For the past few years, it appeared like DAP had emerged as the party that could put Umno in its place. What DAP failed to appreciate was that they were able to do that partly due to the back-up…

Former premier wants the by-elections to be a referendum on the Prime Minister but he did not look pleased when asked what if Umno wins both seats on June 18. Joceline Tan, The Star IT was…

Eddie Hoo, The Heat Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has urged leaders of political parties not to touch on race and religion during the Sungai Besar and Kuala…

Joceline Tan, The Star AMANAH president Mohamad Sabu finally rolled into town yesterday. The Pakatan Harapan campaign team had wondered where he had gone to because he is, after all, the…

Umar Mukhtar There are many kinds of morons. The dangerous ones are the ones who, out of the quirks of the selection process, became the people's trustees and speak out to remove all doubts…

The Third Force DAP Secretary-general Lim Kit Siang expressed shock today when he learnt what MCA had recently told Kuala Kangsar voters. According to him, the electorate was informed that the…

Salleh Buang, NST Is history repeating itself in Selangor? Are we witnessing the beginning of the second phase of Langkah Kajang (Kajang Move)? In 2014, a political manoeuvre known as…

How many of us realised that the National Security Council (NSC) Bill 2015 was sinisterly being etched as law - paddling us on our behinds - as we vented and raved about the hudud issue - which…

Malaysians seem to be emotional thinkers. One day we condemn harsh punishments and the next day we say we desire them. Saleh Mohammed, Free Malaysia Today The reactions of Malaysians to…

Umar Mukhtar It is the opinion of legal thinkers that the National Security Council law can be stretched to outrageous limits beyond one's imagination. However, the present supporters of the…

Why has DAP skirted the hudud issue in the campaign? The reason is that Amanah also supports hudud law and DAP does not and cannot answer why it is still sitting with PAS in Selangor government.…

Shad Saleem Faruqi, The Star UNDER the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965, the sentencing power of the syariah courts is limited to RM5,000 fine, six lashes and three years’ jail.…

When laws made by man in the name of religion are once part of the law books, any attempt to amend or repeal them becomes difficult if not impossible, as such an attempt is considered an affront…

Ultra vires state laws are hardly challenged in the courts. In the rare application for judicial review, the superior civil courts are generally reluctant to invalidate laws passed in the name of…

Shamsher Singh Thind, Free Malaysia Today The presidents of MCA, MIC and Gerakan have threatened to quit the Cabinet if the private member’s bill tabled by Abdul Hadi Awang is passed. Lucky for…

Steven Thiru, Malay Mail Online The Malaysian Bar is extremely concerned over recent attempts by certain parties to ignore or reject entrenched principles in our supreme law, namely the Federal…

With the Government owning 79% of Proton, the haemorrhage will continue unless the Government, the controlling shareholder makes some drastic changes to the current existing system of producing…

Sin Chew Daily Both Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar are Malay-predominant constituencies. As a result, Umno and PAS will harness the racial and religious cards to win the elections while Pakatan…

Umar Mukhtar I live in a country that will never be the most powerful in the world, nor richest, nor the most beautiful nor the most law-abiding. There are some things out of our hands. But the…

That Islam—a completely different religion with a completely different founding and evolution—should follow a course similar to that of Christianity is itself an odd presumption. We aren’t all the…

Preacher Zakir Naik's reception by the government contrasted sharply to the one received by another preacher Abdullahi an-Naim. Lim Teck Ghee, The Heat Malaysia Recently we had two…

The bill was at the bottom of the order paper. For it to take precedence over 14 other government bills – only Umno could make this happen. P. Ramakrishnan, Free Malaysia Today Those…

Umar Mukhtar What the PKR vice-president Shamsul Iskandar said in his statement yesterday hit the nail right on the head. The PAS TG Hadi Awang's private member's bill manoeuvred hurriedly by…

It must go beyond rhetoric to prove that it is truly a party for all. Robin Augustin, Free Malaysia Today When PAS announced that it would be the “third force” in Malaysian politics, not…

Eddie Hoo, The Heat Malaysia Even a child knows that it wrong to speak ill of the dead. The boundaries of what can and can’t be said are clear cut. A child can also tell it is wrong to wish…

Kenangan bersama rakyat selama 27 tahun yang akan terpahat di setiap hati warga Kuala Kangsar sebab terlalu banyak bakti allahyarham Dato Wan Khair-il dan Mastura telah taburkan Yasmin Mohd…

Umar Mukhtar I am a Muslim and it is incumbent upon me to strive to have Sharia law governing the lives of Muslims everywhere. As it is, my personal life is already governed by Sharia law…

Kini Mahathir pula yang marah dengan rasuah. “Pegawai kerajaan sekarang pun ambil duit sebab dia tengok pemimpin boleh ambil berbilion, tak kan dia tak boleh ambil sejuta, dua?” Izmil Amri,…

When elected reps are compelled to take sides based on their religious affiliations, what we are going to have is no longer a political rivalry but religious rivalry which will eventually tear up…

The Third Force Have you ever stood next to a pile of rubbish? When you do that, you will encounter an extremely pungent and pervasive stench that hangs in the air. It’s no wonder that in Kuala…