Azilah not hired killer, says lawyer

Lawyer Datuk Hazman Ahmad representing Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial today stressed that the first accused was not a hired killer or gangster involved in secret…

RPK prepares for the worst

(The Malaysian Insider) - The Federal Court will deliver its verdict today on whether Malaysia’s most well-known and controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin should be detained under the…

Mapping change

Khairy Jamaluddin on Umno, inclusivity and hududWe only represent 10% of young voters, so if we are not inclusive enough with people outside of Umno Youth, then we are not reaching our objectives.…

Criticizing Malaysia’s Royals

(Asia Sentinel) The government can criticize the country's sultans. The opposition can't In a speech before Malaysia's Dewan Rakyat, or parliament, on February 14, 1993, then-Prime…

TINGKAT EMPAT

Terdapat kegelisahan di Tingkat Empat. Selama lima tahun lebih, Tingkat Empat kadang-kadang lebih berkuasa daripada Kabinet atau Majlis Tertinggi UMNO.

Privacy and Our Political Culture

By Farish A. Noor ~ February 16th, 2009.Politics, we must remember, is something that takes place in the public domain. And it is in that public domain that politicians are judged for their actions,…

Umno firmly behind Rulers

(Bernama) JAKARTA, 16 Feb 2009: Umno, very much disillusioned with the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leadership's actions of disobeying royal command and wanting to sue a ruler, vows to stand behind the…

Elizabeth Wong’s statement

I was informed on Friday, Feb 13, 2009 by journalists from The Malay Mail that they have in their possession intimate photos of myself and that the newspaper will be publishing a story about these…

How low can ‘they’ go?

By Baradan Kuppusamy (The Malaysian Insider)FEB 16 – It is nothing but despicable and gutter politics to use photographs of a woman, taken when she is at her most vulnerable, to tarnish her and…

Freedom and Fraud

Article 10 Clause 1(c) of the Federal Constitution guarantees the freedom of speech, assembly and association subjected to arbitrary restriction from Parliament as outlined by Article 10 Clause(s) 2,…

Gutter journalism

Today’s front page of the Malay Mail is a regrettable example of gutter journalism. It features a headline story about nude photos of a Selangor female politician circulating in the public…

Altantuya case: Sirul asks for mistrial

(The Star) - Murder accused Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar has asked the High Court here to acquit him of the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu or alternatively, declare a mistrial for…

King laments preoccupation with race issues

He said that the rights of every Malaysian, which are enshrined in the Federal Constitution, will always be protected and respected, and called on the public to improve unity to stabilise the…

BN Should Consider Being More Reasonable

Frankly, I have counted a few top BN leaders as my friends. In person, they are humble, decent and can be quite engaging on various topics. One of them even agreed with my observation that the Perak…

Kurang Ajar And Kurang Di Ajar

We, her peoples, pledge our united efforts to attain these ends guided by the Rukunegara.The five guiding principles must be read together. In other words, we cannot uphold one principle and left…