Sarawak Timber Scandal Hits UK

Sold as cheap plywood - this is how Sarawak's precious remaining hardwood is ending up in UK stores This fast disappearing Sarawak hardwood, which should be worth much more than pine, is being sold…

PR stand on Lynas

By Dr Kua Kia Soong, Director of SUARAM In the light of the statement by Lynas Executive Chairman Nicholas Curtis dismissing Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh's view as “only one view within what would make…

All awash with phobias

If ever there’s a phobia one can promote, it should be a true loathing of graft in any form, regardless of it being the petty everyday variety or the major million dollar ones Many Muslims who…

Close encounters of the KL kind

FROCKWRITERPublicists would disagree, but any journalist worth their salt will tell you the best stories never come straight off a press release. Occasionally that’s where they start, however. And…

Azizan lashes out at Pas colleagues

They jumped the gun and blamed me, says MB(New Straits Times) - KNOWN for not mincing his words, Kedah Pas commissioner and Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak yesterday slammed his…

Bangsa Ber-Pancawarna

KTEMOC KONSIDERSIn Australia whenever I met someone new who is a fellow SE Asian, or even from the Far East, and reveal myself as a Malaysian, he/she would invariably exclaim in delightful…

Remember Perak

Before Malaysia really becomes the world's laughing stock, it is up to all Malaysians and not just Perakians to boot out BN. As the polls are to be called very soon, BN leaders have stepped up their…

Trouble in Sungai Pelek DAP

Some members say P Sivakumar’s shortcomings as a leader resulted in violence at a meeting over Ponggal celebrations (Free Malaysia Today) - Trouble may be brewing in Sungai Pelek DAP and it is centred…

DAP may take DCM 1 post as well

A proposal is being studied whereby DAP and PKR swap the DCM I and II posts in Penang Penang Malay Congress president Rahmad Isahak said it would be a welcome news for the Malay community here if…

Breaking up wealth concentration

The time is right for a national discussion on what are the pros and cons of the current economic system which encourages the concentration of wealth and its illegal outflows. In its study on…

RPK: Why I went mainstream

Raja Petra Kamarudin reveals why he has decided to vent his frustrations against Pakatan Rakyat to the mainstream media.RK Anand, Free Malaysia Today Raja Petra Kamarudin or better known as RPK is a…