One candidate one seat

DAP chairman proposes policy to allow representative to concentrate fully on constituency (The Malay Mail) - Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders are treading cautiously over calls by DAP chairman…

Shahrizat dodges NFC bribery query

(The Malaysian Insider) - Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil refused today to comment on allegations of bribery involving the RM250 million National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project run by her family.

DAP declaration lacks oomph

The document unveiled last Sunday in Shah Alam was long on generalities and short on specifics.(Free Malaysia Today) - There is a need for specifics in DAP’s 28-point Shah Alam Declaration, which was…

Jeffrey: STAR Registration NOT an Issue

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, Chairman, STAR Sabah Chapter “STAR’s legitimacy in Sabah is not an issue as it is a national party registered by the Registrar Of Societies (ROS) in Kuala Lumpur and its…

Short-lived joy for Jeffrey?

(Daily Express) - The legality of the Sarawak-based State Reform Party's (Star) much publicised expansion to Sabah last week was thrown into doubt Wednesday with the Registrar of Societies (ROS)…

Testing Malaysia’s Promises

The first test of the post-verdict era will be whether the government chooses to appeal the acquittal. Defense experts successfully demolished the government’s DNA evidence, but the judge said…

Hold The Accolades!

Far from being a turning point, this trial illustrated and highlighted how dysfunctional and ill-equipped our institutions and personnel are in the administration of justice.  By M. Bakri Musa

Be a normal country, please

(My SinChew) - Enough! Everything should come to a close with the High Court verdict. The government should stop making appeals on the verdict, and for goodness sake, no more "Sodomy 3" in the…

Blank shots from MCA spin mill

The party’s publicity machinery has been working overtime since Chua Soi Lek took over the presidency, but its efforts have come to nought because of hypocrisy in the party and its leadershipStanley…

Johor’s silent Tionghua revolution

KTEMOC KONSIDERSDear Olde (though not too old) Hishamuddin Hussein is on panic mode. Politically accident-proned, the Home Minister has a natural talent in offending the Chinese and Indians, so even…

The futility of sacking Hasan Ali

It neither removes the Malays’ fear of losing their dominance nor satisfies the non-Malays’ hunger for equal treatment. Helen Ang, Free Malaysia TodayThe peremptory sacking of Hasan Ali cannot paper…