Malay waves, not tsunami

Wong Chun Wai, The Star THERE is dissatisfaction among Malay voters, especially those living in urban constituencies in the Klang Valley, where griping about the high cost of living and…

Two worlds in Batu Pahat

Joceline Tan, The Star IT was almost midnight, we were coming out of Starbucks in Batu Pahat when a sleek black Porche whizzed past us. It was a Porsche Carrera and, according to local…

Why I am unapologetic

We freed ourselves from the British, but both Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) still use divide-and-rule strategies. This has allowed them to get away with having vague or no positions…

Anwar mediated PKR candidates list

What happened in the last few days was being done with an eye on the party election that is due to take place later this year. The Dr Wan Azizah-Rafizi camp wants their people as YBs so that their…

Crisis brewing in Selangor

Joceline Tan, The Star A crisis over the PKR candidate list in the Klang Valley is threatening to boil over amid pressure for an urgent meeting between party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah…

Long wait for Malay momentum

The west coast Chinese folk tend to look down on PAS. They see it as a kampung party because they do not understand the Malay psyche nor do they agree with the religion. But the election candidates…

In the mood for lies

Philip Golingai The Star THERE’S a photograph on the Internet that is the perfect tool if you want to fool the public. It shows a brown box containing thousands of ringgit – some say half a…

Is Kit Siang going for broke in JB?

Joceline Tan, The Star DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has always been difficult to read and he has been super coy about where he will be contesting in the general election. Speculation that he will…

A vote spoilt is a vote wasted

Who most stands to benefit from a well-organised, well-exposed campaign aimed at young, urban voters, who are overwhelmingly anti-establishment, to spoil their votes. Chew Jian Li, Free…

Will Langkawi support Dr M?

DAP is heavily invested in Dr Mahathir because they need the Malay tsunami to make the Chinese voters believe that the Government will fall and persuade them to come along in greater numbers.…

Down to the wire with the Malays

If the Barisan continues to get the mandate, as expected, DAP could end up occupying the biggest seats on the opposition bench since the rest of the Malay parties are generally untested, with PKR…

Chinese dilemma in Johor

Joceline Tan, The Star A week is a long time in politics and what a week it has been in the politics of Johor – from the Crown Prince’s controversial statement on the politics of his state to…

BN only sees blue skies

(MMO) - “We promise to be good, and we will share the love” That’s probably the gist of Barisan Nasional’s manifesto for the upcoming elections, which is long on general intentions and short on…

Why Malays cannot unite

By Mansor bin Puteh Of course a study on why Melayu have problems to unite, despite professing a single religion of Islam, unfortunately has never been done by anyone before, not even in the…