Youth power can topple Taib

By Maclean Patrick, Free Malaysia Today "If the people don't need me, then I will step down." And with that, Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has set into motion the oldest political trick in the…

Press Statement from the BBC

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Still colonised after all these years

Umno-BN usurpers place themselves higher than Malaysia With that corrupted symbol are the words Kerajaan Barisan Nasional — a fictional creature not provided for by law. The Constitution and the…

Information

By Anonymous With reference above, I would like to submit some sensitive information about our government in Malaysia. I hope this can reach my most respected Raja Petra Kamarudin. I am sorry that I…

Beyond the Rituals of Ramadan

Teo Nie Ching had in the best tradition of Ramadan come to a surau in her constituency to share in the iftar and to present a modest donation from the state. She had rightly assumed that to be…

An exercise in Extremism

I am utterly dismayed that Islam, such a Great Religion, is being constantly ridiculed, not only by Non Muslims, but even by our younger generation of Malays. We keep on saying that we will protect…

Merdeka? Where Got…

By the same logic of UMNO “freeing” Malaysians from the Brits and so much so that 31 August is to be celebrated, then we should be observing all these dates (and declaring them public holidays) as…

Re-diagnosing Malaysia’s cancer

By K Pragalath, Free Malaysia Today Fifty-three years since independence, Malaysia is fighting a losing battle against the R-cancer. It is also not responding to the cancer radiation programme known…

Najib resists calls for crackdown

By G. Manimaran and Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — The country marks its 53rd anniversary today amid a season of racially-charged controversies with Datuk Seri Najib Razak…

Traitors – A Trademark & Tradition of Umno!

By Martin Jalleh  The Umno-dominated government stubbornly sticks to the same old tricks to try to sink the Opposition. One such stale attempt is to label as “traitors” those who refuse to suck up to…

Cop-out for BBC’s HARDtalk

Since when was the BBC afraid of legal threats? Is this not a massive hint that there is a big story lurking somewhere? Isn’t the BBC eager to be the first, with the expose? Is it not eager to get to…