Sarawak police raided a village and detained five people whose names were not even in the report filed by a plantation company for allegedly burning a bridge.  Joseph Tawie, FMT KUCHING: Some 500…

The DAP-helmed state government is expected to retain the state in the next general election but observers claim that their rivals will perform better. Hawkeye, FMT Pakatan Rakyat remains in pole…

Baharudin Ali Masrom Al-Haj @ BAM AL-HAJ Setiap kali membaca akhbar tentang politik, fikiran saya sering terganggu. Letih dan membosankan. Politik kita makin tajam. Pandangan saya tentang politik…

KTEMOC KONSIDERS I read with much delight RPK’s The art of silat, which reveals to us a bit on Ling Liong Sik’s mulling about Chinese (presumably Chinese Malaysians) and their approach to politics.

Sabah possesses the largest number of migrant workers in Malaysia, exceeding even Selangor. One simple question, “Why would the poorest state in Malaysia have such a large number, even to the…

"You Chinese, kan? Tak boleh," Lee Yan Lin

 I knew it was RM35 million. I wanted them to confirm that it was RM35 million. And I wanted them to remain silent about the amount of money collected and about the status and details of the land. So…

 Actually, the pro-Umno Bloggers are wrong. PKR started its expose only in June 2012, less than two months ago. Malaysia Today already revealed the links between Tan Kay Hock and Najib more than two…

How does the presumption work, you may ask. In Court, in a drug trafficking case, the prosecution just needs to prove that the accused was caught having in his or her possession say, 18 grammes of…

Dr Mahathir is probably the greatest politician our country ever had or will ever produce. But Malaysia needs statesmen, not politicians. Not Anwar, who, for all his showboating, achieved little…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Senior PAS member Nasharudin Mat Isa should quit his Bachok seat if he wishes to oppose PAS over its Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partnership, the party’s Kelantan Youth wing has…

September is the only avenue opened for Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to call for the polls, the first under his leadership. Selena Tay, FMT The month of September will be upon us in a little more…

The RCI on illegal immigrants in Sabah may just be a ruse to win over voters.Joe Fernandez, FMT There may be some method in Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s madness, after all, if the just-announced…

FMT LETTER, From Kevin Fernandez, via e-mail In Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK)’s recent three episode exposé of the PI Bala’s disposition as a card carrier for Abdul Razak Baginda is rather…

PAS and Beaufort MP Lajim Ukin are expected to announce the defection of more Sabah leaders after Hari Raya.  (FMT) - KOTA KINABALU: PAS is preparing itself to receive several Sabah leaders into its…

Former KL CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim says that the prime minister should challenge the statutory declaration made by PI Bala that linked him to Altantuya Shaariibuu.  Teoh El Sen, FMT The…

The Malays say: kawan jadi lawan, lawan jadi kawan. This means friends become enemies and enemies become friends. So you never sleep with both eyes closed when sharing the same pillow with a rakan…

 I think it is most likely there is only one Razak Baginda, one Jasbir Singh Chahl and one P. Balasubramaniam. I was told the Jasbir Singh Chahl is the same person although Suaram is not too sure and…

Why does a debate on patriotism, deriving from the Greek word, 'patriarch' meaning 'fatherland' can easily shake, rattle and roll human reactions? Did something go wrong? Was there a turning point…

Subky Latif, HarakahPendirian PAS tentang sikap DAP menolak hudud dapat diterima, tetapi penolakan Umno yang terdiri daripada orang Islam terhadap hudud tidak dapat diterima.

(Bernama) - Barisan Nasional (BN) is expected to face a "tough fight" in the much awaited 13th general election to maintain better majority although it has its advantage of being the party that…

Loh Seng Kok PAS has been sharpening its teeth in preparation of its plan to implement hudud law in Malaysia since its attempt to implement it in both Kelantan and Terengganu, and to counter the…

Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Karpal Singh and Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Shad Saleem FaruqiCHOPPING OF HANDS: Law allowing death by hanging more cruel, says Nik AzizSULAIMAN JAAFAR AND RAHMAH GHAZALI,…

(NST) - A lawyer implicated in the latest expose involving funding for Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) has declined to comment on the matter.

Amin Iskandar, The Malaysian Insider Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is confident of winning at least four more state seats in Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Malacca fortress, and also the Bukit Katil parliamentary…

If this is inadequate or unsuitable, then other measures such as recruiting temporary or permanent staff can be considered. - Tan Sri Mahmood Adam (The Star) - More non-bumiputra will be appointed…

(The Star) - The Selangor Government has denied that it had instructed its subsidiary to reduce treated water production at the Sungai Semenyih plant.

With hudud no longer on board PAS’ political agenda this coming general election, PAS could now focus her election machinery to embrace an inclusive Islamic agenda affecting the rakyat. Dr…

TAY TIAN YAN, Sin Chew Daily Contrary to many people's negative response, I look at the formation of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into Sabah's long-standing illegal immigrants problem in a…

Press statement by Sivarasa Rasiah in response to the scandalous lies of Raja Petra Kamarudin  I refer to Raja Petra’s article published on his blog…