Boo Chang joins PKR

Himanshu Bhatt, The SunFormer Gerakan and MCA strongman Lim Boo Chang has moved to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), citing the emergence of a two-party system in Malaysian politics as a persuading…

Kereta OCPD Kunak disimbah cat

Oleh: 'Deep Throat' SabahSalah sebuah daripada lapan buah kereta milik Ketua Polis Daerah Kunak, DSP Dingka Utoh telah disimbah cat ketika diletakkan di Pangkalan Pekan Kunak, satu kilometer…

The Tide is Turning

Two hundred and seventy people convicted of no crime languish in Guantanamo, and the British parliament has just voted to extend detention without trial to forty-two days. In both the United States of…

RM100 for some Penang families

GEORGE TOWN: The state government will be handing out a one-off payment of RM100 to households in the low-income group to help them cope with rising costs.

Who will the mayor opt for?

KUALA Lumpur City Hall Advisory Board members get RM600 each time they attend a board meeting. Although the sum may be paltry, there is much jostling to be appointed a member. And, the reason lies…

Educate, not legislate

Is this the message we want to send to the non-Muslims: that Islam means separate checkout counters for men and women but corruption is very okay? A chronically corrupt civil service and civil…

KL City Plan may be challenged in court

The Coalition to Save Kuala Lumpur may eventually challenge the legality of the draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 in court as more residents associations and NGOs are convinced that it is…

100 days gone, are we satisfied?

We have reached the first 100 days of the political tsunami spawned by Election 2008 on March 8. Over the course of the week The Malaysian Insider will run a series of reports to give an overview of…