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2017

Why the Chinese fear Islam

When PAS first took over Kelantan in 1990 and Terengganu in 1999, the Kelantan Menteri Besar and Terengganu Menteri Besar (Nik Aziz Nik Mat and Abdul Hadi Awang respectively) met the non-Muslim…

Najib’s chequebook diplomacy

Beyond the optics and the controversy over 1MDB, however, the visit also revealed a side to Najib that will surely drive the opposition to further despair: he is proving to be a far better…

Populist Coalition

Professor Dr. P Sivamurugan, Merdeka-Online The story of Pakatan Harapan is that it is a coalition of a few political parties in the opposition that were left unregistered after DAP announced…

Winning the war of perception

That does not mean his detractors have given up because by yesterday morning, a fake photograph, doctored to show Najib kissing the hand of his host, was circulating on WhatsApp. The picture was…

DAP needs to be more cautious

(Kwong Wah Daily) - DAP holds the largest number of parliamentary seats among Pakatan partners. It cannot depend only on Pakatan to woo the Malay votes to break the bottleneck. It has to attract…

PPBM, one year on

To the Malays, throwing out Najib is never an issue close to their hearts, but bringing down Umno could very much contravene their own interests. Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily Parti Pribumi…

DAP is killing Chinese schools

The issue here is when it comes to Malays, and when it is feared that PAS may benefit, the government acts. But when it comes to Chinese, and when it is clear that DAP is benefiting (even MCA admits…

Backing BN was a mistake, says Waytha

(FMT) - Hindraf leader P Waythamoorthy says failure to find common ground with the opposition forced its leaders to sign a pact with 'the devil' prior to last general election in 2013. P…

You don’t speak Chinese?

I’m a Malaysian Chinese, not a Chinese from China. Michelle Chen, Free Malaysia Today While it would be nice to speak Chinese, one shouldn't be expected to speak the language just because…