Malaysia’s tax system has become a mess of ad-hoc taxes most of which are legacies from previous governments. The time is ripe for a bonfire of taxes and a simpler system for everyone. Geoffrey…

Maybe PN politicians just want to play politics. When censured by the Speaker, and asked to retract the remarks, Wan Saiful easily complied. Mariam Mokhtar Wan Saiful Wan Jan, the Perikatan…

Preparing for hard times ahead Murray Hunter With the latest World Bank’s forecast warning that most economies will grow much slower in 2024 and 2025, Malaysia must be very cautious as the local…

Nehru Sathiamoorthy After hearing the Agong’s speech during the opening of the Dewan Rakyat, Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim has called out the new Agong, by saying that the Agong has crossed the…

Nehru Sathiamoorthy After hearing the Agong’s speech during the opening of the Dewan Rakyat, Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim has called out the new Agong, by saying that the Agong has crossed the…

The people who attended the Bersih rally all come from his support base. Just look at their picture. These are not PN supporters, these are all PH supporters. Nehru Sathiamoorthy The Bersih…

It is indeed strange to hear Anwar refer to Taib as a “respected statesman”, when he has been railing against Mahathir and Daim, for allegedly doing the very same thing that Taib has been accused of…

The leaders of the ancien régime, will likely be retaliating against Anwar’s action, by selling off their assets in Malaysia in order to trigger a loss of confidence in the ringgit. Nehru…

Economics doesn’t always provide precise answers Murray Hunter The Malaysian Ringgit has fallen 4.8 percent this year and we have not even reached the end of February. The Ringgit briefly…

Need policies that enhance communities Murray Hunter With a drought prevailing across south-east Asia, leading to irrigation water shortages and declining production, it has long been evident…

Lim Teck Ghee Coming shortly is an economic congress that may be a little different from those held in the past. But will it have the potential to be a gamechanger in the political economy as…

By Mihar Dias, https://newswav.com/ In the world of Malaysian politics, promises are as abundant as they are unfulfilled. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's recent rhetoric about…

As much as the ethnic Chinese citizens of Malaysia have a right to preserve their past, all of us today have a reciprocal duty to preserve and celebrate our honest history By Zarazilah Mohd Ali,…

Many of the companies the BlackRock equity fund holds equity, are members of the WEF, in their own right. This includes CIMB Holdings, Tenaga Nasional, and Petronas. Murray Hunter BlackRock is a…

They have no answers to any of nation’s problems. They are divisive, intolerant and regressive. It will be a dark day for Malaysia if they were to take power in Putrajaya. Dennis Ignatius In the…

Dalam mengejar kerjasama Umno hidupkan semula MN, persetujuan Bersatu diabaikan PAS. (FMT) - Cadangan Hashim Jasin memujuk Umno untuk bersetuju bekerjasama menghidupkan kembali Muafakat Nasional…

The reliance on alliance parties like the Barisan Nasional and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah means Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s hands are bound when it comes to implementing reforms as political…

Greed has cost the Rakyat of Selangor RM 3.28 billion Murray Hunter An estimated RM 30 million upgrade of the Stadium Shah Alam has been turned into an unnecessary RM 3.28 billion commercial…

The exclusion of non-Bumiputeras from the congress has led to missed opportunities for collaboration and mutual understanding among Malaysia’s diverse ethnic groups. From Kua Kia Soong, Free…

Malaysia’s skewed quota system, preferential treatment, and exclusive rights for one community, have stoked the fires of racism. Shankar R. Santhiram A few days ago, a Malaysian Indian lady…

PAS had the opportunity to push forward with its Islamist agenda when it joined Muhyiddin’s rise to power after a mess of a political coup in 2020. Though they were in office for two years, there…

If DAP leaders think that playing nice with UMNO will help them advance their own political agenda, they are going to be disappointed. UMNO has not changed; they still have an oversized sense of…

The so-called ‘Chinese New Villages’, initially meant to curb communist insurgency, were nothing short of concentration camps. From Kua Kia Soong, Free Malaysia Today The proposal by housing and…

No matter what, it will be Malay heroes who will be taking the lion’s share of honours, positions and authority in PKR just as it will be the Chinese heroes that will be taking the best of what DAP…

The real financial implications of the Shah Alam Stadium project have not even been determined by the Selangor government Murray Hunter A number of documents were viewed and found to indicate…

Kenyataan satu muka surat Lembaga Pengampunan berhubung hukuman penjara Najib Razak telah mencetuskan perbezaan pendapat di kalangan orang ramai. (Mkini) - Ramai kecewa dengan keputusan…

Recent Najib commutation highlights two-tier system of justice Murray Hunter The recent commutation of former prime minister and convicted felon Najib Razak’s prison sentence on the last day of…

The controversial halving of Najib Razak’s 12-year sentence, related to the 1MDB corruption scandal, appears to be a boon to multiple stakeholders, says an ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute senior…

'The criteria for a pardon arises when a prisoner has served one third of his sentence and does not have other pending criminal cases’: Tommy Thomas By Dominic Damian The next elections were…