Malaysian government runs scared

 By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and his National Front government that has ruled the country for 54 years are exhibiting acute anxiety as new elections…

Ambiga clarifies meeting with Pak Lah

(The Malaysian Insider) - Bersih 2.0 chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan clarified today she was advised to act according to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s wishes over last Saturday’s rally and declined to…

RM73 mil diamond ring for Rosmah?

A blog claims that the self-styled First Lady received a 'Natural Fancy Blue Gray Cushion Cut Diamond Ring' in April.(Free Malaysia Today) - As Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak still reels from the…

“Malaysia Has Too Many Phobias”

By Denny Armandhanu, VivanewsIt is the people that are mostly concerned with the elections. So, why is he standing in their way? If he wants to get me off the game, why should he deceive the…

Government in “time warp”

 By Lim Kit Siang One explanation for the hamfisted and gross mishandling of the 709 Bersih 2.0 rally for free and fair elections in Merdeka Stadium is that the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib…

Rakyat, We Salute You!

 By Dr Irene Fernandez, Teganita Tenaganita salutes the rakyat, who despite immense harassment and grave obstacles placed by the police and the Home Ministry, and the irrational lockdown of Kuala…

A case of two opposing sides

 By Karim Raslan, The Star We’ve reached a point where it doesn’t matter who brings the change – BN or PR, conservative or liberal, socialist or right-wing. Malaysians will get behind whoever is the…

Apologise For What You Did

By Tony Pua Liow Tiong Lai has disgraced his position as the Health Minister and the MCA Deputy President by outraging all right thinking Malaysians for his pathetic and lame defence of the police…

Who is Sovereign? The Rakyat or UMNO?

By batsman  The nature of power is such that if one has no guts and no balls, then it (power) will not come anywhere near. However even if it comes near to those with guts and balls, it will not…

Malaysia’s civil servants demoralized

They are tired of the warnings and threats. They are exhausted from the feeling that they are being monitored. And they certainly detest the reality that if they go against the marching orders of…

Does it really matter?

How about random strangers holding hands to form human shields to protect the weaker participants? How about people from different colours standing next to one another singing the national anthem? Why…

Crackdown 2.0 in Malaysia

The Wall Street Journal Based on the evidence of this weekend's rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysians aspire for a more competitive political system than what they have. Also based on this weekend's…

Lying Najib, recalcitrant Umno

By Luke Rintod, FMT KOTA KINABALU: A 70-year-old political activist from Panampang who is known to both the opposition and the ruling regime has expressed shock at the way Prime Minister Najib Tun…

Bersih rally a public awakening

By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider BANGI, July 11 — The most significant thing to come out of the Bersih 2.0 rally was not the state’s reaction to it, but the public’s realisation that they held…