The Sedition Law violates the principles of freedom of speech and expression in the academia where academicians can freely express themselves in their respective field of study.
Progressive, …
So the Selangor MB Crisis is more complicated that many of us think. This is not about Khalid and the Sultan knows this. This is about Anwar and HRH the Sultan knows that Anwar does not really…
The first step to reform would be to aim for full liberalisation. And this would mean no longer can religion, meaning Islam, be forced down our throats. Citizens of a liberal society must be…
Azmi Anshar, NST
DATUK Seri Anwar Ibrahim might be anxiously fretting that the ground beneath his feet is sinking again, only that the déjà vu the opposition leader and unelected PKR supremo is…
Lee Shi-Ian and Md Izwan, The Malaysian Insider
The Malays are suffering from inferiority complex because of Putrajaya’s preaching that the community is backward and always in need of…
Surekha A. Yadaf
Often in the lift that deposits me on my flat’s floor, I am quizzed by curious neighbours and their ilk on my Singaporean-ness.
“Where are you from girl?”
“Singapore”…
Zurairi AR, The Star
“The Sedition Act will not by itself eliminate sensitive matters.
“The government realises how important it is to really understand the grievances and complaints of the…
It is difficult to believe that Khalid Ibrahim will settle in the nest that others have made for him.
Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today
The actors may have forgotten their lines, but the…
SeaDemon Says
Firstly, I do not know who gave the title “Constitutional Expert” to Professor Aziz Bari. The fact that he used to lecture at the law faculty of the International Islamic…
One Malaysia is truly a Many Malaysia.
Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi, TMI
When I was invited by my colleagues to deliver a talk to a group of final year architecture students at UiTM on the…
Saya ingin memberikan respon kepada cabaran YB Rafizi Ramli di media kepada Adun Selangor.
1) Saya sangat terkejut dengan saranan YB Rafizi hari ini. Disebabkan beliau mencadangkan melalui…
Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily
"Secret societies infiltrating the PPS?"
Several members of the Penang "Voluntary Patrol Force" (I have put the terms within inverted commas in view of its…
Salleh Said Keruak
When we talk about human rights, most people equate human rights to freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of religion, freedom of sexual orientation, and…
The statement from HRH is in Bahasa Malaysia but so easy to understand. It said more than two names, not at least two names. More than two names mean at least three names.
THE CORRIDORS OF…
A reader responds to comments on his piece, “Pakatan, no more same-same bullshit please!”
Wong Mun Loong, Free Malaysia Today
Thank you readers for the comments and brickbats after reading…
Azly Rahman
I am so happy today. It is a real Merdekal Day for me. My first book in the beautiful Bahasa Malaysia and my fifth on Malaysian Cultural Studies will be out soon, entitled 'Kalimah…
This is because they will believe what they believe and nothing you can say will sway them or make them change their view even if they cannot prove what they believe, and if you contradict them…
Where is the supposed allowance for disagreement and discussion inside the opposition pact? Where are their supposed policies of tolerance and consensus, instead of this Umno-styled my way or the…
Khalid remained convinced his replacement can be anyone except Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (the nepotistic wife) or Azmin Ali (the blind royalist), PKR president and deputy president,…
If my party president wants to assume the leadership, then she has to ride her mandate and not just sit in the carriage waiting to reach her destination.
Praba Ganesan, Malay Mail Online…
It seems some are happy to use the system when it works for them, but decry as traitors those who use the system in ways that do not benefit them.
Nathaniel Tan, The Ant Daily
Throughout the…
When I think of the many needed functions of government, owning or running an airline is not one of them. Instead, taking care of the health, welfare and security of its citizens should rank way up…
Aspan Alias
PKR dan DAP telah memutuskan untuk tidak mematuhi titah Tuanku Sultan Selangor yang meminta semua parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat menamakan lebih dari dua orang calon Menteri Besar untuk…
Malaysian Digest
LONG, dragging, never-ending, and tiresome. That’s how a lot of people, especially Selangorians, feel about the circus surrounding the Selangor Menteri Besar (MB) position. And…
Azman Ujang
UMNO, in power continuously since the country's independence, is now abuzz with polemics sparked off by its women wing chief's proposal for a fourth vice presidential post…
Anyway, now you know what that TV3 interview was all about. And did not what I say on TV3 back in 2011 happen after all? And am I the only Malaysian who could see that PKR is on self-destruct…
Shahrum Sayuti, NST
WHAT transpired at Istana Bukit Kayangan yesterday was in contrast to the dramatic way PKR attempted to oust Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim from the menteri besar’s post.…
Shah A.D., The Malaysian Times
The political intrigue in Selangor is complicating the Mentri Besar crisis, started by little-known politician Lee Chin Cheh in late January.
Without rhyme or…
It looks like the Selangor political crisis is turning into a constitutional crisis.
Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today
In defiance of a royal command—a titah—by the Sultan of Selangor,…
New Straits Times
HAVING stirred the hornet’s nest, PKR is facing an embarrassing situation after putting its president in a right royal predicament. The party’s de facto head had insisted that…