Real reason for Hindraf-BN MoU failure

This institutionalised racism is the most damaging legacy that BN rule has left the country. It is now so embedded in the civil service that it can hold politicians – even the prime minister…

Sunday Bible studies: Noah

And that is my Sunday sermon for today because I do not wish to talk about the missing flight MH370 that every man and his dog are talking about -- which is just creating the utmost confusion as…

Press statement on MH370

Najib Razak Seven days ago Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared. We realise this is an excruciating time for the families of those on board. No words can describe the pain they must be…

Kajang Move: Will it succeed?

The focus of issues will decide the election result. If Pakatan is not careful, they may lose a battle they look set to win. Selena Tay With eight days more to go before polling on Sunday,…

Hospitality will carry on

Tunku Abidin, The Malay Mail A job in the sky has long been regarded as an exciting prospect.  After Merdeka, many daughters of Malaya’s aristocratic elites sought jobs as glamorous…

DAP tak kisah Anwar peliwat

Empire Strikes Back Siapa yang tidak tahu menipu dah memutar belit fakta adalah sebahagian dari resam menjadi ahli politik, tetapi Anwar Ibrahim adalah penipu yang paling besar. Cita-cita dan…

A place in the sun for everyone

There will be dif­ferences of opinion in how to proceed but leaders, especially politicians, must grow out of the habit of thinking that their adversaries are automatically wrong or less patriotic…

The haze is caused by our own hands

Current deterrent sentences are not good enough and the authorities seem powerless to stop open burning in the Klang Valley. Brian Martin, The Star THE dreaded Klang Valley haze has returned…

Déjà vu for Anwar

Enoch Crosby  We would have thought that after the fiasco of more than 15 years ago Anwar Ibrahim would have learnt his lesson by now. It appears, however, that history always repeats itself…

Naïveté

Lim Mun Fah, Sin Chew Daily The conviction of Anwar Ibrahim in his sodomy trial has added a new element of dramatic twist in the Kajang by-election, while Karpal Singh's conviction of…

The Muslim Lawyers Association

Zaid Ibrahim There are a number of lawyers’ association in the country. There is the Muslim Lawyers Association (which I started in 1987) and there are others such as those comprising lawyers…

Wan Azizah tool of Anwar’s ambition

My News Hub It is ‘war’ in Kajang, politically that is, as Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Barisan Nasional (BN) slug it out to win the hearts and minds of the 39,000-odd voters, who are forced…

‘Chaotic’ handling of tragedy

Malaysia's handling of flight MH370 tragedy is embarrassing and after five days there are more questions than answers Jeswan Kaur, FMT A plane full of passengers has gone missing and the…

Who Can Believe Malaysia Now?

It seems as though they are looking after their own interests, maybe even covering their own butts, rather than working as a team. Kee Thuan Chye The plot thickens, but this is no murder…

It wasn’t a fish…

Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily "We don’t know who discovered water, but it wasn't a fish." - Marshall McLuhan There is no way a fish can choose to be in the water and be surrounded by it.…

The ‘national consensus’ drama

Salleh Said Keruak Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Pakatan Rakyat has decided to retract its offer of national consensus with the Barisan Nasional (BN) following his conviction…

Ceritalah: National Reconciliation?

Karim Raslan, The Malaysian Insider A plane vanishes over the South China Sea leaving millions baffled and despondent. A man is rushed to court, judged and sentenced in record time. The air we…