Of Muftis and Gymnasts

S. N. This letter stems from the recent Gold Medal achievement of national gymnast Farah Ann Abdul Hadi. But the weight of this letter is for those in Malaysia who think that they have the…

More investments by 1MDB

Dr Mahathir Mohamad 1. 1MDB entered into a JV with Petro Saudi. It is not a Saudi Government company. 1MDB paid USD 1billlion as its 60% share of the JV. As far as can be ascertained Petro…

HR, the Prime Minister’s Boffin Boy

Anyway, the order from the ranks of the pro-Mahathir-anti-Najib team is ‘Get HR!’ But how do you get a man you can hardly see and who is like a ghost in the shadows? You cannot kill an invisible…

PasMa to save Azmin

Umar Mukhtar With the announcement that PasMa will transform itself from a Pakatan Rakyat NGO into a political party, the creation of Pakatan Rakyat Baru is nearer to being a reality. With the…

Political quake in Pakatan

DAP leaders only like to work with liberal-minded Malays who share the DAP way of thinking. The joke is that DAP only likes Malays who think and behave like the Chinese. Joceline Tan, The Star…

Your next move, PAS?

Hafiz Marzukhi,Astro Awani While most parents do not encourage their children to spend too much time playing games, my mother, on the other hand, prodded me to master this one traditional board…

I am a terrorist because of you

And if you whack Islam of course I can whack Christianity and call it a silly religion. That is what you get for terrorising me. Fook your ‘turn the other cheek’ dogma. I prefer ‘an eye for an…

1MDB and the sodomy case of 1998

Salleh Said Keruak I remember back in September 1998 when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad went on national TV to accuse Anwar Ibrahim of sexual misconduct with men and women. Dr Mahathir described in…

Blowing up legacies? You kidding me!

Umar Mukhtar So now we know. The legacy of a nation's leader, according to Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, are all those manifested in materialistic cement and mortar things that money can buy, which he…

Get a load of this, Teresa Kok

So what are you now going to say about this government department in Malaga in Catholic Spain, Teresa Kok, that they are trying to turn the office into a Cathedral? NO HOLDS BARRED Raja…

English, the universal currency

(The Star) - English schools are neutral grounds. We used to have such schools in Malaysia until it was changed. Was there any problem then? Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar is…

The dignity of the office

Salleh Said Keruak There is such a thing called the dignity of the office. For example, in the military you salute the uniform and not the person. That means the rank of that person is given…

Arul, sue or shut the fook up

So, Arul, sue, or else people will think you really are a liar and are speaking Tamil like you are being accused of doing and if they happen to see you standing beside a snake they might whack you…

History of the 1MDB

SeaDemon Says 1MDB’s origins can be traced to the 2008 general election, which saw the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN, National Front Federal Government) losing its two-thirds majority. The BN…

Dialog PM Bersama NGO-NGO

Najib Razak Pada 19 Mei 2015, saya telah menerima jemputan untuk hadir ke satu majlis dialog tertutup bersama NGO NGO yang ditentukan oleh pihak penganjur iaitu Sukaguam dan JASA. Saya hargai…

When it becomes libel and slander

Salleh Said Keruak Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called Arul Kanda Kandasamy a liar. That is a very serious allegation and tantamount to libel and slander and is not something you accuse someone…

Mahathir the fading dinosaur

Umar Mukhtar Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad did not say that Najib Razak has to resign from being the Prime Minister because he could not prove that money was not lost from 1MDB, the company Najib…

The PAS-UMNO Marriage

Art Harun That PAS has long desired to bed UMNO is no secret. It is no more a surreptitious act. The dates between the two are no more arranged in dark secret places. If they are a couple in…