Why don’t they ever learn

Over 300 children died in accidents in the first three months. Some parents are deliberately putting their children in harm’s way. Dorairaj Nadason, The Star There’s an accident at a busy…

Malaysia is drifting dangerously

Najib must resist the temptation to clamp down on freedoms for narrow political interests David Pilling, Financial Times Is Malaysia falling apart? The very idea seems absurd. After all, is…

Islamabad Relocated

Word has it that the “Mob” in UMNO Sabah would rather have their kind come in compared to the Filipinos. The influx of illegal Filipinos will only give Shafie the advantage as he is of Suluk…

Jho Low is not guilty

Umar Mukhtar Unless it is proven that Jho Low committed a specific fraudulent act vis-a-vis 1MDB, and a criminal intent is clearly established, he is free to continue grovelling at Paris…

Kedah MB in a rather tight spot

Putrajaya sources say that Najib has no problems with Mukhriz. However, the same cannot be said about the Umno factions in Kedah. These detractors can sense an opportunity and they are starting to…

Is Dr Mahathir a ‘Kera Sumbang’?

Umar Mukhtar A 'Kera Sumbang' in proverbial Malay is a macaque monkey who has such a crappy behaviour that even his own kind avoids him. So it seems Mahathir is, if Prime Minister Najib Razak's…

1MDB: Let’s not jump the gun

Salleh Said Keruak Penang Umno chairman Zainal Abidin Osman appealed to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to refrain from being too pushy regarding the investigations into 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s…

Diam, Daim!

Despite relentless criticism, Umno grassroots leaders are standing firmly behind the PM and telling his detractors to stop their barrage of criticisms. Sebastian Yeoh, Free Malaysia Today…

Kalau Mukhriz letak jawatan

Mungkinkah program pentadbiran Mukhriz memang ada tetapi kurang atau tidak dihebahkan media? Termasuk media milik atau pro-Umno atas “sebab sebab tertentu”? Mohsin Abdullah, TMI Datuk Seri…

Wan Azizah is the wrong candidate

A leader that cannot be trusted to carry out her duties as a representative of the people is a leader that has failed, and Azizah has not proven herself to be trustworthy in her stewardship of…

The logic of the bridge to Singapore

Salleh Said Keruak Back in 2006-2007, in his effort to unseat Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad openly and publicly chided the PM for not building the ‘Crooked…

PBMUM: The Rising Malay Tide

Ahmad Fikri Ahmad Fisal  The 1969 fiasco unraveled important issues that gravely concerned the Malay masses: low Malay admission rate into universities, rural Malay poverty, and lack of…

Dr M – stirring, not shaken

KTemoc Konsiders James Bond might have his Dr No, but we have better, our own Dr M, wakakaka. See TMI's Umno today is about money, Dr M fires back at critics- reading Dr M's complaint, all I…

In memory of Suflan Shamsuddin

I lost a wonderful friend today. As I write this he is being laid into the ground in Kuala Lumpur and I cannot be there. I do not need to go into great detail about who and what Suflan is.…