So you want to teach us history, is it?
Gerakan is offering Mat Sabu a scholarship so that he can go and learn history. Actually, they need not do that. Even I can teach history, real history. To start off, let’s read the…
Samplings of Malay reactions to the Emergency in 1948
Written by Abdul Rahman Ismail, CPI This paper is a preliminary report of an ongoing research on the reactions of the Malays in Malaya to the coming of the Cold War to the region, with…
The issue is: Chin Peng is Chinese and not Malay (UPDATED)
What’s all this brouhaha about? It’s about the fact that Chin Peng is Chinese and not Malay. If he is Malay like Datuk Maharajalela, Mat Kilau, Datuk Bahaman, Tok Janggut, etc., then he would be a…
Shafie: BN Has Recipe to Capture Kedah in General Election
(Bernama) - Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal set two conditions for Barisan Nasional (BN) if it to capture states lost to the opposition in the 2008 general election.
Demands for seats increase not as rational as they sound
I agree with Lajim. What we Sabahans should be thinking about now is not more seats, but a fairer share of the parliamentary seats among the Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak regions, as was…
Anything But Umno
We can only surmise that Gani Patail has enough to sink Umno dulu, kini dan selamanya. Just like probably VK Lingam knew too much that he could not be charged with subverting justice by trying to…
The New Wave Is Here to Stay
MASTERWORDSMITH-UNPLUGGEDWhen former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad established the Multimedia Super Corridor in 1996, he had given the undertaking that the government would not censor the…
More On Sime Darby
MALAYSIA-FINANCE Sime Darby, Malaysia’s financially bruised plantation-based conglomerate is presenting the country’s securities watchdog agency with an awkward policy dilemma with its acquisition…
Najib’s tea with judges
(The Malaysian Insider) - Both the judiciary and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak have weighed in on the tea party with judges last Wednesday that some have said is improper in the context of…
Mat Sabu to sue Utusan this Monday
(The Malaysian Insider) - PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu will file a suit on Monday against Utusan Malaysia over its report of his ceramah last month that touched on the Bukit Kepong tragedy.
Chegu Bard mahu Utusan Malaysia sedar diri
Oleh Zefry Dahalan, FMT SEREMBAN: Kecewa dengan pemberitaan akhbar Utusan Malaysia yang didakwa menipu orang Melayu, Pengerusi Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM), Badrul Hisham Shaharin …
PAS crystallises its stand on Merdeka history in 8 points
(Harakah Daily) - In eight points, PAS information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man has summarised the stand taken by the party on the controversy surrounding the historical distortion of the Bukit Kepong…
Taib Is Made A Monkey Of!
By Sarawak Report Taib’s PR people have pictured a foreign animal in their attempts to show how fond the Chief Minister is of saving Sarawak’s wildlife!
Move by telcos to impose 6% tax on prepaid lines comes under fire
(The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Calling it difficult to accept, the Prime Minister has joined in the chorus of people against the move by telcos to impose 6% service tax on prepaid mobile phone users.
Kita boleh namakan anak kita P Ramlee, tetapi tidak akan jadi P Ramlee
Aspan AliasDalam isu siapa pejuang kemerdekaan negara sekarang sedang hebat diperdebatkan. Tetapi tidak apalah, kerana pilihanraya sudah hampir tiba. Umno memang sebuah parti yang memperjuangkan…
Fakta Sejarah Hingga Hari Kiamat – untuk mereka yang masih kurang sedar
DARI JELEBUHishamuddin Rais British telah berjaya dihambat keluar dari Tanah Melayu kerana anak semua bangsa telah bangun mengangkat senjata melawan mereka. Perjuangan angkat senjata ini adalah…
Review of Palace, Political Party and Power
Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian, Palace, Political Party and Power: A Story of the Socio-Political Development of Malay Kingship. by Greg Lopez, New Mandala On 6 February 2009, approximately 3,000 Malays…
Malaysian procurement system riddled with corruption, says US cable
(The Malaysian Insider) - The seedy and allegedly corrupt side of Malaysia’s defence procurement has been laid bare in a US embassy cable, with startling revelations on how Umno politicians,…
Opposition parties still jostling for seats
With their sights locked on Putrajaya, the opposition parties are hustling to contest more seats in the next general election, writes ZUBAIDAH ABU BAKAR Azmin has come out in defence of his…
The case of CPM (1948-1960) – a Special Branch perspective
Written by Leon Comber, CPIThe origins of the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) have been debated over the years in both the academic world and in the intelligence community.
ABU: ‘anything but Umno’ or ‘asal bukan Umno’
Since the house in Seremban is not registered in the AG’s name, this means the house does not belong to him and what Malaysia Today reported is therefore false. And this would also mean that the…
4,700 in 43 years versus 100,000 in 3 years
4,700 people, Malaysians as well as foreigners, died in 43 years of The Malayan Emergency. What the government calls the CTs (Communist Terrorists) who started the war would of course be considered…
Looking Beyond The Storm In The Teacup
By Lim Chee Wee, President, Malaysian Bar The storm in the teacup over the Prime Minister having tea with judges of the Malaysian Judiciary at their recently-concluded Judges Conference risks…
PAS in the line of fire
Bukit Kepong is fast becoming a hot political potato for PAS and the party is feeling a backlash of anger over the controversial remark of its deputy president. (Bernama) - The heat is starting to…
Kempen ‘Bersihkan Najib’ dalam Umno?
"Benda ni agak dah lama saya tahu, lebih kurang tiga bulan lepas bila seorang pemimpin peringkat negeri memaklumkan kepada saya," kata seorang pemimpin Umno Selangor.(Free Malaysia Today) - Satu…
SNAP may see a change of guard
Following an embarrassing defeat in the April 16 state election, SNAP may overhaul its leadership in preparation for the 13th general election.(Free Malaysia Today) - Sarawak National Party (SNAP),…
‘Pak Lah’s sister-in-law arranged aircraft deal’
A leaked 2006 US cable noted that Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's sister-in-law was involved in the procurement of a US$400 million aircraft deal. In citing another example, the cable said that the sellers…
Pakatan to beat Najib in announcing budget
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid, FMT PETALING JAYA: Opposition pact Pakatan Rakyat will unveil its budget on Oct 5, two days before Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Najib Tun Razak announces his budget…
Judicial independence and justice
By Lim Sue Goan, Mysinchew Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's recent visit to the Palace of Justice has triggered a dispute as some claimed that the visit could jeopardise the independence of…
US authorities investigating possible 9/11 anniversary terror plot
By Herald Sun New York is on high alert after a "credible" terror threat involving car or truck bombs was issued by US officials ahead of this weekend's 10th anniversary commemorations of the…
