It is unconstitutional to use Act 750, as it was passed and gazetted two months after the legal requirement had lapsed Zainal Ajamain, FMT The Emergency Proclamation which was lifted on Nov…

PSM struggles on as a party for the marginalised as it holds fast to its socialist ideals K Pragalath, FMT With Malaysia moving towards a two-party system, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) is…

Melihat jiran membeli dua balang yang teramat sangat besar untuk menakung air menimbulkan persoalan di minda saya mengenai keberkesanan langkah kerajaan Selangor untuk mencatu air. Timmy Say,…

What the world told us can be seen in my UPR Map. Rest Stop Thoughts Malaysia's 2nd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was conducted in Geneva on 25 October 2013. During the UPR Malaysia's…

The company cited as the vehicle for SUPP leader Peter Chin’s pre-election plan to build 15 Sarawak schools has categorically denied any involvement in the project. Sarawak Report The KL…

"1Malaysia" was never intended to cherish unity in diversities but meant to proselytize the whole nation into a single religion.  Kanul Gindol Chairman of UK-based Borneo Rights International…

Hawkeye There are times when we must all part and say our Good byes and cherish the many memories of the times we had shared together. There were many countless treasures of time and energies…

We need leaders of vision and leaders with a mission. I do not see that in both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat. And this is what worries me. We are living under the illusion that the cure to…

The Ant Daily ANALYSIS: Many find it amusing, even frustrating sometimes, to see the way the leaders in Sabah and Sarawak tackle the issue of oil royalty for the two states. It is a given…

In 1976, Malaysia asked Australia to investigate the plane crash which killed then CM Fuad Stephens and his cabinet. The result was kept a secret. Myles Togoh, FMT In a curious twist to the…

Once we shot the targets, they would, so to speak, be scarred for life. Nobody would want to go near them again Kee Thuan Chye Last night, I dreamed I was a member of a firing squad. We…

The abduction of a Chinese national in the pristine Singamata Reef Resort, off Semporna, Sabah, couldn’t have happened at a worse time for Malaysia. Wong Chun Wai, The Star IT couldn’t have…

Umno MPs do not oppose Kelantan’s bid to table two private Bills to pave the way for hudud law in Kelantan. But can PAS secure the support of component partners DAP and PKR? Joceline Tan, The…

If the zealots are confused then it does not speak well for their faith. If they are not confused, then what gives them the right to presume that others will be confused, asks P Ramakrishnan. The…

We have a situation here where everyone is confused about the difference between rights and privileges and they want their privileges to be treated as rights while at the same time they refuse to…

Dr Abdul Aziz Bari, The Ant Daily OUTSPOKEN: A number of people have come up to me and questioned the privilege given to Sabah and Sarawak to retain immigration authority: they found it awkward…

Kee Thuan Chye  Some people are saying that from his helming the MH370 press conferences, Defence and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein appears to be prime minister material. I…

We need to stop shooting from the hip and turn everything into a political issue. We must remember that for every action there will be an equal and opposite reaction to what we do. The laws of…

Zaid Ibrahim Last week I wrote about the religious authorities’ wrongful exercise of power on Kassim Ahmad for expressing his opinion. I would venture further to suggest that there are many…

MEDIA STATEMENT Karpal Singh The statement by Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob that Kelantan will table ‘a private members bill in Parliament later this year to seek a declaration…

So forgive me you Malaysian Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, etc., plus you Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat supporters. You are all my enemies because you are all obstacles to change.…

As the search continues in the Indian Ocean for signs of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the staggering amount of rubbish in the sea is hampering efforts to find possible debris from the missing…

The multi-racial support for Pakatan Rakyat and PKR is not only strong but growing Koon Yew Yin, FMT In the run-up to the Kajang by-election on March 23, I was honoured to be asked to speak…

JAIS is in a very unique position. It is a state government department, yet it has a direct reporting line to MAIS and the Sultan of Selangor, who is the Head of Islam in the State. Stephen Ng,…

Salleh Said Keruak A recent report in the UK regarding approval ratings of the various leaders throughout the world revealed that in most countries the approval rating of its leaders rarely…

A Kadir Jasin WHAT is happening in the People’s Justice Party (PKR) today reminds me of the song “Torn Between Two Lovers” above and the 1979 TV movie of the same name that it inspired. The…

Some sects in Islam do not accept Hadith. Some sects do but only a few of the 7,000 or so Hadith that the Sunni Muslims consider authentic. Then again, some sects believe in different Hadith from…

Ex-Convent Girl The past participle ‘vanished’ is now being used to describe the ill-fated flight MH370. After almost three weeks at sea, SAR operations have not been able to retrieve even a…

(Malay Mail) - Growing acrimony in China over Malaysia’s handling of the MH370 crisis could jeopardise Chinese buyers’ appetite for property development here, according to the Wall Street Journal.…

Two recent cases raise the issue of what amounts to sedition and why one can’t question or challenge a ‘fatwa’. Azmi Sharom, The Star THE recent conviction of Karpal Singh under the Sedition…