January 2019

(Berita Harian) - Kementerian Pertahanan menafikan gambar tular memaparkan menterinya, Mohamad Sabu menggunakan kenderaan rasmi kerajaan untuk berkempen pada Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Cameron…

MPs vote down EU withdrawal agreement in resounding defeat for prime minister (The Guardian) - Theresa May has sustained the heaviest parliamentary defeat of any British prime minister in the…

Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury In light of the uncertainty caused by the US-China trade war, the IMF expects the US economic growth to slow from a three-year high of 2.9 per cent in 2018 to…

(NST) - Baling MP Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and his brother Datuk Abdul Latif Abdul Rahim have been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). They were arrested at…

Nasrudin Hassan, Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat - Harakahdaily Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) membantah sekeras-kerasnya pelantikan Eric Paulsen sebagai wakil Malaysia ke Suruhanjaya Antara Kerajaan…

(FMT) - DAP mendakwa terdapat perbezaan antara wang yang diagihkan wakil Pakatan Harapan (PH) kepada sukarelawan pilihan raya kecil (PRK) Cameron Highlands dengan “duit rokok” yang diberikan…

The six laws are the Sedition Act 1948, Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) 1959, Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) 2015, Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, Security Off­ences (Special…

Do Malaysian voters really want a New Malaysia or just the old one, as long as it's on their side? Nicholas Cheng, The Star THERE is this very interesting interview, allegedly from the 1400s, in…

A former diplomat has urged the government under Dr Mahathir Mohamad to do away with the “old” foreign policies used in his first tenure as prime minister. (FMT) - Redzuan Kushairi, who was the…

This Week in Asia takes you over the main sticking points in the relationship between the neighbours. Bhavan Jaipragas, SCMP Asia watchers are used to watching neighbours Singapore and …

A political activist has disputed any need for Warisan to dissolve when PPBM enters Sabah, but warns that the party otherwise risks losing a measure of political power. (FMT) - Zainnal Ajamain…

KTemoc Konsiders More than 10 years ago, during the tenure of PM AAB but towards its end, I penned that we might have underestimated AAB. I then believed there was in Malaysia an unjustified…

Hakikatnya, Melayu akan tetap Melayu dan bukan Melayu akan tetap bukan Melayu. Dan selagi adanya Islam di muka bumi ini, maka bangsa Melayu yang beragama Islam tidak akan menganggap orang bukan…

(CNBC) - Despite U.S. President Donald Trump launching a high-stakes trade war against Beijing last year, China on Monday announced that its 2018 trade surplus with Washington was its…

(BBC) - Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-ditch attempt to persuade MPs to back her Brexit deal as Tuesday's key Commons vote looms closer. She will warn that trust in politics will…

(FMT) - The Registrar of Societies (RoS) has de-registered MyPPP, the former Barisan Nasional component party which has been split by two rival leaders since last year. The letter from RoS on…

Lim Kit Siang says Felda settlements remain poor and without economic activities due to BN’s policies over the decades, 22 years of that with Mahathir as Prime Minister (FMT) - DAP’s Lim Kit Siang…

The Third Force I think Mahathir is either dreaming or still in this place called lalaland… Prior to the 14th general election, we were told that Barisan Nasional and PAS were reasons our…

It is time Malaysians accept this fact, just as the Prime Minister has, and not live under the fallacy that we are all Malaysians. We are NOT all Malaysians. We are Malays, Chinese, Indians or…

Life of Annie My friend argued that supporters of the ideology which primary aim is to deny the special rights of bumiputera as enshrined in the constitution are now poised to reshape the country.…

“We have to share what we have together as we do not want to be seen as a rich nation but fail to take care of the minorities.” (Bernama) - Malaysia’s wealth must be distributed equally among all…

PKR vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin today launched a veiled attack on party supremo Anwar Ibrahim in a lengthy article published by Utusan Malaysia, questioning party leaders and those whom she…

Dr Mahathir said it was not wrong to dispense cash if it was from government schemes or programmes as it is meant for all. (MMO) - Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has denied that Pakatan…

(MMO) - A former PKR MP has alleged that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government is using strong arm tactics to silence dissent after his mobile phone was seized by police last week over a social…

International Paralympic Committee disappointed over Malaysia's refusal to allow Israeli swimmers to attend competition this summer. The International Paralympic Committee expressed disappointment…

(MMO) - Umno MP Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican disregarded non-Muslim sensitivities by calling for state action over a building in Jelutong that has been lit up like a cross, Bukit Tengah…

(FMT) - The Ministry of Education said it had nothing to do with the government’s recent contribution to a college linked to Chinese educational group Dong Zhong, despite the attendance of its…

(MMO) - DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has come clean over the travel reimbursement given to 60 Orang Asli motorcyclists for Cameron Highlands Nomination Day yesterday, saying they were paid RM20 per head.…