The IMF Report Card on Malaysia

The report is pessimistic about a pronounced recovery in private investment, given still unused capacity. Capital expenditure of public enterprises is expected to pick up. Thus, the prognosis is for…

NEP and the Chinese

By Zaid Untuk Rakyat The success stories of the Chinese under NEP are plentiful and are well known. NEP for this purpose means hugely lucrative patronage preference system.

Open letter to PM

Your words in public are about listening to the rakyat (people) and hearing their views. A sizeable portion of the rakyat of Sabah has been doing everything within their power to be heard by you.…

MCA declares cyberspace war

By Rachel Kam and Christina Tan, TheStarKUALA LUMPUR: The MCA has declared cyberspace war on its political rivals and will not take the defensive stand anymore, said its president Datuk Seri Dr Chua…

All alone at the top

By Zainal Epi, Free Malaysia Today   KUALA LUMPUR: Najib Tun Razak needs help. Najib is all alone. The prime minister cuts a lonely figure at the top as he surveys the dismal scene below: his…

DEB dan nasib orang Cina

Vincent Tan (gambar) berjaya kerana beliau dapat meyakinkan sahabat beliau, Mahathir Mohamad, yang Perdana Menteri ketika itu, untuk menswastakan Sports Toto kepada beliau, kerana kononnya,…

Go Home? This IS Home!!

This afternoon, Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani's article Utusan columnist tells critics to ‘go home’ in The Malaysian Insider where controversial Mingguan Malaysia columnist Dr Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah…

Africa’s WikiLeaks

The Sahara Reporters website exposes corruption in Nigeria, including prostitution scandals involving civil servants and politicians. One ex-Nigerian governor’s holdings are reported to have…

Drop the Charges Against Anwar Ibrahim

By Azeem Ibrahim, The Huffington Post It is clear that the trial has been unfair from the start. Every day that it continues is a further blot on the Malaysian judiciary. The charges are tainted,…

NEM: It’s getting hot in the kitchen

Gauging from the prime minister’s tone and message at the recent Chinese Economic Congress, it’s clear that the prime minister is feeling some of the heat building up in the economic kitchen.  By…