Statistics Manipulation Allegations

Based on statistics provided by PDRM, “index crime” has dropped from 209,572 in 2007 to 157,891 in 2011, or 24.7% over the period.  However, “non-index crime” has on the contrary, increased from…

Statement by Sin Chew Daily

The reporter sought to clarify from Mat Sabu, "Bolehkah kami kata sebegini, PAS memang berhasrat membuat amendment konstitusi melalui Parlimen untuk melaksanakan semua undang-undang, termasuk…

Let the class war begin

 And why are the Chinese businessmen so unhappy? It was we in the opposition who have been fighting for a minimum wage since more than a decade ago. It is we who have been pressuring the Barisan…

Hudud law: Truth or illusion?

Our reporter called him again after the evening edition of Sin Chew Daily hit the street, and wanted to reconfirm with him the content of his speech. Mat Sabu offered to change the tone from…

Discord in SNAP over BN membership

According to SNAP secretary-general Frankie Nyumboi, the party has 'chosen to remain independent' but its president appears to have other ideas.  Joseph Tawie, FMT KUCHING: Sarawak National Party…

‘Unseen hands involved in leak’

The leaking of minutes of a private meeting between the Penang deputy chief minister (I) and Chinese representatives was the work of ambitious politicians within the party, claim some PKR insiders.…

Weary nation keeps guessing

Why is the prime minister still toying with the polls date if he is so popular judging by the large numbers who attend his official functions? Selena Tay, FMT For readers who enjoy the 13th general…

Touché

Itulah. When I try to tell you, you cakap macam-macam. Now I diam. And now that I diam you all are foaming at the mouth like rabid dogs. Hey, just focus on the next general election. Just vote…

On Hudud

A person who has sexual intercourse with a dead body shall be dealt with as if it were alive; rather, the punishment will be even more severe. In the case of it being the body of his wife or slave…

Let’s go the whole nine yards

 Almost two years later, in April 2011, TV3 aired an interview they did with me. What I said in my TV3 interview was basically a repeat of my YouTube video (below). This time it finally got the…

UMNO, PAS and the hudud debate

UMNO keeps attacking PAS through state-controlled media in the hope that it would turn PAS and DAP against each other. Many too are waiting for PAS to fall apart before elections. At the same…

Hopping means betrayal

We are curious about the stand of Pakatan Rakyat leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is the leader behind the scene that caused the fall of the PBS state government in 1994 and planned the…

Political heat to rise further

In the months leading up to the 13th general election, mud-slinging, allegations and all sorts of political brick-brats will be thrown about. S Retnanathan, FMTAfter more than a month of lull due to…

Not a sweet dream but a nightmare

When BN took over the state government in 1994, it promised a new Sabah within 100 days, but 18 years later, Sabah is the poorest state in the country. Raymond Tombung, FMT KOTA KINABALU: Barisan…

Will SNAP ‘succeed’ SPDP in BN?

Sarawak National Party has written to BN chairman Najib Tun Razak to enquire about its membership.Joseph Tawie, FMT KUCHING: If Sarawak National Party (SNAP) leaders chose to return the party to the…