Najib: You lie, You pay

(The Sun) KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26, 2009) : Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today warned Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblymen that they will be prosecuted if they make false reports or…

Christians can use ‘Allah’

(AP) KUALA LUMPUR - THE Malaysian government has softened an earlier ban on the use of the word 'Allah' by Christian publications to refer to God and is allowing them to use it as long as…

PM wants toll hike review

UPDATED (The Malaysian Insider)KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — In a surprising turnaround the prime minister has called for his Cabinet to review the new toll rates announced by his government today for…

Crunch time for Pakatan Rakyat

Comment by Baradan Kuppusamy (The Star)Almost a year after it made major gains in the country’s political landscape, the Pakatan alliance is facing its most trying time yet.

Pas calls for a unity government

By Adib Zalkapli (The Malaysian Insider)KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — In another sign that Pas has yet to abandon the idea of forging a closer relationship with Umno, the Islamist party's…

Malaysia is far from a mature democracy

The political temperature in Malaysia has been turned up so high that rational behaviour is giving way to thuggish behaviour; that open discourse is being hijacked by those who believe that the best…

Backbenchers call for calm after scuffle

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider Chairman of Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBBC), Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing urged all parties to stay calm in the aftermath of a scuffle today…

Ah…English

I want to share my experience with all MT readers on an incident that occurred quite a few years ago when I was the CEO of a dot com corporation here in Malaysia.

Scuffle in Parliament

By Adib Zalkapli and Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian Insider A group from Selangor Umno Youth, led by its Serdang chief Ungku Mat Salleh, attempted to stop DAP veteran leader Karpal Singh from entering…

Officials, Please Take Care!

Hong Zhao Guang, a recognized health expert in China, came out with a theory that “the more corrupt the man, the faster he dies”, causing great responses in China. However, a lot of facts…

Anti-Tee Keat EGM Brewing

(MySinchew) - Those opposing to MCA president Datuk Ong Tee Keat said they could get at least the signatures of more than 800 party delegates within a week to support their motion to call for an…