The very act of prosecution is extra-judicial punishment - not only of the accused, but of anyone connected with the accused or sympathetic to the accused. write2rest Yesterday, for the…

If the intention was to prevent a crime, a stern warning before the start of the march would have sufficed. Ishmael Lim, FMT The timing of Sunday’s police action against the PPS contingent…

Tunneltruth Citizens are ever ready to condemn the police for not being vigilant in curbing rising crime rates. However, the recent crackdown by our police force has seemingly split democratic…

V Shuman, The Ant Daily If Putrajaya is a double-barrel shotgun, it seems to be firing with both barrels at once, downing people via the security and judicial systems. Home Minister Datuk…

Ktemoc Konsiders Zahid Hamidi has earlier said non-Malays were becoming increasingly arrogant, wakakaka and I have to grudgingly admit there is some truth there in-as-much as UMNO-ites have…

If the basis of formation is not honoured, Sabah and Sarawak have the legal right not to continue with Malaysia. In such a scenario, de-merger or dissolution of Malaysia would be the last and…

Umar Mukhtar Tomorrow is D-day, the day when Selangorians will see if their constitutional monarch will accept PKR's and DAP's contention that a constitutional monarch is merely a ceremonial…

Life of Annie I have friends who work as journalists for pro-Pakatan news portals such as Malaysiakini and Malaysian Insider. Most of them previously worked for the mainstream media which…

Boo Su-Lyn, Malay Mail Online As a feminist, I don't want the first woman mentri besar in Malaysia to be PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. Her appointment would not herald a…

Mungkin tidak rugi untuk PAS meneliti pengamatan dan analisa saya tentang “pasarannya" di kalangan bukan Muslim sebelum membuat keputusan sama ada untuk “menjentik” pengundi bukan Melayu dan…

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…