1MDB, as horrific as it was, was only the tip of the iceberg, part of a pattern of systematic plunder that has plagued the nation for decades. Worryingly, it is an iceberg that many of today’s…

BY SELVARAJA SOMIAH The question is not just whether it is legally right because even legally it is highly questionable. Just because the 3 Appeal Court Judges accepted the Preliminary…

Joe Samad, Free Malaysia Today On Jan 1, 2020, Malaysia should have been ushered into the ranks of developed nations, according to Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Vision 2020. Vision 2020, conceived…

(Mysinchew) - Lush and sunny year round with breathtaking scenery and free from natural disasters, Malaysia is a veritable paradise on earth. The country’s multiracial population and her…

More Malaysian Muslims should strive to be progressive and liberal. Muslim civil society groups should declare themselves liberal and reformist organisations. Sharifah Munirah Alatas, Free…

FRANCIS PAUL SIAH However PKR president Anwar Ibrahim attempts to put his house in order, including his latest “Don’t test my patience” warning to anyone who bothers to listen, his efforts are…

The Pakatan Harapan (PH) government promised to review laws that discriminate against women, yet these policies have remained untouched. Jasmine Cho, Free Malaysia Today On the surface,…

Prof Datuk Dr Ramlah Adam, Ismaweb Pada 12 Julai 1973 kira-kira jam 9 malam, enam pengganas komunis telah merempuh masuk ke dalam rumah seorang pegawai polis bernama ASP Chin Chin Kooi di…

To sack Lim and Jailani from PKR for walking out of the Melaka state assembly when it mattered the most could mean a backdoor entry for the Umno-led Barisan Nasional to take control of the state…

Dennis Ignatius, Free Malaysia Today Is Malaysia’s foreign policy becoming increasingly erratic under the administration of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad? That is a question that must…

Calvin Sankaran, Free Malaysia Today Quantitatively, the results of the Tanjung Piai by-election make little difference. But in the strategic political calculus, the outcome carried enormous…

I do not believe in the concept of unity. I despise overt shows of patriotism and nationalism breeds injustice and intolerance over anything else. Erna Mahyuni, The Malay Mail Online I…

P Ramasamy, Free Malaysia Today So, we finally are led to believe that the two dominant perceptions were the ones that caused the defeat of Pakatan Harapan in the Tanjung Piai by-election…

Reshuffling the Cabinet now will not solve some of the predicaments faced by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. Even Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad recognises this. Moaz Nair, Free…

Zainal Epi, Malay Mail Online Datuk Seri Azmin Ali seems to be caught in a circle of fire he created; rapid changes in the political scene may just cause him to be “burned” instead of elevating…

Sources at the dinner party said that more Umno MPs could be expected to openly come forward to declare support for Dr Mahathir in the coming days. Joceline Tan, The Star IT was raining cats…

Mahathir is now perceived as the scapegoat. His unpopularity is a liability to the survival of the PH government. Murray Hunter, Asia Sentinel By-elections are the traditional arena where…

Anil Netto , Free Malaysia Today Pakatan Harapan’s defeat to Barisan Nasional in yesterday’s Tanjung Piai polls was the most predictable of all the by-elections held since the 2018 general…

A. Kathirasen, Free Malaysia Today The victory of Wee Jeck Seng in the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election appears to have thrown a lifeline to both the MCA and the Barisan Nasional. The…

All the secrecy over the actual content of the charter is because Umno and PAS want to make sure Umno’s allies MCA and MIC are kept in the dark at least for now, as both parties will not be happy…

Taking revenge in Tanjung Piai, by voting for Barisan Nasional (BN), is an unnecessarily self-destructive over-reaction to punish Pakatan Harapan (PH) for not fulfilling its manifesto. Mariam…

I do not remember any statement of MCA that would make me think that it was a racist party. But, the MCA leadership is the one showing very little for it to be considered a party with strong…

Backing for Pakatan Harapan in the country’s southernmost area seems to be eroding. Philip Golingai, The Star AT the Tanjung Piai National Park, there’s a sign where tourists take their…

Asalkan boleh mengkorap, Melayu akan mengkorup. Faisal Tehrani, Free Malaysia Today Baru-baru ini ada pelajar bertanya kepada saya, mengapakah terdapat gejala rasuah yang begitu berakar dan…

It is still early days in the Tanjung Piai by-election campaign, but the signs are that the Chinese mood is at its most unsettled since the 14th General Election. Joceline Tan, The Star THE…

Is he saying or accusing the MCA candidate and the MCA itself as being “owed” by Umno-PAS, that the MCA man is just a “symbol” or a “figurehead”? Mohsin Abdullah, Sin Chew Daily A friend of…

Who controls or polices the police? Assemblyman Saari Sungib said that when being interrogated by the Special Branch during his ISA detention, the SB told him that the police could determine the…

For many PPBM ministers, the succession issue is very much a fight for political survival; most will almost certainly be culled from the cabinet to make room for Anwar’s team. Dennis Ignatius,…

Zainal Epi, MMO The rumour mill is in overdrive in Malaysia Baharu, that is if you care about political gossip. Well, let’s say we all do give a hoot, but for the uninitiated, there has been…

Given the fluid nature of coalition-making and weak party discipline, the question of who will become PM is now no longer simply a coalition decision, but a parliamentary one. Ooi Kok Hin, The…