The Kuala Terengganu outstation voters came home to vote in spite of the distance and in spite of the two or three days leave they would have to take but the Teluk Intan outstation voters would…

Sisters In Islam, Malay Mail Online Sisters In Islam (SIS) calls on the Government to prohibit the unilateral conversion of minors. The recent report on JAIS’ disruption of a Hindu wedding is…

Lim Sue Goan, Sinchew Daily The Teluk Intan is worthy of refering in terms of its turnout, voter's attitude as a semi-urban mixed constituency and changes of the Chinese. It is indeed a wake-up…

Free Malaysia Today FMT was formed to provide readers with up-to-date news and critical political analysis, and has come to be regarded as a key source of unbiased and non-partisan information…

And that is what I propose. Let us talk. Let the Malay right-wing movements and the Malaysian liberals sit down and discuss and come to an understanding. And let us agree to respect our…

Gan Ping Sieu, The Malaysian Insider Non-Malay Muslim converts in the country should be allowed to embrace a religion of their choice, just as they had freely embraced Islam earlier.  This is…

Koon Yew Yin, The Malaysian Insider The long-term MAS price chart shows that it has dropped from RM2.10 in 2007 to 18 sen today. As a serious long-term investor, I have had a closer look at the…

If he can still consider Yogyakarta as his kampung, how loyal is he then as a Malaysian citizen, and as a full cabinet minister! Stephen Ng, FMT letter Home Affairs Minister, Zahid Hamidi…

Unlike some, I have far more conviction than to simply quit because I failed to get elected, or appointed, or because of dissatisfaction over a wedding kenduri. Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud I refer…

Malaysia’s rather defensive posture in the TPP negotiation is seen, especially by the Japanese business sector, as a reflection of the weak power of the government vis-à-vis pressure groups and a…

Goh Ban Lee, The Sun Daily AS a general rule, it is the responsibility of the government to build roads so that people can get from one place to another conveniently and comfortably. As…

Jennifer Gomez, The Malaysian Insider DAP's overconfidence in keeping Teluk Intan, and not voters’ disillusionment with Pakatan Rakyat (PR), was the cause behind the loss of the seat, say…

Kim Quek, The Malaysian Insider I refer to Dr Ong Kian Ming’s review of the Teluk Intan by-election, published in Malaysiakini under title “In Dyana’s loss, Pakatan must look hard at itself”.…

This is exactly the way DAP leaders speak about Umno leaders. But when it comes out of the mouth of a young Malay woman, it can sound very wrong. Joceline Tan, The Star DATUK Seri Mah Siew…

I thought to myself that there are actually people who are not selfish for once. They know they were taking a big risk but yet they still did it because they knew it was a right move. The…

Zaid Ibrahim It must be painful for you to have lost the Teluk Intan by-election by a narrow margin, when you should have won comfortably. You have been personally abused and maligned, and…

So folks, in brief the country is screwed. Between the clueless gomen and the freaking opposition we are royally screwed.  There is an alternative. There is always hope. We need some guts, some…

Of late, several statements have been made in the Press by quite a few PR politicians regarding the proposed construction of Kidex highway, an elevated tolled skyway cutting through Petaling Jaya…

Sheridan Mahavera, The Malaysian Insider Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud did not win the Teluk Intan by-election last night but she still followed in the footsteps of her party’s elders while at the same…

(AFP) - Feeling “surrounded” by ethnic minorities, retired factory worker Peter Harvey voted for Britain’s anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) in last month’s European and local polls…

Azly Rahman What is promised to our youth in this by-election that is pitching the old versus the young? What do we need to see radically changed in our society? Here are my thoughts,…

Ooi Kee Beng WHAT seems to have happened in Malaysian politics since 2008 is that we have a voter population that is divided right down the middle, and given the nature of the game, this state…

Whatever the outcome in Teluk Intan, the Islamist party has proven that it is a sincere partner in Pakatan Selena Tay, Free Malaysia Today Today is the moment of truth for Teluk Intan. This…

Leave the politics, Prime Minister and Home Minister, leave the politics. Get the police back on their feet – they are capable of much more and they can do much more. And they will do much more if…

It is left to be seen after polling day tomorrow whether such campaign tactics could still work towards maintaining BN's hold on the rural vote banks.  Sonia Ramachandran and Alyaa Alhadjri, …

If Article 153 allows for an all-Malay school then can we also have an all-Malay bus at subsidised rates where non-Malays are not allowed to ride in these buses (meaning we now introduce a bussing…

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The Malaysian Insider It is too easy. Naive even to believe that Datuk Seri Hasan Malek woke up one day and decided that he had to help Malaysia's most famous carpet dealer get the deal of his…

Or: How I flew 23,000 miles to drive a diesel station wagon in soul-crushing traffic, sleep in a hotel with bloodstains on the headboard, and lose a race to a 1.5-liter hatchback mostly because I…

Once upon a midnight dreary, a cute pinky-pie pig was taking a walk along a beautiful river that flowed through a beautiful tropical rain forest. Zan Azlee, TMI It was a nice night. Crickets…