I am telling my fellow Malays not to be taken in by this argument that if the 30% rule on equity participation is done away with, the Malays are lost. There will no longer be protection.

Just as a point of accuracy the word ‘haram’ is not found in any of the verses in the Quran that mention either sukkara or khamr. This is a point of accuracy. By Syed Akbar Ali

(MySinchew) - Pakatan Rakyat is holding a parliamentary roundtable on Tuesday (28 July) to remove the police chief and to look for a new one.

I have never hidden my true feelings about the MACC. I have been critical of this organisation which, a few months ago, I described in my weekly Sin Chew column, as OLD WINE IN A NEW BOTTLE. By TUNKU…

Akhirnya Dato’ Sri Najib Razak tunduk kepada desakan rakyat Malaysia yang mahukan Keadilan buat mendiang Teoh Beng Hock. Hari ini kabinet memutuskan serta akur kepada pandangan agar sebuah…

BN CABINET’S DECISION ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF
THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY AND INQUEST ON TEOH BENG HOCK’S DEATH
MOCKS THE RAKYAT’S OUTCRY FOR JUSTICE

Azly Rahman http://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com/Melayu mudah lupa (Malays are prone to forgetfulness)…

By Nat Tan I was talking to Tricia Yeoh (whose moving personal account re: Teoh Beng Hock touched me personally as a former employee in the same industry they were both in) who pointed out a huge…

By Dr. HsuAlthough I reluctantly welcome the setting up of a Royal Commission of Inquiry as something better than nothing, I was disappointed that this Commission is not tasked to look into how Teoh…

By Bob Teoh (Sin Chew Daily)THE CABINET decided Wednesday afternoon to empanel a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the death in custody of Teoh Beng Hock. Instead of being greeted by a collective…

By R. Shan (Human Being) Sure, condemn me with, "What can I do? I am just one person and everything is controlled by the government" although it is the public that put them in…

By Guan SinLook at the headline of even Malaysiakini, a supposedly independent media outlet critical of government most of the time: Cabinet approves royal commission. And The Malaysian Insider has…

(The Malaysian Mirror) The Cabinet decision to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to look for answers surrounding the mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock is a sensitive response to the bipartisan…

By Pahlawan VolunteersJULY 16th 2009 – ONE MALAYSIA fell off the 14th Floor too.

(NST) SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government has questioned the need to have two different proceedings -- an inquest and a Royal Commission of Inquiry -- to investigate the death of Teoh Beng Hock.

(The Star) PUTRAJAYA: The following are Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s responses to questions from the media after he announced the formation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to…

(The Star) PUTRAJAYA: The lead investigator from the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission team looking into the alleged misuse of constituency funds by state exco members has been reassigned.…

(The Malaysian Insider) PUTRAJAYA, July 22 — The Cabinet today took the only option available and agreed to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the…

(NST) 1965: Royal Commission on salaries and conditions of service of the public services.

(The Star) GEORGE TOWN: A group of Kampung Buah Pala residents and representatives from some non-governmental groups are expected to stage a 100m walk today to protest the development of their…

(Bernama) KUNAK: A total of 980 students of SMK Kunak Jaya here were forced to study in the canteen and hall after cracks appeared in several parts of the school, including the floor and walls.

(The Star) KOTA KINABALU: Two Tenom-based policemen have been selling police firearms to locals in the Sabah interior district without being detected for some time.

(The Star) KUALA LUMPUR: A canvas manufacturing company is suing the police force and three others for RM1.5mil for alleged breach of contract.

(The Star) KUALA LUMPUR: Ninety-five per cent of families in the country are finding it hard to cope with the rise in food prices.

(The Star) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will need a generation of people with strong character, to become a truly developed country, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

(The Straits Times) KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — A model who was ordered to be caned by a Pahang syariah court for consuming alcohol in public wants the court to expedite the sentence, which has…

By Praba Ganesan (The Malaysian Insider)JULY 23 — Some of us are doing quite well. Some of us are doing ok. Some of us struggle to keep the bills from mounting. Some of us don’t know how…

By James Chin (The Malaysian Insider)The most famous “Malaysian” IT invention — the pen drive — was invented in Taiwan by a Malaysian Chinese who could not even enter a public…

By G. KrishnanIf the aim is to rescue our institutions and to restore the public’s faith in our system, isn’t it therefore imperative that he not be hung-up with the Umno label but instead…

The Flaccid MindA reader has kindly helped me (thank you Daisy Sheppard!) with the translation works for my previous Bahasa Melayu post ‘Surat terbuka kepada Tun Mahathir‘ , so here is the…