By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider The DAP has called on the Securities Commission (SC) to act against GLCs which have been ordered to drop billion-ringgit civil suits against Tan Sri Tajuddin…

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian InsiderDatuk Seri Najib Razak risks drifting further away from the centre if he does not deliver on his reform initiatives and continues to “pacify”…

By MasterwordsmithUndeniably, health care, an important social service provided by the government for citizens, must be easy, accessible, adequate in supply and affordable to the masses. Yet, our…

Khairy Jamaluddin's antics provided a sometimes entertaining, sometimes maddening diversion throughout the Lebanon crisis. He organized a large and noisy but non-violent July 21 rally in front of the…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Menteri Besar Kelantan Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat tidak bersetuju amalan bacaan al-Quran dibuat menggunakan pembesar suara sehingga mengganggu mesyarakat sekitarnya.

(The Malaysian Insider) - DAP and PKR leaders refrained today from openly supporting PAS’s stand on a controversial church raid by Islamic authorities, revealing the continuing uneasiness among the…

ASPAN ALIASProses kemusnahan sesebuah sistem politik negara itu selalunya tidak di sedari oleh mana-mana pemimpin yang tidak memberikan fokus kepada menilai kepimpinan masing-masing. Kehilangan fokus…

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALLIhe opportunity for me to give the most current commentaries on the few development involving the latest development MAS has passed me. I was hospitalised since last Tuesday.…

BIG DOG The hottest business this week is the ‘Malaysia Airlines-AirAsia share swap’ deal. It got so many reactions despite the mainstream media playing the text-book perspective on how positive and…

Blogger Papa Gomo makes the claim based on a document allegedly leaked from MBPJ. (Free Malaysia Today) - Pro-Umno blogger Papa Gomo has claimed that Pakatan Rakyat leaders had interfered to stop…

 By Melissa Chi, The Malaysian Insider Islamic non-governmental organisations (NGO) have demanded immediate action from the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) against those who tried to…

 By Jahabar Sadiq, The Malaysian Insider Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon is going to get taste of what Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud got in the run-up to polls in the east Malaysian state…

By Bloglist MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, 13 Ogos: Seorang imam bertauliah di kawasan Gelang Patah digantung jawatannya oleh Jabatan Agama Johor (JAJ) dipercayai kerana beliau menyertai himpunan aman…

Police in Hackney, north London, on Monday night. The Metropolitan Police's deputy assistant commissioner Stephen Kavanagh said the force was not "namby-pamby”. Photograph: Kerim…

By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider DAP MP Tony Pua threatened legal action against Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz today, saying they would be sued for negligence if…

David Cameron has announced that ministers have drawn up plans to allow police to deploy water cannon at 24 hours' notice. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Although I understand the…

 By BBC News Magazine Many theories have been posited about the underlying causes of the riots in England - from moral decay to excessive consumerism. Here two criminologists give their views on some…

By Tan Sri Robert Phang 1. The public outrage over Nazri Aziz’s letter dated 8th August is justified. It is unprecedented and wrong for the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office to direct all…

 (NST) - The trouble with that is, proclaiming that MAS and AirAsia are now friends doesn't actually make anyone believe that they can be.

By Mariam Mokhtar In MAS, MH stands for Malaysian hospitality which many of us know is highly overrated; MH might as well stand for Malaysian humbug. Or Malaysian hanky-panky.

 (The Star) - THERE are different ways for political parties to approach an election as an exercise in democracy and a competitive event. One is to engage fully and in good faith in the obligatory…

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — Umno leaders has dismissed Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) pre-election campaign strategy for Hari Raya, expressing confidence that…

 By Mustafa Kamal Anuar, Aliran In the recent past, middle-ground Malaysia has borne witness to a series of disturbing public expressions by certain groups and individuals that border on ethnic…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Senator Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon slammed today his Barisan Nasional (BN) colleague Umno Senator Ezam Mohd Nor’s threat to wage war against those who try to proselytise…

DIN MERICANWhile the mainstream media and public relations firms spin yarns about the economic, financial and operational benefits of the MAS-AirAsia share swap deal, let me state up front that I am…

All so-called anti-poverty actions are just ad-hoc programs. Solve this and this, and wait for the next one to surface! The government is confused because it doesn’t have the financial capability…

The probe was completed last year but little birds in MCA have revealed that the probe papers, with about 28 letters and documents attached, had found the way to the MACC. Why is the MACC sitting…

By John Doe Soul-searching Questions:The only pre-requisite would be, that you have read the complete Koran. Download the free PDF versions which are freely available, or else, download the…

 By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 – PAS finally declared its official stand today on the recent church raid in Petaling Jaya, saying the Selangor Islamic Religious…

By Masterwordsmith While Malaysians express outrage about the RM8-RM9 billion MAS scandal and the 'reverse takeover' of the national airline company through Air Asia -- which is another…