Raja Petra to get better food

By LESTER KONG, The StarKUALA LUMPUR: Raja Petra Kamaruddin can now have bread, biscuits and eggs in Kamunting after the Prisons Department added them to his diet based on the approval of medical…

Ushering In The Post-Abdullah Era

Finally, no surprise, no miracle. The timeframe Abdullah has set for his term is next March.To some in UMNO, it is a big relief; to the Pakatan Rakyat, it is a breather; but to the people in the…

Shaping his legacy

By Deborah Loh, The Nut GraphAFTER a stormy five years at the helm, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is bidding adieu to the infighting within his own Umno party, and the Malaysian political stage.…

Sodomy II postponed to Oct 31

By Debra ChongKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 - Sessions court judge S.M. Komathy Suppiah has lifted the media gag on the contents of nine "exhibits" referred to by the defence team in Datuk Seri Anwar…

Not worried about legacy

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S prime minister said on Thursday he does not care how people remember him after he quits in March, insisting his goal now is to speed up the economic and administrative…

Judge cancels gag order on media

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) - Sessions Court Judge SM Komathy today reversed her earlier decision to prohibit the media from reporting the contents of three exhibits produced in preliminary…

Najib going for No. 1

KUALA TERENGGANU, Oct 9 - Deputy Prime Minister and Umno Deputy President Datuk Seri Najib Razak today offered himself as a candidate in the contest for the Umno presidency at the party elections in…

Action against Hindraf under Societies Act

KUALA TERENGGANU (Oct 9, 2008) : Deputy Home Minister Senator Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, said yesterday the government will take action against the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) under the…

One down: Now for Khairy

COMMENTARY OCT 9 — Having witnessed the forced exit of Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is now training his guns on his other nemesis: Khairy Jamaluddin.

Najib must now win it for himself

BANGKOK, Oct 9 - Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that he would step down in March, paving the way for his anointed successor to take control of a…

Keluar dari BN, MCA Sabah tunjuk taring

Sahar Abdul Majid, HarakahSuasana politik Sabah kini kian meruncing apabila krisis kepimpinan di kalangan parti kemponen Barisan Nasional (BN) yang ditunjangi Umno bergolak bagaikan tsunami melanda…

When Help Was Offered To The Wrong People

When it was highlighted that an ex-child genius was working as a high-class prostitute in UK, so many UMNO people offered to help her, but when so many young Penan girls were raped and taken advantage…

Learning to live with difference

Daphne Bramham, The Vancouver SunPluralism is difficult and few are more acutely aware of that this week than Jordan Smith, the 27-year-old man whose jaw was wired shut this week following an…

A leader who started out boldly

By Leslie Lopez, South-east Asia Correspondent JUST before Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi assumed the premiership, a senior Western diplomat remarked to a group of foreign reporters that he was having…