Viswaree Palansamy, TMI Bersih co-chairperson Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan (pic) wants Putrajaya to put on hold the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2013, and to agree not to gazette it until further…

(MM) - A coalition of Muslim groups accused human rights lobbyist Comango of being an illegitimate and foreign-funded organisation, in a move believed timed for Malaysia’s turn at the United Nations…

 Michelle Tam, The Star  Both bouquets and brickbats will be hurled at the goods and services tax (GST) if it is introduced in this Friday’s budget.

(The Star) - This budget, the government is expected to announce the new amount that will be given out under the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) scheme and Alliance Investment Bank Bhd chief …

(TMI) - PAS menggesa agar tuntutan-tuntutan bercanggah dengan Perlembagaan dan amalan ajaran Islam di negara ini yang dibawa oleh badan bukan kerajaan hak asasi manusia (Comango) ke Proses Semakan…

Tweets between a former Anwar aid and Ambiga suggest that a debate is in the making on issues related to the People’s Tribunal Athi Shankar, FMT Bersih co-chairperson S Ambiga is set to debate Yuktes…

Suaram wants the British government to review its business ties with Malaysia and to urgently look into the allegations of electoral fraud, corruption and human rights abuse. P Ramani, FMT Human…

 It seems rising public debt has set the alarm bells ringing and necessitates such urgency. Government debt is at a relatively high 53% of gross domestic product as a result of continuous budget…

 (Aliran) - The three judgments are poorly reasoned, the law misread and the conclusions reached would baffle any right-thinking student anywhere in the common law, says Tommy Thomas.The sustained…

 Dr Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM AdviserThe tragedy and disaster at the Bertam Valley, Cameron Highlands should be an eye-opener for Malaysians who have allowed the government to push through one mega dam…

 So, what’s in a name really? Sadly, in Malaysia, more often than not, our names help others to identify our ethnicity right away. And sometimes, our religious beliefs, too. All this does not augur…

 The Malaysian Government has done well in apprehending Mme. Lena Hendry and her accomplices who are none but sycophants of those behind the Team Four Documentary whose agendas appear to be sourced,…

 (The Diplomat) - Government expenditure is the highest among the five biggest Southeast Asian economies, accounting for nearly 27 percent of GDP, while Malaysia also has the highest civil servant to…

 The inclusion of migrant smuggling and organized crime into the definition of security offences is an act of laziness to transform the term ‘security offences’ into a ‘catch all’ category where…

 It would appear that in the first 52 years of the nation’s history under the first five Prime Ministers, there is greater confidence in Malaysians than on foreigners or foreign consultants in their…

 This business of the police losing guns is shocking and shameful. It compounds the public perception of their incompetence at battling crime. Kee Thuan Chye

 The country's own human rights commission, which will send a delegation to Geneva, has already warned that the latest law enforcement legislation will "open the country to scrutiny and criticism by…

Tanjong Karang MP Noh Omar asks opposition MPs whether they support homosexuality, which caused an uproar in the house.Alyaa Azhar, FMT

(Bernama) - Bank Negara Malaysia will amend the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act to further strengthen the financial system.

 (Reuters) - Malaysia's self-styled image as a global leader of moderate Islam has been undermined by a court ruling that only Muslims can use the word "Allah" to refer to God, with a growing number…

(The Star) - Embattled former Kelantan government senior exco member Datuk Husam Musa appeared before top PAS leaders for two hours to explain his recent outburst against the state government.

(TMI) - PAS, PKR and DAP have turned the screws on Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid by sending a memorandum urging him not to be stingy with the state's growing cash reserve.

(MM) - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s silence so far in the aftermath of his son’s loss during last weekend’s Umno polls has not surprised many political observers here who believe that this time, the…

(MM) - Umno’s struggle to keep “Allah” exclusive to Muslims had merely been tailored for the polls, PAS’s Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has suggested, noting how party leaders have appeared less keen…

 (fz.com) - The 44 missing guns highlighted in the Auditor-General's Report 2012 are not lost at sea as claimed by the police top brass but in toilets, among other places. 

 (Bernama) - Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Mohamad Radzi said that according to reports by the United States Department's US Trafficking in Persons (TIP), Malaysia might…

 Which system is more likely to discourage money politics? If every one of the 146,500 votes were to count, wouldn’t it be much harder for candidates to buy even half that number than if it were a…

(BFM) - "That you can control people's ideas, their behaviour, their faith and their minds simply by trying to control the words that they use, is absurd. It is an embarrassment to a modern,…

 (TMI) - State-linked Malaysian firms are buying up London properties at inflated prices in an otherwise stagnant United Kingdom property market, raising fears that a meltdown could wipe away millions…

 Ravinder Singh, TMI Sorry to say that both PAS MP Nasruddin Hassan Tantawi and DAP’s Raub MP Ariff Sabri are wrong about what Shariah law could achieve that our criminal law has failed to. Their…