Why must Umno do that?

Salleh Said Keruak Lim Kit Siang asked whether Umno is prepared to open its membership to non-Malays. This is actually a non-issue because Umno has never claimed to be a multi-racial party…

DAP is bodoh-sombong

In the previous general election, PAS offered DAP to contest the election under their (PAS) banner. Maybe in the next general election DAP can contest under Amanah’s banner instead considering…

DAP’s Malay Dilemma

Soo Wern Jun, The Heat Most recently Malay rights group Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said DAP is still a Chinese party since Malays do not even make up 30% of leadership positions in the…

Winning not one but all the races

We need to accept the fact that ours is a plural society – with all its good and bad. Our leaders must remember that they are leaders of all Malaysians. They must win the hearts of all races, not…

Be rational and honest about TPPA

Munir Majid, The Star THE Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a huge commitment and it is unsurprising it has engaged enormous public interest. The debate over it, however, will only…

Enough with words, Mahathir

Zulhilmi Zainal, Free Malaysia Today Despite all the accusations and criticisms being levelled at Prime Minister Najib Razak, his power over Umno and the government seems to grow stronger by the…

Of syrup, cendol and ‘martyrdom’

Muslims get their own designated spaces like religious schools, where they never interact with other people. Consequently, they become very parochial in their outlook and insular in their…

Can Najib become Tun Razak’s son?

So, yes, Tun Razak, my father, and many Malays of that time, were very different from the Malays of today. And this is something that I would like to tell Najib. I try as much as I can to be my…

The anxiety of Chinese Malaysians

There are fewer than three dozens out of 222 parliamentary constituencies where the Chinese can claim majority, and this number will only go down as the years go by. Tay Tian Yan Translated…

How much did Najib pay Syed Ali?

Many have forgotten that when Dr Mahathir launched his attack on the then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2006 the damage to Barisan Nasional in the 2008 general election was very…

Akhirnya penjelasan perlu memuaskan

Semua ini bertitik tolak dari kegagalan atau ketidak upayaan pihak berwajib menjawab dengan tepat, cepat dan mudah difahami. Snapshot 2016 KOMENTAR Bulletin Sengal menulis berikut dalam…

Haram kerja di kedai fotostat

Xifu, Sinar Harian HARAM tetap haram. Hukumnya jelas. Tetapi mindset haram kita tidak semudah itu. Ia adalah lebih tertakluk kepada satu wacana perdana agama (Mainstream Religious Discourse)…

Melayu tak bodoh jadi boneka

Apa formula DAP ada sampai boleh buat Melayu jadi boneka? Faridz Ridzwan, Free Malaysia Today Baru-baru ini pemimpin lama DAP, Lim Kit Siang mendedahkan statistik yang Melayu tetap berkuasa…

DAP’s Malaysian Dream

On the 9th of January 2016, I had the good fortune of attending the historic Pakatan Harapan’s leadership conference of which the common policy framework (CPF) in the form of the Pakatan Harapan…