Ivanpal Singh Grewal, The Star As I write this column, I am travelling on a train from Paris to Amsterdam. One of the things I enjoy the most in my post-political life is being to travel freely…

The male sex video, up till this point, has produced no apparent winner, but rather two losers. Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily After a fierce round of fights, Anwar Ibrahim and Azmin Ali, like…

Anwar is very aware that his aspiration to become the next prime minister also rests on his ability to keep his party in one piece. People are not going to take him seriously if his party breaks…

S Thayaparan, Malaysiakini “They conclude it was an evil conspiracy to bring down the person in the video, whom they were not able to identify for sure. You can’t be more comical than this.” – …

Joceline Tan, The Star ANOTHER bombshell has just fallen – the sex video, which has dominated the headlines, is more likely to be authentic than a deepfake. The revelation will further…

Philip Golingai, The Star PEOPLE have asked me which television series best represents contemporary Malaysian politics. Some say it is Game of Thrones. For me, no. Yes, there are some…

Dennis Ignatius, Free Malaysia Today I was outside the gates of Parliament last week in support of a group of fishermen, environmentalists and concerned citizens protesting the Penang South…

There is danger everywhere for both Anwar and Azmin because the outcome of the police investigations will determine their political future. Joceline Tan, The Star IT has been one hot mess in…

Kua Kia Soong, Free Malaysia Today George Orwell once said: “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” Those who are in…

There were two groups in Umno then: one wanted to be inclusive and go slowly but surely with the Malay agenda. Another group wanted to push everything fast to ensure Malays were dominant. Among…

TK Chua, Free Malaysia Today Since the aborted debate between Najib Razak and Lim Kit Siang, the “running battles” between the two have continued unabated. It is true that the two are fixated…

P GUNASEGARAM, MALAYSIAKINI That there was a disconnect between Anwar Ibrahim’s PKR and Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Bersatu even before they joined forces to dispose of a common enemy in the form of…

Has MHA’s jurisdiction been taken over by MoF? Rosli Khan, Free Malaysia Today Tolled highways come under the jurisdiction of the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA), a government agency which…

Nathaniel Tan, The Star PRIME Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s latest call for Malays to unite under a single political party (his) has raised some eyebrows. At the heart of the matter is…

Farrah Hani Izzudin, Free Malaysia Today I refer to the FMT report, “Azmin booed at Felda event”. I must say that I was surprised by the crowd’s reaction. It speaks volumes about the psyche…

Pakatan has made many U-turns in the last one year. But if this is allowed to happen, it will be one U-turn too many and many Pakatan leaders are dead against it. But can they stop Dr Mahathir?…

It seems that these two politicians, like most divorced Hollywood superpower couples, face irreconcilable differences.  Philip Golingai, The Star LAST Sunday, an infographic showing where the 50…

The PAS-Umno alliance and the DAP-PPBM alliance shows what Malaysian politics has been reduced to: unholy alliances Wan Haron Wan Hassan , Free Malaysia Today Umno and PAS have formalised their…

Philip Golingai, The Star PAKATAN Harapan’s strange pre-GE14 arrangement may cause the fall of its government, said Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa . “When they faced GE14, they…

P. Ramasamy, Malaysiakini Are the promises made in the Pakatan Harapan manifesto false, unrealistic or crafted in anticipation of defeat in the last general election? Or is there simply a…

Abdul Hafiz It has been a sordid few weeks for Pakatan Harapan and Malaysia – the embarrassing father mother hardware software speech by Defence Minister Mat Sabu at the Shangri-La dialogue,…

Dennis Ignatius, Free Malaysia Today It’s been more than a year since our “new” government came to power. I was there outside the gates of Istana Negara, alongside thousands of other excited…

Rosli Khan, Free Malaysia Today Kelmarin, kawan saya yang agak rapat menghantar satu pesanan SMS dengan tajuk yang tersebut di atas. Dia agak marah dan kecewa kerana kerajaan Pakatan Harapan…

Leaders of the country must lead. They should not just think about winning the next election. Mohamed Awang Lah, Free Malaysia Today As a layman and non-partisan observer, I would like to…

The aftershocks from the pornographic videos — despite the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission’s (MCMC) best efforts to dissuade their spread — reveal severe fault-lines in the…

Unless he remains focused on nation building and is not sidetracked by politics of power and intra-party squabbling, he will find himself occupied with self-inflicted problems instead of…

Joceline Tan, The Star A FIERCE storm continues to swirl around Datuk Seri Azmin Ali but the Economic Affairs Minister has gone about his Hari Raya rounds as if all is normal in his work and…

Philip Golingai, The Star SEVEN days before his alleged sexual tryst with a cabinet minister, the accuser, Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz, posted on Facebook a group photograph of him and PKR…

Kua Kia Soong, Free Malaysia Today Given the way Dr Mahathir Mohamad is playing games over the exact moment when Anwar Ibrahim is to take over as prime minister, I would call upon Dr Wan Azizah…

Wan Haron Wan Hassan, Free Malaysia Today Pictures and videos of an individual resembling a federal minister involved in homosexual activities were recently shared on WhatsApp. They…