VK Lingam faces contempt charge

The lawyer had accused a Federal Court panel of plagiarism in a judgment against his clients(Free Malaysia Today) - The Federal Court has decided that lawyer VK Lingam and his clients can be cited for…

Simmering discontent in Kelantan?

Kelantan Umno believes that it will do much better in this general election than in 2008 because the 'silent' educated Malay majority are uncertain if Pakatan Rakyat can offer 'stable' governance “It…

Suspect to be charged

 NEW EVIDENCE: He and two others believed to have caused builder’s death THE investigation into the murder of former Master Builders Association Malaysia president Datuk Patrick Wong, three years on…

All are God’s people

All religions are good but it is Man that give them a bad nameMuslims seem to think that Christians in this country are their sworn enemies and must be kept under strict surveillance. Their every move…

Democracy’s most obvious fallacy

ART HARUN In trying to justify socio-political acts as well as legislations, nothing is more abused by politicians than Jeremy Bentham’s Principle of Utility (more popularly referred to

STAR pulling in more members

Jeffrey Kitingan-helmed STAR is gaining support by the day in Sabah with more PKR members jumping over.(Free Malaysia Today) - Jeffrey Kitingan’s Sabah chapter of the State Reform Party (STAR) is…

Speaking without knowledge

I think it is safe to state that the Honourable Datuk Dr Marshitah should refrain from making statements with no scientific basis whatsoever since she has neither the accreditation for it nor did…

A Government That Disrespects Minorities

This campaign to ‘prevent homosexuality from multiplying in society’ will not work simply because one is either homosexual or not just as how one is either Chinese or not and I’m sure you would have…

PM: Beware of Pakatan, the pied piper

The prime minister says the opposition is only clever at promising the world, the moon and even the universe.(Free Malaysia Today) - Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak warned voters against supporting the…

MACC fails to redeem itself

With the files on Gani, Bakri and Musa closed, where does that leave MACC in terms of earning the rakyat’s trust?By continuously bowing to the demands of the “powers-that-be” and stashing away…

Revisiting the 1988 judicial crisis

 In this first of a two-part article, our writer digs up a seminar presentation by the late K Das, who co-authored May Day for Justicewith sacked chief justice Tun Salleh Abas. “The only real…

Battling for Selangor

Khalid pointed out that the state government has distributed RM700 million to the people not only without reducing the amount of its reserve, but by increasing it from RM800 million to RM1.9…