By Gomen Man via The Malaysian Insider I caution Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider and other websites that the Barisan Nasional government has hired about 200 cyber troopers to try and influence…

By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The Barisan Nasional (BN) government paid RM94 million to raise its international profile over three years to FBC Media, which is under…

However, I firmly believe that the unilateral Jais enforcement action without an official search warrant on the DUMC was certainly not appropriate, but surely appalling and apprehensive, especially…

Okay, in the posting yesterday (What are you looking for?), many comments have been posted as to what Malaysians would like to see in their government and what they would like to…

In response to Lim's presentation, a number of members of the audience spoke out angrily, including a member of the Government's Economic Planning Unit (EPU) who resorted to a personal attack on…

(Bernama) - IPOH: The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, wants the State Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIP) and Islamic Religious Department (JAIP) to review their programmes…

Free public lecture with Nik Nazmi Nik AhmadTuesday 11th Oct 2011 6:30pm-7:30pmWhere: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer RoomLevel 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre (view map)

By M. Bakri Musa Malay politicians fall all over themselves in advocating hudud, the Islamic penal laws.  That is less an expression of their commitment to Islam, more blatant pandering to Muslim…

By Lee Wee Tak A transformative buget? Najib administration’s 2012 budgeted expenditure totaled RM230.8 billion with operating and development components at RM181.6billion (78%) and RM49.2 billion…

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is not heeding his former mentor Dr Mahathir Mohamad's unsolicited advice.(Free Malaysia Today) - A former prime minister who was also a former finance minister and…

By Marhalim Abas, The Sun The Home Ministry is mulling the introduction of a standard manual on the use of firearms for its agencies that issue weapons for its personnel.The proposed manual will cover…

By Halimah Mohd Said via The Sun FOR the MACC alone to crusade against bribery and corruption is an impossible task. To successfully enforce anti-corruption laws, the cooperation of the police and the…

(Washington Post) — Islamic authorities will provide counseling to a dozen Malaysian Muslims to “restore their belief and faith” after they attended a community dinner at a church hall, a royal…

By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — The government said today it will set up a new agency to promote Malaysian defence products internationally.

(The Malaysian Insider) - Pihak berkuasa India memfailkan kes terhadap tokoh perniagaan Malaysia T Ananda Krishnan  dan ketua eksekutif kepercayaannya Ralph Marshall bersama seorang bekas menteri…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Indian investigators have filed a case against Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri T. Ananda Krishnan, his trusted executive Ralph Marshall together with a former Indian telecom…

(Reuters) - Britain plans to tighten up rules on admitting relatives of migrants, cracking down on abuses used to gain entry to the country such as sham and forced marriages, Prime Minister David…

Hafiz Noor Shams, The Malaysian Insider If one throws a dart randomly at those pieces of paper pinned on the wall, there is a good chance the dart will land on a handout provision. Those papers are…

(The Malaysian Insider) - PAS will press through a petition for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the Attorney-General during the current parliamentary sitting, rejecting…

(The Malaysian Insider) - The independent panel which absolved Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail was unconstitutional, claimed the ex-senior police officer who has campaigned tirelessly to remove the…

Over the last month or so, since Malaysia Today opened up the comments section to all and sundry and allowed readers to post ‘no-holds-barred’ comments -- even when they were…

By Ooi Kee Beng, TODAYonline The annual budget is a powerful weapon for the Malaysian government, and never more so than when national elections are impending. Mr Najib Razak's third budget as Prime…

(Bernama) KOTA BAHARU -- A detainee was found dead in the Kota Baharu court lock-up, here on Sunday.

(Harakah Daily) - Money will not fall from the sky. This is the reminder from PAS information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, urging the public to be wary of the government 2012 budget which was…

By Kua Kia Soong via The Malaysian Insider The Green Assembly (Himpunan Hijau 109) at dawn at the Kuantan beach yesterday was the harbinger of the Malaysian Green movement that has been a long time…

By Patrick Lee, FMT KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat wants to know what has happened to the Auditor-General’s (A-G) report which should have been presented in the Dewan Rakyat before the debate on…

By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — The government will not proceed with plans to jointly develop navy ships with UK-based BAE Systems, Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi said today.

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider SHAH ALAM, Oct 10 — The Selangor Sultan ruled that the state religious authority’s raid on Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) on August 3 was…

Dear Pete I saw the following post in MT under your article "So, teach me the 'jalan yang betul' then!" (inserted by Rev. Thomas  on October 07, 2011 at 06:23:42):

THE PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENTLast count, there were 32 responses to my ‘UMNO’s new election bankers’ post. Allen Tan and Delilah hit the nail square on the head. Apologies for this late post. Was in…