I Was Stabbed and Left For Dead

Much of what I write today is influenced by Raja Petra. In fact, it is he who taught me objectivity and rationality since 2009, in a manner of putting it. Raggie Jessy Well composed and…

Another scandal takes off?

Could it be that the Cabinet was not referred to on the purchase of this new jet? Scott Ng, FMT You’d think that the last thing Prime Minister Najib needs right now is another scandal,…

Is Hadi really under siege?

The issue is not PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's contribution towards developing PAS today, but more about whether he is the best to lead PAS into the future with Pakatan Rakyat.…

The ‘crimes’ that Hadi committed

Then Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali met Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in London recently to, yet again, talk about the Unity-Government. One of the terms for agreeing to this Unity-Government is that…

The hadith must be re-examined

So who concocted the narrations that violate human rights, contradict Quranic injunctions, violate reason, and slander the Prophet and his companions? Fawad Ahmed, TMI On February 3, 2015,…

Two wrongs don’t make a right

Who benefits the most if Mahathir is silenced? Who else in Umno or the government has the guts to demand for financial audit and forensic investigation on 1MDB if not Mahathir? Fa Abdul, FMT…

Who owns the police?

(TMI) - Various parties have criticised the police for continuing to use Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA), a law that the Appeals Court have deemed unconstitutional to arrest…

It takes a thief to catch a thief?

Umar Mukhtar PM Najib Razak's counter-spin boys have been busy lately shooting the messenger and ignoring the message. The attacks on the credibility of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad have been…

The selfish and hypocritical Malay

Malays, by nature, are very friendly, humble, hospitable, accommodating, considerate and make wonderful hosts. They can actually be very nice people. But that is only when they are wearing their…

Pakatan has lost the plot

The opposition has no direction without Anwar Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today If the first week of Parliament’s current sitting was anything to go by, supporters of Malaysia’s opposition…

Najib’s trial by media

Salleh Said Keruak I remember back in 1997 when Anwar Ibrahim’s gang in Umno attacked the then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad regarding his family and friends who were alleged to have…

Can Najib survive his leadership test?

(Today Online) - The party is likely to adopt stronger Malay nationalist and Islamist agendas going forward. Dr Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, coordinator of the Malaysia Programme at S…

Discrimination in the 21st century

Parties see nothing wrong with racialism and believe they are ‘practical and pragmatic’ in building a political culture along racial lines. Zaid Ibrahim, The Star IN Malaysia, racial and…

Religious fanatics who wreck lives

The case of a 14-year old who drank coffee laced with paraquat because he did not want to be traumatised by religious missionaries again.  Mariam Mokhtar, FMT Muslim fundamentalism, if left…