‘Father’ crab not walking straight
By Joseph Tawie, FMT KUCHING: Chief Minister Taib Mahmud is whistling a different tune lately and it is puzzling the opposition.
Penang Pakatan to retain 2008 seat formula
By Athi Shankar, FMT GEORGE TOWN: Pakatan Rakyat appears convinced that the next general election will see it repeating its 2008 victory in Penang if it maintains the formula for seat…
PAS seeks more Chinese support in Tenang
By Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider LABIS, Jan 29 — PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang made a personal plea for the Chinese vote for tomorrow’s by-election as Malays continue to shun the…
No respect for judges or police
Meanwhile, Kugan’s relatives and two deputy ministers had managed to take photographs of Kugan’s body in the morgue. They demanded that a second autopsy be carried out. The police’s reluctance only…
“AG has failed Kugan’s case”
(The Malay Mail) - The Attorney-General's (AG) Chambers was today slammed for allegedly "failing to investigate freely and thoroughly" the death of suspected car thief A. Kugan, who died in police…
Can Rosmah ‘pillow-talk’ Najib to ‘save’ Taib?
Pandering to Rosmah Mansor's vanity, Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud is hoping, she will 'call' for joint polls. According to a FMT source, Taib has asked his sister to “persuade Rosmah to push…
By-election for Merlimau on March 6
(BERNAMA) - The Election Commission (EC) today fixed Feb 26 for nomination day for the Merlimau state seat by-election, and if there is a contest, polling will be on March 6.
Interlock – Akhirnya UMNO sujud kepada MIC
Aspan AliasApa yang hendak dipinda dalam Interlock itu? Bagaimana Interlock boleh dipinda sedangkan isi kandungannya adalah pemikiran asal penulisnya Abdullah Husein. Bagaimana kita boleh pinda…
Phang: Saya diserang kerana minta AG bersihkan nama
(Harakah Daily) - Mengatakan bahawa beliau kini diserang bertubi-tubi dari semua arah, Tan Sri Robert Phang Miow Sin (gambar) terpaksa meletakkan jawatan sebagai anggota panel Suruhanjaya…
Remembering Kugan and Teoh Beng Hock
It is a very painful process to come to terms with the death of a loved one - worse still, if the person died under strange circumstances such as in the case of A. Kugan and Teoh Beng Hock. My heart…
Bloggers make presence felt in Tenang
(Bernama) - Elections are normally synonymous with politicians, party machinery, police and journalists. Now there also groups making their presence covering the Tenang by-election campaign here.
Cops sniffing Anwar’s ‘terror’ trail
The home minister says it's a matter of security and not politics. He has instructed the special branch and the anti-terror taskforce to probe the matter. (Free Malaysia Today) - The police have…
MC spat: ‘BN grabbing at straws’
By Teoh El Sen, FMT LABIS: The latest attack on Tenang candidate Normala Sudirman’s husband Maa’rof Abd Mutalib’s medical leaves, is a desperate attempt to bring up irrelevant issues, said PAS.
Najib mum over complaint to Saudi over Anwar funding
By Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider PUTRAJAYA, Jan 28 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak refused comment today over a CNN report which said he had complained that members of Saudi Arabia's royalty were…
Billions Abroad ! – Questions over Taib’s Contacts with Foreign Property Tycoons
By Sarawak Report The man pictured in the party-buggy sitting next to the Deputy Chief Minister, Alfred Jabu, is a Greek called Achilleas Kallakis. This was in April 2008 and Kallakis was already…
Who and What Anwar is is actually still a mystery
Politicians are never our saviors. We the people need to be savvy enough to understand and comprehend with apprehension the true objectives of a politician. By Wong Mun Chee
Tenang – Cikgu Mala ‘Bullied’ by UMNO/MCA/BN
Looking at the scenario of events, it seems that UMNO/BN who were having a upper-hand after nomination are getting worried that they will lose this Tenang state seat to the PAS (Opposition)…
Well?
Justice may be delayed, but it can never be denied. It took centuries to exonerate Galileo Galilee. It took two hundred years to prove that Napoleon Bonaparte was murdered with arsenic poisoning. But…
PAS slams secrecy behind release of GM mosquitoes
By Harakah Daily KUANTAN, Jan 28: PAS has joined other non-government organisations to hit out at Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment for secretly allowing the government-run Institute of…
Sarong untuk Chua Soi Lek
Dari dalam gelap aku melihat bayangan Cik Gu Mala berundur dengan penuh keyakinan. Maka aku teringat akan kesah Mat Indera. Baginlah caranya Mat Indra berkempen untuk Angkatan Pemuda Insaf. Mat…
Kugan custodial death case: Cop acquitted of causing hurt
By M. Mageswari, The Star PETALING JAYA: Police constable Navindran Vivekanandan, 30, was acquitted by the Sessions Court over two counts of causing grievous hurt to suspected car thief A.Kugan, who…
National productivity aggregate, wealth and health bashed daily on the roads
When new roads are opened up, the toll comes into play and not only do you have to still burn your wealth away on the non-tolled roads which somehow you still have to take, you now pay some more…
‘What will Umno lose by banning Interlok?’
By B Nantha Kumar, FMT KUALA LUMPUR: Over 200 non-governmental organisations have banded together to form the National Interlok Action Team (NIAT) to urge the government to withdraw the book from…
Better to engage people
By Terence Fernandez, The Sun AS someone who had been on the receiving end of slanderous remarks and even a case of impersonation, I can relate to the need at times to control misinformation online.…
Anwar: CNN report shows Najib fears Pakatan
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has quickly turned a CNN report linking him to Saudi funding into a sign that the ruling Barisan…
BN and the Myth of Winnable Candidates P1
We’re going to look at some of the personalities currently holding lofty positions in the present administration and perhaps try and uncover the winnable factor that may or may not lead them to be…
The Intelok Quagmire
Art HarunThe political and social typhoons caused by the book "Intelok" had come and apparently gone. A "solution," in the form of a compromise, has, as is usual in Malaysia, been found and…
Millions more for ‘helicopter charges’
A RM15 million increase in the Sarawak Election Commission's poll's budget has raised speculations over where it will go. (Free Malaysia Today) - KUCHING: What could possibly justify a RM15 million…
Malaysia’s Third Way
A new splinter party throws a wrench into the political machine Prime Minister Najib Razak has struggled to deliver on his promises of economic growth. The PKR, meanwhile, has frayed since the…