Jangan hanya pandai cakap, Teresa

Empire Strikes Back Jawapan kepada posting Teresa Kok di facebook Teresa Kok, saya faham anda kecewa, juga sangat marah, terutamanya tentang beberapa isu yang mengundang rasa tidak puas hati…

Why prices increase

Everything has a history. Even inflation has a history. So maybe you can read the very brief history of inflation in the extracts below and familiarise yourself with the subject before you engage…

Anwar’s old trick

Lim Sue Goan, TMI Political parties are facing truly challenging political tests in the Year of the Horse. The Kajang by-election will be the first. No matter how hard Anwar has tried to…

PRK Kajang, Anwar hanya boneka DAP

Empire Strikes Back Mungkin percaturan PKR kali ini akan memakan diri, namun tidak adil menyalahkan PKR semata-mata apabila ada pihak lain yang sama-sama mahukan semua ini berlaku. Siapa lagi…

Yes Minister

So, Khalid Ibrahim is going to be removed because of the various problems he is facing in Selangor and which he cannot seem to resolve. And Anwar Ibrahim is going to replace Khalid as the Menteri…

The myth of indispensability

Ku Ali, TMI Whoever surrounds themselves with nodding heads, will develop an unrealistic, inflated sense of self. This inflated self worth will eventually make them believe in the myth of…

Dayaks’ dilemma after Taib

For all his perceived shortcomings, Chief Minister Taib Mahmud and his uncle before him understood the Dayak community and was protective of them Winston Way, FMT Speculations are rife that…

Let’s be a civil, civil society

FMT LETTER: From Kevin Fernandez, via e-mail Recently, we observed many civil society members going at length to defend answer Anwar’s decision to contest the Kajang state seat after Lee Chin…

So who will be dropped?

Currently, the Selangor Menteri Besar is from PKR, the Speaker from DAP, and the Deputy Speaker also from PKR. There are ten EXCO Members -- four from PAS and three each from PKR and DAP.  THE…

Just emphasising a point

When I first came to the UK in 2009 I admit I was rather shocked when on BBC TV or Sky TV they would freely allow comments such as ‘Jesus Forking Christ’. I told my wife, “What the hell! Is that…

Of betrayals and treasonous conduct

FMT LETTER: From Dominic Damian, via e-mail We are mired in discussions, opinions and accusations with regard to the Kajang episode and  the cream of the political intelligence, NGOs, lawyers,…

Choosing politics over results

When will our politicians move on from the business of politicking and finally come to the business of governing Malaysia? By Adam Reza, FMT The year is 2014, fresh from GE13 last May, fresh…

All is not well in PKR

The Kajang by-election is a crucial test for Anwar to gauge his effective or ineffectiveness in the eyes of the rakyat Jeswan Kaur, FMT Former deputy prime minister and current opposition de…

Where was Ibrahim Ali this year?

What I would like to know is how many of those who whacked Ibrahim Ali for throwing a party at the old folks’ home visited the residents of the old folks’ home over Chinese New Year? NO HOLDS…

The Malaysian presidential elections

Although Malaysia’s political system is still based on the British Westminster system, Malaysia’s general elections, however, has transformed into the US Presidential election system, although…

Hitting three birds with one stone

The public outcry over the forced by-election in Kajang was not what Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the strategic brains behind the move, Rafizi Ramli, had expected. Joceline Tan, The Star…

Your tacit approval

At least Najib Tun Razak rules with 47% of the votes. Anwar Ibrahim is going to rule with just 2%. And we dare point fingers at Najib? NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin "Those who…

Will Kajang be Anwar’s Waterloo?

Worse, what if Anwar actually loses? It could be the end of the war for PKR’s generalissimo. How would that impact on GE14 and Pakatan’s hopes of capturing Putrajaya? Kee Thuan Chye, TMI…