Measuring Malay Success

Zaid Ibrahim I admire Tun Daim Zainuddin. He was not known as a lawyer or even as an economist, and yet became a Malaysian economic czar and Finance Minister of our country. He is also one…

PAS’s hudud is not divine law

Shafiqah Othman Hamzah, The Malaysian Insider In my blog post, "Why I do not agree with hudud in Malaysia", I mentioned that I was not against hudud law, but its implementation. One would think…

“Crony Capitalism” and IPPs

Mahathir’s “Crony Capitalism” via the “you scratch my back, I scratch yours” contract awards is thriving in Putrajaya as evidenced in the privatised power sector Tony Pua  In February, the…

Politics of oil royalty

Instead of demanding higher royalty, Sarawak and Sabah should perhaps form a partnership with Petronas to develop the states Firdausi Suffian, Free Malaysia Today In Malaysia, the politics…

Kisah kek dan hak Melayu

Siapa rampas kek orang Melayu? Uthaya Sankar SB, MMO Ayuh kita bayangkan bahawa terdapat sejumlah 50 orang Melayu dan 50 kek untuk mereka. Pada masa sama, terdapat 30 orang Cina dan 20 orang…

Be fair and just in any conflict

The Star THERE is no denying that we are struggling to resolve many issues with regard to race and religion, with no definitive solution in sight. Even a verdict from the courts, which are…

Who the fuck is his boss?

INI RUPA KELING ITU Tukar-Tiub KOMENTAR untuk pembaca yang kurang faham biar diterangkan disini pkr sedang mengadakan pemilihan malik husin adalah salah seorang ahli jawatan kuasa…

BN, why the silence?

So many have been vocal about their displeasure at MAIS except anyone from our ruling government. Why is this so? Free Malaysia Today With so many incensed with the Selangor Islamic…

Scoring political points with hudud

Joceline Tan, The Star There was relief all round when Barisan Nasional decided to pull back their motion to debate the prospect of hudud in Selangor. Many Selangoreans were unhappy when…

KIDEX: A HIGHWAY TOO FAR

Dr Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser As the former MP for Petaling Jaya, I am glad that the people there have taken a stand against the Kidex highway and there is a campaign to put a stop to…

Only Khalid can sack Khalid

Although it's possible to replace him through a no-confidence vote, that would be risky for PKR Free Malaysia Today Recently, law professor Shad Saleem Faruqi wrote an interesting article in…

Pakatan out, civil society in?

The opposition is losing focus due to their fixation to capture Putrajaya Selana Tay, Free Malaysia Today This columnist conducted a survey recently in Kuala Lumpur (KL) between May 6 to…