I read the Malaysiakini report entitled “PAS-Umno talks - cause for concern?” with great interest. And the fact that the article is published the same day that Ezam Mat Nor declared his…

Temubual Ezam Mohd Noor di TV3 petang tadi (28 mei 2008) telah menambahkan lagi keresahan UMNO sama ada benar atau tidak mantan Ketua Angkatan Muda KeADILan itu merupakan senjata sulit Dato' Seri…

The penniless children of Pariaman wander to Malaysia, hoping to make a few bucks. Instead, they are beaten, raped, and dumped overboard at sea. Left to drown in the Straits of Malacca by the…

PHONM PENH, May 29 (Bernama) -- Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek Thursday quit his post as Terengganu Umno information chief, in line with the decision made by state Umno liaison chairman Datuk Seri Idris…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Bernama) -- A little chaos ruled the Dewan Rakyat sitting Thursday when a sudden motion tabled by Teo Nie Ching (DAP-Serdang) to discuss the Grand Saga road closure issue in…

Kuala Lumpur, May 29 (IANS) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) vice president Karnail Singh Nijhar, the highest ranking Sikh in the Tamil-dominated party, has quit after a fallout with party chief S.…

KUALA LUMPUR: Toll concessionaires collected RM439.4 million in 2007 from the three highways in Puchong, said Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed in a written reply to a question by Gobind Singh Deo…

PENANG: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has claimed that certain decisions made by his predecessor Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon were “not quite right”.

BASICALLY, nothing has changed. Instead, it may have become worse.

TEMERLOH, May 29 (Bernama) -- Umno grassroots want a survey on support for the party leadership to be carried out, said Umno Youth executive council member Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leaders, Anuar Shaari and Khairul Anuar, have applied to join Umno stating that they had suffered a loss of faith in PKR's leadership.

Saya faham mereka mendakwa seolah-olahnya Ezam sudah memperolehi sesuatu dari Khairy, melalui Dato' Norza Zakaria, Ahli Majlis Tetinggi Umno, yang dikaitkan sebagai kroni rapat menantu PM…

(Bloomberg) -- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, freed from prison in 2004, said he'll ``immediately'' contest a parliamentary seat once he confirms his eligibility, part of a…

Umno is a huge cruise ship while PKR is a speedboat. They are in a competition. The cruise is leisurely and steady, but cumbersome. Meanwhile, the speedboat is light, flexible but jerky with less load…

Malaysia said Thursday (29 May) that it will double the number of government scholarships it gives non-Malays to study abroad, an apparent move to mollify disgruntled ethnic minorities.

It’s party time again in Sabah and embattled Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his wife, Jeanne, are flying there this weekend to join Sabah’s Kadazandusun people in the doing their…

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today Federal Territory Gerakan chairman Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong cannot keep his position in the Barisan Nasional (BN) component party after joining the opposition…

SHAH ALAM: The state government has raised the poverty line to RM1,500 per family of five.

(The Malaysian Insider) - So the prodigal son returns. Now that it is official that former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Youth chief Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor has rejoined Umno, many are curious as to why…

There are certainly plenty of pressing problems to keep Umno busy. Instead, it focuses on whether the Chinese can keep pig farms, Indian Muslims can continue to live with their Hindu spouses, or…

According to Islam, God has given man this right of equality as a birthright. Therefore no man should be discriminated against on the ground of the colour of his skin, his place of birth, the race or…

PETALING JAYA (May 28, 2008): Amnesty International Malaysia campaigns co-ordinator K.Shan warned today that Malaysia ignores the call for human rights protection at its own peril.

GEORGE TOWN (May 28, 2008): The Election Commission's talk about snap election appears to be a plan hatched by certain quarters to prevent any change of government by defections or crossovers,…

It is apparent that, for more than 50 years, Umno had successfully hoodwinked the simple, trusting rural Malays. Umno has successfully used RTM and the mainstream media, especially the Malay…

One problem that the party has is that there’s still what you might call ‘self-denial’ about the party having done badly. Even Mr Badawi has, again, said that they are only 8 seats…

Amir Muhammad, The Malay Mail Sharing the Nation: Faith, Difference, Power and the State 50 Years After Merdeka By: Noraini Othman, Mavis C. Puthucheary and Clive S. Kessler (SIRD, 2008, 99 pages).…

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) in close cooperation with SUARAM (Suara Rakyat Malaysia) has launched an Observatory Report on…

PUTRAJAYA, May 28 (Bernama) -- The Public Service Department (PSD) plans to be more transparent in giving scholarships by stating the reasons if the applicants fail to get them.

Fortnightly Visits by Members of the BarOn Tuesday May 20, Madam Sharimila a/p Uthia Kumar, wife of detainee Sanjeev Kumar Krishnan accompanied by Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, Chairman of Gerakan…