MACC probing allegations against Taib

By Teoh El Sen, Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is investigating all complaints that have been lodged against Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib…

‘Give MACC, EC more clout’

By Patrick Lee, Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: Enforcement and government agencies need to be given more power if they are to combat money politics and political corruption.

Humility is not a weakness

By Terence Fernandez, The Sun THE Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) may be blamed for breaking the impasse between the Christian community and the government over the detention of over 30,000 Bibles…

Drop Bung Moktar Radin From Next Election

By Sabah Women's Action-Resource Group (SAWO) Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin has scandalized the people of Sabah once again. We expect our leaders to make us proud to be Sabahans. His repeated…

Irrelevant laws still in place

By Teoh El Sen, Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: The Attorney-General has told the government that the 1966 and 1977 emergency declarations have lost their relevance, according to Minister in…

Crime statistics now an official secret?

By Tashny Sukumaran, Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has denied NGO Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) access to the 2010 Crime Statistics booklet prepared by its Sexual Crimes and Child…

Taib engages Apco and US cyber-troopers

By Mariam Mokhtar, Free Malaysia Today Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is having sleepless nights over Sarawak and its Chief Minister Taib Mahmud. Najib cannot decide which is worse – a strong…

DAP: Money for Chinese schools won’t work

By Joseph Tawie, Free Malaysia Today KUCHING: The opposition DAP is far from convinced that Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s fanfare announcement of RM73.68 million for government, Chinese…

Sex video not doctored: IGP

By Rashitha A. Hamid, The Star KUALA LUMPUR: Local experts have confirmed that the sex video allegedly featuring an Opposition leader is not doctored, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar…

Arrest ‘Datuk T’ now, PKR tells IGP

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — PKR has renewed its calls in demanding that the police arrest the “Datuk T” trio who have admitted responsibility for the…

What Najib did not do!

What does it take for a Tan Sri or a TUN to have his title taken back? Rape of an underage Malay schoolgirl? Conviction for corruption? Theft of billions from the national coffers? By Hussein Hamid…

Now every crook can fight corruption

by Tunku Aziz Corruption is not just about money changing hands. That is common bribery. Corruption is about abusing entrusted power for private gain. The latest to join the serried ranks of the…

In Sarawak, 29 seats hang in balance

By Sheridan Mahavera, The Malaysian Insider PETALING JAYA, April1 — The Sarawak election will see heated contests in 29 seats, which a political scientist predicted could fall into Pakatan Rakyat…

PSM: MRT will bring hell to Kota Damansara

By Patrick Lee, Free Malaysia Today KOTA DAMANSARA: Persiaran Surian is a heavily travelled highway even during those hours when most people are supposed to be at work or at home. During peak hours,…

Gossip and Slander: A Muslim Response

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. It is with great dismay that we watch the recent events unfolding in Malaysia. As much as we are not in the position to guess the motives…

MCLM meets SAPP

Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) President, Haris Ibrahim said if the federal government was serious about 1Malaysia, then there will not be the concept of 'ketuanan…

Longing For a Free Mind (part 4 of 14)

In the first three parts I asserted that for Malaysia to achieve her Vision 2020 goals, both her leaders and citizens must have free minds.  Those cooped under their coconut shells are unlikely to…