By Karim Raslan, The Star THERE are times when we need to be reminded that Malaysia is in South-East Asia. Even though Bukit Bintang is teeming with Persians and Arabs, we are not part of the Middle…

 By Stanley Koh, FMT Is Mahathirism back with a vengeance?

 By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider SHAH ALAM, July 26 — Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan today proposed that the Election Commission (EC) set up a special committee to discuss issues…

By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — With less than two years left of Barisan Nasional’s (BN) mandate, hopes of an opportune time for federal polls are slim for Datuk Seri…

By Haris M Ibrahim, President, MCLM Press Conference to Announce Deployment of Barisan Rakyat Independent Candidate

Raja Petra has told us his “real story” to the above questions. It has something to do with your succession to the Perak throne and also to save the financial empire of one of members of your royal…

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim dispatched his lieutenants to Taiwan with the avowed aim to complete talks with BN members of Parliament who would crossover to bring down Abdullah's government. At…

Finance TwitterAs much as I would like to stop writing about PM Najib administration, the plot just got interesting and I think he may just hit the bull’s eye as far as my prediction that his…

Yes, in Mekah and Medina there is no banned sect of Islam. In Mekah and Medina everyone is just plain Muslim and we are allowed to pray side-by-side with them and behind imams who are Salafis or…

STEADYAKU47 We are not born liars. Neither are we born to hate another human being. We are what we are today because somewhere in the process of growing up we consciously or subconsciously took to be…

It was abundantly clear from the reaction to the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9th that the Malaysian government has become ever more insecure about its hold on power.  And yet as the government becomes…

By Clara Chooi. The Malaysian InsiderKUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz today declared his willingness to debate the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into Teoh…

The French lawyer disputes Hishammudin Hussein's accusations of a social visa violation. (Free Malaysia Today) - Prominent French human rights lawyer William Bourdon is baffled to learn that his…

By Teoh El Sen, FMT PETALING JAYA: The police must investigate allegations of “clone voters” now that the Election Commission (EC) has confessed to its existence in the electoral rolls.

 By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider PETALING JAYA, July 26 — PKR pushed the police today to renew their investigations into three Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers linked to…

Nizar Jamaluddin The truth is Pakatan needs Sabah and Sarawak to win the upcoming General Election and PKR is not helping by making mistake after mistake in these two states. I would say that the…

PKR wants a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed's death while in MACC custody.(Free Malaysia Today) - Opposition party PKR is backing a demand by the family members of…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Mohamad Sabu accused the police today of misleading the public when he claimed that the motorcycle he was riding on to get to the Bersih rally on July 9 was hit on purpose…

(Bernama) - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has filed an application to interview five witnesses before he takes his stand in his ongoing sodomy trial on Aug 8.

M. Bakri Musa Muslims’ preoccupation between secular and Islamic state is arbitrary and useless. The values of supposedly secular Western societies like gender equality, commitment to basic human…

The Home Ministry has not been able to provide figures for the numbers arrested and detained since the EO’s introduction in 1969 mainly because of the arbitrary manner in which such detentions…

The BN-PR political divide is polarising society. It has gone way beyond the usual loyalties associated with competing political parties in a democratic system. By Chandra Muzaffar

KUCHING - Former PBB strongman Datuk Salleh Jafaruddin said today that he would participate in the MoCS ‘Walk for Democracy and Reforms’ slated for August 13 in Kuching.

Why would a brave father kill himself over a charge proven to be of no substance and no basis   By Lee Wee Tak

By Lim Kit Siang Let more and more Malaysians wear yellow on Saturdays to send a loud, clear and unmistakable message to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the Barisan Nasional Cabinet and…

 By Qishin Tariq, The Star KUALA LUMPUR: Getting folks used to the new series of coins will not be an issue if enough time is given, Fomca CEO Datuk Paul Selvaraj said.

By Qishin Tariq, The Star KUALA LUMPUR: New user-friendly Malaysian coins that are smaller and lighter will be available for circulation from early next year.

By Tan Sri Robert Phang My comments on the measures taken by MACC are as follows:- 1. Suspension of the three (3) named officers as indicated by the RCI findings by the MACC for further…

 (Bernama) - KUALA LUMPUR -- The authorities will not hesitate to charge anyone under Section 182 of the Penal Code for making a false report against police action during the July 9 illegal rally.

 (Utusan Malaysia) - Penggunaan sistem pengimbas cap jari atau biometrik kini menjadi isu perbincangan masyarakat. Kepada kerajaan ia adalah salah satu usaha untuk memastikan pilihan raya di negara…