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…

Power in the hands of the Umno elite

By: DATUK YONG TECK LEE THE intensity with which PBS President Tan Sri Joseph Pairin denied that PBS is a stooge of the UMNO elite and the PBS police reports lodged against blogger Atama show that…

The story of the four Tan Sris

Tan Sri Robert Phang Miow Sin has quit as a member of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel. What is the story behind his

Can Vote Or Not?

Just because one is out of the country should not mean that one automatically loses the right to vote. Article 119 of the Federal Constitution grants the right to vote to all Malaysian citizens of…

Interlok retention condemned

By B Nantha Kumar and G Vinod, FMTPETALING JAYA: Various groups have condemned the government decision to retain the novel Interlok as a Malay literature text in schools, and their anger is…

Mukhriz hits out at Guan Eng, Azmin

By The Malaysian Insider ALOR SETAR, Jan 27 — Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir ticked off the opposition parties today for refusing to recognise the successes of…

Chinese voters could cut BN’s big win

By Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider LABIS, Jan 27 — Barisan Nasional’s (BN) hope of retaining Tenang by a majority of at least 5,000 votes has been made difficult as the DAP’s campaign for the…

Phang quits MACC panel amid MAS row

 By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Tan Sri Robert Phang announced his resignation today as a member of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC)…

Rosmah’s own ‘oval office’

Controversial wife of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak may have gone one step too far with her latest shift, quite literally, into the Prime Minister's Office PUTRAJAYA: A new unit in the Prime…

Mission to regain lost ground

By NST ANY casual observer going through the statistics of the 2008 general election could be pardoned for concluding that the Chinese community, which made up 5,549 voters (38.24 per cent) in…

Call to probe politically-linked families

By Joseph Tawie, Free Malaysia Today KUCHING: Sarawak DAP wants an independent Royal Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the massive illicit outflow of funds – RM889 billion between 2000 and…