RM4.7 billion spent on National Service
The Defence Ministry says there was no follow up on the training scheme, stressing that the programme was a success.(Free Malaysia Today) - The question members of Parliament wanted to know was how…
Now write your election manifesto
We have discussed what we want to see in a government and what we want to see implemented in Malaysia. We have also discussed about our understanding of ethics. Assuming a…
SUBJECT: INDONESIAN TIES WITH MALAYSIA FALL VICTIM TO ANOTHER DUST-UP
On October 6, members of a private, volunteer Malaysian militia (RELA) detained the wife of Indonesia's cultural attache to Malaysia. The latest incident follows on the heels of several cases of…
Malaysia’s youth energises political landscape
Malaysia's youngest sitting politician says his generation of leaders is ready to move away from race-based politics. Politics in Malaysia is centred on race and religion, with the Malay UMNO…
Wee defends MCA ‘glam girls’
By Tarani Palani, FMT Are we so chauvinistic that we can't stomach pretty women in politics?KUALA LUMPUR: A rattled MCA Youth chief, Wee Ka Siong, has slammed PKR over lurid photos of several girls…
MACC urged to probe Ananda Krishnan
By Patrick Lee, FMT KUALA LUMPUR: A formal investigation by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Maxis Communications Bhd tycoon T Ananda Krishnan and its director Ralph Marshall…
Probe may hurt Ananda Krishnan’s Aircel loan plans, says Indian daily
By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — India’s fifth-largest mobile operator Aircel will find it tough to get banks to fund its expansion with police investigating its biggest…
RM1 juta untuk PM ke Kazakhstan
(Harakah Daily) - Kerajaan membelanjakan RM1,072,213.22 untuk lawatan rasmi Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak ke Kazakhstan Jun lalu.
A philosophical comparison of the budgets
On the surface, both appear to be quite similar in intent and target, namely, to help alleviate the rising cost of living particularly amongst the lower-income groups. Yet the philosophical…
Missing: The Auditor-General’s report
(Harakah Daily) - Something has been missing prior to the debate of the 2012 Budget in parliament yesterday, as pointed out by Opposition Leader who is also the former Finance minister, Anwar…
Home Ministry under siege, mentally
By John Inbaraj, Aliran In an earlier article which appeared under this section entitled “Something is rotten about migrant workers’ entry rules” (19 September 2011), I had quite openly implied that…
Firefly must be sold to avoid price fixing, says Pakatan
By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers have told Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to dispose of its subsidiary Firefly to ensure competition for air…
Secret order to snoop on WikiLeaks
(Reuters) - WASHINGTON: The U.S. government obtained secret court orders to force Google Inc and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a WikiLeaks volunteer,…
Sarawak tycoon’s firm hired PNG cops to bash up locals, ABC reports
By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider Papua New Guinea (PNG) police admitted they were paid by a company owned by Sarawak tycoon Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King to crack down on locals protesting against a…
Organisors slam police, question PM’s sincerity
By Michael Kaung, FMTKUANTAN: The protest against Lynas Corporation Ltd’s plans to open a rare earth processing plant here is rapidly gathering steam forcing another display of force by the…
Malaysia ‘better for refugees’
By Kirsty Needham and Michelle Grattan, The AgeJULIA Gillard has received a rare boost ahead of this week's parliamentary vote on the Malaysia people swap plan, with the United Nations refugee agency…
Sexual diversion from Najib’s weak budget
The latest video allegedly showing Anwar Ibrahim in a Thai hotel room is another attempt to divert people's attention from the weak budget.(Free Malaysia Today) - The latest video allegedly showing…
‘New’ video: UMNO-BN must abandon guttter politics
By N Surendran I refer to the latest despicable attempt to implicate Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in a new 'hotel video'. This contemptible act carries all the hallmarks of UMNO-BN's…
Sultan’s ruling given cautionary welcome
Harapan Komuniti's lawyer says that the Sultan's statement suggests that proselytising did take place during the NGO's Thanksgiving dinner.(Free Malaysia Today) - The Sultan of Selangor’s ruling…
Reason To Vote
By IkhlasMalaysia First of all, is casting a vote a 'right' (hak) or a responsibilty (tanggungjawab)?
Ibrahim says Pemandu has ‘hidden agenda’
Opening up the economy to foreign ownership is also an opposition idea, according to the Perkasa chief.(Free Malaysia Today) - The government’s liberalisation efforts took another beating from…
MACC track record poor, public confidence low
By Teo Nie Ching Last Wednesday, I questioned the Prime Minister in Parliament about the expenses incurred by the MACC in hiring:1. The famous forensic expert from England, Peter Vanezis; and2.…
Paid cyber troopers
By Gomen Man via The Malaysian Insider I caution Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider and other websites that the Barisan Nasional government has hired about 200 cyber troopers to try and influence…
Putrajaya paid RM94m to FBC Media for global airtime
By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The Barisan Nasional (BN) government paid RM94 million to raise its international profile over three years to FBC Media, which is under…
A CAT lesson from the Jais-DUMC fiasco
However, I firmly believe that the unilateral Jais enforcement action without an official search warrant on the DUMC was certainly not appropriate, but surely appalling and apprehensive, especially…
What is ethics?
Okay, in the posting yesterday (What are you looking for?), many comments have been posted as to what Malaysians would like to see in their government and what they would like to…
WIKILEAKS: MALAYSIAN RACIAL ECONOMIC PREFERENCES CRITIQUED AT CONFERENCE IN KL
In response to Lim's presentation, a number of members of the audience spoke out angrily, including a member of the Government's Economic Planning Unit (EPU) who resorted to a personal attack on…
Raja Nazrin asks Islamic religious council to review programmes
(Bernama) - IPOH: The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, wants the State Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIP) and Islamic Religious Department (JAIP) to review their programmes…
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad on ‘Inertia or Ignorance: The Challenge of Dismantling Malaysia’s Race-Based Politics’
Free public lecture with Nik Nazmi Nik AhmadTuesday 11th Oct 2011 6:30pm-7:30pmWhere: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer RoomLevel 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre (view map)
Adopt Zakat, Not Hudud
By M. Bakri Musa Malay politicians fall all over themselves in advocating hudud, the Islamic penal laws. That is less an expression of their commitment to Islam, more blatant pandering to Muslim…
