Raja Petra ke Kamunting hari ini

PENGARANG Malaysia-Today Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin yang ditahan dibawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dua minggu lalu akan dihantar ke Pusat Tahanan Kamunting di Taiping, Perak hari ini.

Yang di-Pertuan Agong atau parlimen?

Profesor Dr Abdul Aziz Bari Perdana Menteri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi telah menolak cadangan Dato Seri Anwar agar diadakan satu persidangan khas parlimen untuk membahaskan perkembangan mutakhir…

Counting the cost of Malay conservatism

By Karim RaslanKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, like his cousin, Education Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein, are “bangsawan” (or aristocratic)…

Pak Lah’s last stand

Dear Pak Lah,The end is near. But how will you play your finale? Why not do some good things before you are pushed out? Why not leave something that people will remember you for?This is now a question…

Time to get to work, Anwar

Anwar Ibrahim has proclaimed that he has sufficient number of MPs to defect to Pakatan Rakyat and to form the next federal government. If this is true, it will be the first time since…

Ronins run loose in Umno

SEPT 23 — When Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi uttered slowly the words "saya dengan ini menyerahkan jawatan …" at the press conference following Umno’s…

Ibrahim knocks Kok’s claim

PASIR MAS: Seputeh member of parliament Teresa Kok should not have expected red-carpet treatment in detention under the Internal Security Act, Independent Pasir Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali said…

Desperately seeking law and order

By Debra ChongKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — The last few months have been eventful ones for the Malaysian Bar Council. But if you ask its president Datuk S. Ambiga, she'd say they were a little…

Raymond Tan May Remain In Sabah Cabinet

KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiat, whose Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has pulled out of the Barisan Nasional (BN), is to remain a Sabah deputy chief minister and minister of infrastructure…

A mere RM4.50 a day for meals

KUALA LUMPUR: A Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department is shocked to learn that only RM4.50 per day is allocated for food to each detainee in the lock-up.

ACA To Reform Next Year

KUALA LUMPUR: The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) will be renamed as Malaysian Commission on Anti-Corruption (MCAC) next year. Like Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), it…

Government will not repeg ringgit

PUTRAJAYA: The Government will not repeg the ringgit and is committed to allowing market forces to determine the currency’s value, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

Anwar’s options: Oct 13 or the King

By Shannon TeohSept 23 - Today the ball is back in Pakatan Rakyat's court.Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had served up his latest volley last Thursday, asking Prime Minister Datuk…

Marching orders

But Then Again: Mary SchneiderA teenager’s plan to prepare for college overseas is overtaken by call-up for National Service.