Malaysia, Maids and the Lash

By Luke Hunt, The Diplomat Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak hasn’t put a political foot wrong since speculation began an election could be called for as soon as November or early in the New Year.…

The China Alternative – Malaysia

By Cindy Tse, China BriefingOct. 25 – The Malaysian government recently announced an ambitious goal to become a high-income nation by 2020, necessitating equally bold changes to the country’s social…

MACC opens 36 cases following federal audit

By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider PUTRAJAYA, Oct 26 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has opened up 36 files to investigate the public sector following the Auditor-General’s…

1bestarinet awarded to YTL

Hi RPK, I am sure by now the news is out that 1bestarinet has been awarded to YTL Communications Sdn Bhd. Attached is the notification documents I pulled it from the Ministry of Education website…

Let’s talk about (halal) sex

“When a man reached the highest spiritual level, he can appear in multiple apparitions and have sex with his wives even though they are in separate locations”. Personally, I find this frightening.…

Hudud: BN hanya perlu beri laluan

By Fazy Sahir, FMT SHAH ALAM: Barisan Nasional (BN) hanya perlu memberi laluan bagi membolehkan undang-undang hudud dilaksanakan tanpa mengambil kira ‘menang majoriti’ di peringkat parlimen.

Guan Eng under siege

The attempt to break and destroy Guan Eng and derail his political career via the attack on his family is surely most immoral, and a terrible transgression against normal human propriety, and an…

Sex, Lies and Malaysian Politics

By John Berthelsen, Asia Sentinel Prurient and puritanical, the country gags, goes gaga for naughty talesMalaysia fancies itself a conservative society, with plenty of restrictions on racy movies and…

Perverse logic, baffling statement

By P Ramakrishnan, Aliran President Thinking Malaysians must be bewildered by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhiddin Yassin’s statement with reference to the Penang Chief Minister’s son who is…

Relativism and priorities

Is sex the only thing we should be concerned with? Is this all that there is to Islam? What about corruption, abuse of power, robbing the rakyat, election rigging, persecution,…

What AG’s report says on Kedah

(Harakah Daily) - The Kedah state government achieved a 135.8 percent increase in state revenue with a  record surplus budget for 2010 at RM22.50 million, compared to deficit of RM62.89 million in…