The law courts decide, not the royal courts
"No one exercising his constitutional right of access to the courts should be branded as being disloyal to the Rulers or threatened with preventive detention under the ISA. Was it not the BN…
Umno To Explain To People On Country’s Political Situation
(Bernama) - Umno will continue to explain to the people on the country's political situation in the run-up to the by-elections for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat and the Bukit Selambau…
Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau akan adili “kerajaan pimpinan perasuah”
"Dan kerajaan Malaysia dan Kerajaan Negeri akan dipimpin oleh perasuah selepas Pilihanraya Umum ke 13 jika Barisan Nasional menang. Dan pemimpin jenis ini akan sauk duit kerajaan dan duit siapa…
Zambry, excos asked to face Perak’s Special Privileges Committee
(The Star) - Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir and his six newly sworn-in state executive councillors have been summoned to face the state's Committee of Special Privileges.
Pakatan’s Sivarasa Rasiah barred from entering Sarawak
By Wong Choon Mei, Suara keADILan KeADILan vice president Sivarasa Rasiah was barred from entering Sarawak this afternoon, the second time in three months that a Pakatan Rakyat leader has been denied…
Of frogs and princes
Now young Malays, both rural and urban, are abandoning Umno. They don't buy its race-based, patronage politics any more. Thanks to 30 years of affirmative action, many Malays have joined the…
April elections to test Malaysia PM’s popularity
“Whether intended or not, the timing of the two polls means it will be seen as referendum on Najib as Prime Minister,” said Ibrahim Suffian, director of respected opinion pollster the…
Why as a doctor I want this government to go away
I am a local graduate and have been in practice for 31 years. I am basically a physician by training and received my qualifications from the Royal Colleges in 1985. I see mainly kidney ailments and…
Open Letter to Hee Yit Fong
Hee Yit Fong, I don't know where you're hiding but if you're reading this, let me say this to you. I had to restrain myself from making angry curses at you all this while, not that you…
EC’s preferred date and a lot of lame excuses later
Are you aware that 7th April is a Tuesday?
Toyo And The Recalcitrant UMNO Youth Dungus
I could only laugh at this sore loser... He was a Menteri Besar, for pete's sake! How could he not know the law??? And the fact that you are in your enemy's territory, the more you should…
We are for freedom of assembly – so we ask that Khir Toyo not be charged…
We believe in freedom of assembly...freedom of expression ....
Pakatan treads carefully as royalty flexes muscle
By Leslie Lau, Consultant Editor (The Malaysian Insider)KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — While Barisan Nasional may yet pay at the ballot box over its ruthless power grab in Perak, its aggressive foray…
The show is not over till the fat lady sings
The show is not over till the fat lady sings, goes the popular saying. And the fat lady has not sung yet. What will the final curtain be? Your guess is as good as mine. But I predict Perak will again…
Perak speaker still in Pakatan hands
By Neville Spykerman, The Malaysian Insider Perak's constitution makes no provisions for the removal of its legislative assembly speaker and Barisan Nasional is stuck with DAP's V.…
Of Malays becoming Machiavellis, and a society losing its sanity
What a pathetic country we have plunged into; what a soul-less and spineless people we have become. What legacy we are to leave our children. They too will become corrupt -- God forbids. A REPUBLIC OF…
The Malays Rulers’ loss of immunity
In light of what happened in Perak recently and against the backdrop of the pro-Monarchy and anti-Monarchy demonstrations and the impending police investigation into the 200 or so police reports…
Nizar di Kampung Baru, lebih 1,000 lahirkan sokongan
(Hrkh) - Menteri Besar Perak, Dato' Seri Nizar Jamaluddin yang menyertai solat Jumaat di Masjid Kampung Baru,Kuala Lumpur semalam sempat berucap kepada penyokong Pakatan Rakyat yang menunggunya…
Rakyat anggap tarif elektrik yang baru memperbodohkan mereka
Abdul Aziz Mustafa - (harakah)Keengganan kerajaan mengambil tindakan tegas untuk menghentikan bebanan yang mesti ditanggung oleh Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) untuk menyara penjana tenaga bebas…
Shopowner wants Hee’s centre out
(The Star) JELAPANG assemblyman Hee Yit Foong who quit DAP to become an independent assemblyman “friendly” to Barisan Nasional has been told to vacate a rented shoplot which she used as…
Decisive leadership won the day in Perak
Eleven months ago, the Sultan of Perak gave Pakatan Rakyat a chance to rule the state even though Umno held the largest number of seats, 27 in total , by far nine seats more than the nearest rival,…
For the love of the sultan
Why BN-installed MB should dissolve assemblyTo prevent embarrassment to the palace, the best solution is for the BN-installed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir to request for dissolution of…
It’s MB vs MB, Nizar files suit against Zambry
(The Star) - The political battle in Perak moved to the legal front with former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin filing a suit to challenge the legitimacy of his successor Datuk…
Malaysia’s battle of attrition
It is likely to reinforce the view that despite the drubbing at the polls last March, which saw the BN lose control of five states, including Perak, Selangor and Kedah, it has not learnt its lesson…
For Pak Lah, the party’s over and it’s time to leave
In the eyes of some Pakatan Rakyat politicians, Abdullah is less likely to use the sledgehammer approach in dealing with the Opposition, in contrast to Najib who they believe will use the whole…
Critical polls for BN
By-elections in Perak and Kedah seen as a referendum on Najib By Teo Cheng Wee, The Straits TimesMalaysia's ruling coalition faces two critical…
Anti-Frogging Laws
With the contentious usurping of the Perak state government in the works, albeit with assistance from the Sultan, the legally mandated Perak state government has now been “officially”…
PUCHONG FOLKS, HOW LONG SHOULD WE ENDURE THE NIGHTMARE CALLED TOLL HIGHWAYS?
My daily commute to and fro is an absolute awakened nightmare and is totally intolerable. Being an income earner and a mom, I leave my home at 6.30am, after dropping off the kids at school, I reach…
Malaysia’s budget transparency: ‘Surprised and embarrassed’
By Loh Foon Fong, The StarMalaysia scored a dismal 35 out of 100 points in the Open Budget Index (OBI) 2008 and is ranked 53rd out of 85 countries, prompting Centre for Public Policy Studies chairman…
Don’t Be Rude, Says The Sultan Of Selangor
(Bernama) -- The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Alhaj is deeply saddened and disappointed over the disputes relating to the recent appointment of the new Perak state government to…