu dipelajari oleh Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam mengharungi kekalahan di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Permatang Pasir. Pengajaran itu pula bukan baru sebaliknya telah diwarisi sejak tsunami Mac 2008 yang menyaksikan BN tumbang di lima negeri.  read more...

The surprising thing about yesterday's Permatang Pasir by-election isn't PAS retaining the seat or its scale of victory

The surprising thing was Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Rohaizat Othman's disappointment at the lack of Chinese votes for him.  read more...

Rasa gembira dan puas hati selepas berkempen di Permatang Pasir bertukar menjadi gelisah dan penuh kebimbangan. Dalam keadaan negara yang tak menentu di mana rasuah, penyelewengan, salah guna kuasa, api perkauman dimainkan oleh Umno dan media miliknya serta kes yang melibatkan kematian petugas Pakatan Rakyat, tiba-tiba YB Hassan Ali, Exco Selangor, mengeluarkan kenyataan pada hari membuang undi di Permatang Pasir bahawa orang-orang Islam yang didapati minum beer atau arak akan ditangkap oleh pegawai-pegawai Majlis dan Jabatan Agama yang akan diberi kuasa. Apa niat sebenar beliau?  read more...

What is important, though, is that justice has finally been served to that very lovely girl named Maslinda Ishak who was wronged by the government. She may have been a GRO but she was doing an honest job and should not have been photographed naked and asked to consent to sex to secure her release.  read more...

Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said has expressed his confidence that the political crisis in the state would be resolved soon following the support given to him by the Barisan Nasional (BN) elected representative now.  read more...

My friends we are witnessing the slow and messy end of Najib and gang, who for reason best known to themselves, have decided to commit Har-rah-kee-ree in public. Whether this was ordered by a greater authority (ahem?-Mahathir?) as a form of punishment or chosen in preference to a dishonourable and certain death at the hands of an enemy (Us and Pakatan Rakyat!!) is anybody's guess.  read more...

I am glad to see Malaysian Mirror launching the trial run of its Chinese version. It is a welcome addition to the increasingly crowded bull market for the Chinese New Media.  read more...

Although he and his family have been residing in Hong Kong for many years, Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Robert Kuok says he is always concerned about things back home.  read more...

The split in the MCA took a turn for the worse tonight with the presidential council deciding to sack deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, on the recommendation of the party's disciplinary committee.  read more...

Calon Pakatan Rakyat, Salleh Man memenangi pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pasir.

Keputusan rasmi yang dikeluarkan oleh SPR menunjukkan Pas memperolehi 9618 undi manakala BN mendapat 5067 undi. Ini bermakna, Calon Pas menang dengan majoriti 4551 undi. read more...

PAS memenangi kerusi DUN Permatang Pasir dengan majoriti besar tetapi merosot beberapa ratus undi daripada keputusan yang dicapai parti itu pada pilihan raya umum tahun lepas.  read more...