By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian InsiderKUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Utusan Malaysia continued its tirade against Bersih 2.0 today, this time likening its organisers and supporters to “stubborn mat rempits”…

Chapter 9: Islam in Malay Life Authoritative Versus Authoritarian Ulamas and ScholarsM. Bakri MusaThen there are such irrelevant issues as who can and cannot partake in these debates. There are…

By Sarawak Report Sarawak Report can reveal that a key orchestrator behind the dirty tricks campaigns that have been waged against Anwar Ibrahim, Gordon Brown and Sarawak Report is a ginger-bearded…

By R Nadeswaran, The Sun THE horror stories one hears about government grants, especially meant for research, can make a few chapters if a revised edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales is published. From…

By Terence Fernandez, The Sun The charging of former Bank Negara assistant governor Datuk Mohamad Daud Dol Moin for allegedly receiving kickbacks to help procure a polymer note printing contract is…

By William Leong The Barisan Nasional Government by detaining Dr Jeyakumar Michael Deveraj, Member of Parliament for Sungai Siput together with five others under the Emergency Ordinance has…

(The Star) - PETALING JAYA: There will be increased roadblocks in the days ahead of the July 9 rallies, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar said.

A lot of people will say that this is a last resort action to deter Malaysians from participating in the forthcoming rally. Many more will say that this is done to justify the eventual mass arrests…

{youtube}6bc4krVVcfY{/youtube}  Or watch at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bc4krVVcfYBersih is now considered HARAM. But according to Hadith #16: There is no obedience to rulers who leave the…

In contrast, under Islamic rule citizens could be confident that rulers (who could be chosen through democratic elections, perhaps) would act within the bounds of behavior as laid out in the Koran…

PRESS RELEASE- Bersih 2.0 Global Solidarity Network The events unfolding in Malaysia in the lead up to a rally calling for electoral reform on 9 July 2011, by Bersih 2.0, a civil society coalition, …

(The Malaysian Insider) - The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, moved to bring the country back from the brink of disaster tonight, advising the Najib administration and Bersih 2.0…

ASPAN ALIASPengharaman Bersih 2.0 yang diumumkan oleh Hishamudin Husein merupakan tindakan yang sangat tercela dari segi moralnya. Ini merupakan satu lagi bukti yang ‘UMNO-led government’ sudah…

(Bernama) - Police have not dismissed the possibility that more people will be arrested under the Emergency Ordinance (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) 1969 for subversive activities.

(Kelab Greenboc) - Berita Terkini: Seramai 17 orang ahli PAS Kawasan Jasin telah ditahan di dalam operasi polis menahan penjualan baju Himpunan BERSIH di Jasin hari ini. Mereka ditahan di dalam…

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The opposition won Thailand's general election by a landslide on Sunday, exit polls showed, paving the way for Yingluck Shinawatra to become the country's first female…

I repeat: politicians can never be trusted. They never serve the Rakyat’s interest. We, the Rakyat, have to take matters into our own hands. We need electoral reforms. So we need…

(Malaysiakini) - Catholic Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing today declared July 8 as a day of prayer in the Melaka-Johor diocese that “a peace based on justice would prevail among Malaysians of all…

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Party president tells members to avoid putting each other down and to instead put the party's interest ahead of personal interests. (Free Malaysia Today) - Umno president Najib Tun Razak reminded…

The Bersih rally hasn’t happened yet. Until the rally is carried out, no illegal activity has been performed yet.Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has come up with the justification. “If the…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Six DAP members, including Bakri MP Er Teck Hwa, were hauled up by the police this morning during a gotong-royong exercise, on suspicion that it was part of the…

By batsmanIn 2007, the peaceful rally organized by Bersih 1.0 did not cause any chaos even when the police provoked demonstrators with unnecessary force. Malaysia stood stable and firm but Malaysians…

"Tak siapa yang untung dalam hal ini. Sebelum terlambat, Ambiga perlu hentikan," kata Presiden Datuk Seri Ali Rustam. (Free Malaysia Today) - Persekutuan Silat Kebangsaan (Pesaka) hari ini mendesak…

In Friday's illegal assembly on the Penang Bridge, a youth wearing an Umno Youth shirt threatened to throw a journalist into the sea. (Free Malaysia Today) - The assault on newsmen during Friday’s…

Today we can see that the nation is no more divided along racial and religious lines but the country is now divided between pro-UMNO and anti-UMNO. Now how long more is this nation going to remain…

It would hence not come as a surprise that the electoral process is susceptible to abuse through arbitrary and capricious definitions adopted by the Election Commission of the day. For instance,…

(Bernama) - The inquest proceedings to investigate the death of Selangor Customs Assistant Director, Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed, will begin Monday at the Magistrate's Court 3.

(The Malaysian Insider) - Bersih 2.0 chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan is unperturbed by the countless personal attacks against her since she announced a July 9 rally for free and fair elections.

(The Malaysian Insider) -  The Home Ministry ban on Bersih 2.0 will not have the impact it had aimed for as the electoral reform movement has captured the people’s “hearts and minds”, says its…