Hazlan Zakaria, The Ant Daily In itself, the purchase of the Tun Razak EXchange (TRX) land by pilgrimage fund Tabung Haji is probably not technically wrong nor questionable on the surface,…

Aziz Bari, The Ant Daily Over the past fortnight, Prime Minister Najib Razak has been staging a fightback and at some points he seems to be having the upper hand. That is quite natural given…

Umar Mukhtar Or a cabinet of shadows, or a cabinet of shadowy characters, or shadows in the cabinet, or whatever. If it meant that Pakatan Rakyat was striving to choose from among themselves …

Hazlan Zakaria, The Ant Daily More than just making an announcement, the newly minted Opposition Leader must show real action and commitment to the creation of a functioning shadow cabinet…

Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today A shadow cabinet. An interesting idea, to be sure. After all, Pakatan Rakyat prides itself on ideas that could be alternatives to government policies, and a shadow…

If he fails to secure those reforms, he will have to contend with the scorn of the rakyat, who are firmly behind Mahathir, and Mahathir himself, who is unlikely to forget the humiliation. …

The PAS chief cannot claim veto power and distort the Opposition’s stand on hudud. Lin KayKay, Free Malaysia Today DAP elder statesman Lim Kit Siang has been left wondering whether anger was…

Why can't we wait until we beat Najib, which Mahathir said is a sure thing, at the coming PRU14 General Elections, and choose a new leader from among ourselves? Why help to replace Najib with a…

The understanding is that Najib has been given a grace period of a month or so to sort out the 1MDB or 1Malaysia Development Bhd conundrum. Joceline Tan, The Star DATUK Seri Najib Tun Razak…

Christopher Fernandez, The Ant Daily In comparison with advanced and developed countries around the world, Malaysia is a relatively young nation with a bulk Malay population from which emerge…

The truth is, Islam has never condoned violence against women, not even by way of the humble handkerchief Fa Abdul, Free Malaysia Today A good clean handkerchief can come in handy in many…

We must pressure our government to accept the boatloads of Rohingya and Bangladeshis who have reached our shores Fa Abdul, Free Malaysia Today I once spoke to a 10-year-old girl who told me…

His three roles as PM, Finance Minister and 1MDB Advisory Chairman is the grand daddy of all conflicts of interests. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today The Cabinet members would probably not…

Is the government too preoccupied with defending 1MDB to give enough focus to governing the country? Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today We’ve come to a point where every news organisation in town…

Umar Mukhtar Free Malaysia Today's Calvin Sankaran did some detective work and concluded that Sarawak Report set 1MDB up by fabricating and forging e-mails purportedly from 1MDB, Jho Low and…

Umar Mukhtar The report by Business Times of Singapore on the 13th of May that the Deutsche Bank-led loan to 1MDB of USD975 million may be called for payment by the syndicated lenders earlier…

Koon Yew Yin, Malay Mail Online A titanic power struggle is currently taking place in the country. In one corner of the ring is Dr. Mahathir and his mainly UMNO supporters who have decided to…

A multitude of Brutuses await with sharpened knives for the signal to end his career as Prime Minister. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today We learn a lot about a person’s character from the way…

Umar Mukhtar The TH-1MDB rushed land transaction was a clear sign of 1MDB's desperation in its scramble to pay its creditors. Why are its interest obligations beyond its means? Wasn't there any…

Ian McIntyre, The Ant Daily There is a saying that fittingly describes the outcome of Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election that saw Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ‘regaining’ the seat. It goes…

Barely a day after the Permatang Pauh outcome, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin weighed in with his views on the 1MDB troubles, describing it as “toxic” and expressing concern that it might “explode”.…

The PM's successor will inherit a worn-out broom that will not sweep clean, thanks to a system tailored by Mahathir. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today Before the formal borders existed, and…

All signs seem to show that the situation is at breaking point, and many onlookers doubt that Najib will escape this time. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today The game between Mahathir and Najib…

Umar Mukhtar Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad may well have a beef against Najib Razak. He alleges many things. Najib's people in return alleges Mahathir of many things, too. Is the present national…

Umar Mukhtar Some thieves share the loot. They get help in the stealing and in their escape. So they share the loot with the accomplice who facilitated things. Of course, the accomplice gets…

Salehuddin Omar 1. Since Dr. Mahathir Mohamad decided he has enough of Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib Razak, he has taken the lead to galvanise the support of Umno and the rakyat to force…

Umar Mukhtar The winner of the by-election was Dr Wan Azizah of PKR after getting 31,000 over votes, beating the BN (UMNO) candidate who got 19,000 over votes by about 11,000 votes. Turnout was…

Usually, the PR MPs of that area will fork out their own money to pay private contractors to clean up the area. They also need to fork out their own money to help out flood and fire victims,…

It is hard to imagine Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail losing in Permatang Pauh but Pakatan Rakyat leaders are privately telling people it will be a wafer thin majority of win. Joceline Tan,…

In East Malaysia, the PKR and DAP alliance have completely cut ties with PAS. In West Malaysia, the same claims are made but thin strands are still attached between them, a relationship even they…