CrossTalk: Student activism, then and now

(NST) Some 35 years separate them. Hishamuddin Rais was president of the Universiti of Malaya in 1974 and Mohd Ridzuan Mohammad is the present president. With ARMAN AHMAD sitting in, the ex-president,…

Second H1N1 case confirmed

(The Malaysian Insider) KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The health authorities have confirmed that a second Malaysian has come down with the influenza A(H1N1) virus. The patient is now warded at the…

Umno serba salah di Penanti

BN sebenarnya tiada calon lain melainkan meletakkan Ketua Bahagian, Dato' Abdul Jalil tetapi bimbang tewas sekali lagi ekoran sikapnya tidak turun padang semasa menjadi Wakil Rakyat…

Bubar Dun Perak, Mahathir sindir BN

(Hrkh) - Tun Mahathir Mohamad dilihat memberi sindiran sinis kepada Barisan Nasional (BN) apabila beliau menyatakan parti tersebut tidak perlu adakan pilihan raya semula di Perak kerana beliau percaya…

Who was that taped man?

By Anil Netto Lone ranger: A silent, solo protest yesterday by an unidentified man outside the Perak state government complex

Sole, Silent & Protest

By Kula's Voice 1 Angry Indian guy has inspired himself to call for a silent protest at the back entrance of Perak State secretariat. The guy mobilized to his preferred location at 12.30noon,…

Yes, let’s move on

But burying the spectre of May 13 can’t be done just like that, even if we stop talking about it. 40 years is a long time. People can forgive. People can even forget. But to forgive and forget…

The Malay Dilemma

By Ian Buruma (The New Yorker)KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s voice was barely audible above the background din of chattering guests and a cocktail-bar pianist at the…

Do the honourable thing, Najib

By Tunku Aziz (The Malaysian Insider)MAY 15 — The last three months have seen a flurry of activity on the Perak political front. All of this was without any doubt occasioned by Datuk Seri Najib…