KL: No ceasefire, wipe out all militants

 (PhilStar) - The sultanate is willing to swap captives with the Malaysian security forces who are in custody of 10 members of the so-called royal sultanate army. Kiram’s civilian supporters,…

Irritated by beliefs

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad once said that Malaysia is not ready to become a full democracy. Malaysia can only be a ‘guided’ democracy, as what Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore said. This means the people…

Is Dr M really the devil?

The country's public institutions could not have been ravaged without the blessing of the electorate, especially the non-Malays.G Vinod, FMT Dr Mahathir Mohamad, that name itself would evoke strong…

Maika Holdings Saga

 Using the Maika Holdings money, the gang bought into well-run companies and turned them upside down by appointing their own people to run these companies, squandering away the profits with luxurious…

The death of duty

Is it far-fetched to assume that officials who neglected their sworn duty helped spawn the current mess in Sabah? A. Kathirasen, NST 

Why ethics matter in reporting

 The girls came from lower-income households and lived in a red-light district where rent was cheap. The day after they were interviewed, the papers published their photograph. The article that…

Securing our borders

 Historically, Singapore and Malaysia can boast even closer ties, but once the countries separated, Singapore at least ensures its borders are very well policed. No matter how regular a visitor you…

Umno Incorporated (part 4)

In Realmild’s accounts, the money appeared as a loan to the company from the shareholders of the company. Then the ‘loan’ was wiped out or written off in exchange for another company…

So what is our foreign policy?

Israel did not create itself. Israel was created by the colonial powers that also engineered the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. And the Sykes–Picot Agreement plus the Balfour Declaration were…