Salleh Said Keruak Just six days ago on 21st May 2014, Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, the DAP candidate for the Teluk Intan by-election, said that her mother, Yammy Samat, had never joined Perkasa.…

That is what I mean by civil liberties. But ‘civil liberties’ is not one of the five messages that Dyana Sofya wants to send to the government. And because of that I would not support her with my…

Zaid Ibrahim I have no doubt that DAP’s Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud will win the Teluk Intan by-election, even though she’s another example of Lim Kit Siang using his usual ploy of singing the…

James Chai, Malay Mail Online As of now, RSN Rayer’s failure to withdraw his infamous “Umno Celaka!” statement is disappointing. The Seri Delima assemblyman’s failure to recognise the…

Dr Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser Recently, pro-chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Tan Sri Dr Abdul Rahman Arshad maintained that UiTM should remain a Malay-only institution. He was…

Narinder Singh, Free Malaysia Today The Bukit Gelugor by-election this Sunday is a forgone conclusion. There was no necessity for any other party or independent to stand against DAP’s Ramkarpal…

Former Terengganu menteri besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said's removal from office is said to be just the beginning, with speculation pointing to Pahang’s Tan Sri Adnan Yaacob as the next Umno MB to face…

Almost every face in the voting lines was Chinese. Joceline Tan, The Star The Bukit Gelugor win was a sweet and poignant moment for the Karpal Singh family and the outcome suggests that the…

KIDEX Sdn Bhd CEO, Dato’ Mohd Nor Idrus, continues to make unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of the controversial expressway while ignoring vital questions. David Yoong, fz.com…

Malay Mail Online It’s a depressingly predictable situation. Ever since Dyana Sofya announced she was running for the post of Teluk Intan MP, she has been the unfortunate victim of a barrage…

As populism manifests itself across the Southeast Asian region, and increasingly becomes the norm in the conduct of domestic politics, it is imperative that politicians and policymakers take a…

Loyar Burok Who does the Federal Constitution belong to? If I could cite one reason on why I love Constitutional and Administrative Law, it would be because out of all the modules, it is the…

Boniface Willy Anak Tumek, The Malaysian Insider Parliament is a democratic government legislature, a place where elected representatives of the citizens of a country with a democratic system…

Oh, and by the way, the Thai military is going to meet the Thai King to get His Majesty’s ‘endorsement’, so we are told. Malaysia’s military need not do that because the Agong is the…

(The Star) - “Construction players aren’t exactly lining up to accept government jobs. The cost of construction is getting higher and margins are increasingly becoming squeezed." At least six…

YAP TZU GING AND MELISSA CHI, Malay Mail Online Umno’s association with Perkasa could damage the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition's effort to reclaim the middle ground, analysts said in the wake…

Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily DURING THE ELECTORAL campaign, some have gone a little too far as to compare the sexual inclinations of candidates. I would suggest these people to take a look…

FMT LETTER: From KS Lee, via e-mail The recent fracas at the Penang state assembly was triggered by the ‘Umno is Celaka’ remark by Sri Delima (DAP) assemblyman RSN Rayer. The Umno Youths, 10  …

FMT LETTER: From Soraya Nur, via e-mail My dear late father used to jokingly call a friend of his an eel. This particular friend of his was a Muslim Chinese and a very successful businessman.…

Azly Rahman This is serious, if you ask me about the latest events concerning Umno and DAP: those revolving around name-calling, storming of the Penang state legislature and the latest, on…

The troubled PKR election has been very embarrassing for the party but the outcome suggests that it is getting ready for a post-Anwar Ibrahim era. Joceline Tan, The Star THE rival camps in…

Zubaidah Abu Bakar, The Rakyat Post WHILE DAP winning Bukit Gelugor is all but certain, the most pertinent issue for the ruling Barisan Nasional is the electorate’s voting pattern.…

Henry Loh,  Aliran I believe that many would have heaved a sigh of relief when Pas announced its decision to “postpone the tabling of a private member’s bill in the Dewan Rakyat over the…

Bob Teoh, Sinchew Daily One Malay word has set the country on a collision course. The word, celaka, was uttered by a DAP lawmaker in the Penang State Assembly which immediately attracted an…

Many feel Ramkarpal will win hands down but will he be able to equate or better his late father's majority in the Bukit Gelugor by-election? Athi Shankar, Free Malaysia Today Following a…

SUARAM’S MALAYSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2013: REPORT CARD OF A RECALCITRANT GOVERNMENT By Dr Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser In 1998, SUARAM coordinated and published the first ever Malaysian…

Now, if I wanted to bring down Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak I would do exactly what they did to Tunku Abdul Rahman almost 50 years ago. And what I see in Malaysia today is a repeat of what I saw…

DAP must not be over-confident that the Chinese will overwhelmingly support them Selena Tay, Free Malaysia Today It is still too difficult to predict who will win the Teluk Intan…

K.C. Tan, The Malay Mail It appears that a blind person with a guide dog cannot use public transportation. Worse, in an exercise by Malay Mail to test public response to man and guide…

Mohsin Abdullah, Fz.com THEY have done it before. This Umno show of so-called anger. Remember the storming of APCET II? And the threat to burn down the Chinese assembly hall in the federal…