The strategy is one way to deflect attention from PM Najib's troubles but it could backfire.
Reme Ahmad, The Straits Times
Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister had faced down party revolts…
South China Morning Post
Lured by its proximity to Singapore, investors from China are making a beeline for southern Malaysia, where an ambitious US$100 billion real-estate development called…
Jakarta Post
There should be no anger about the Indonesian flag being printed upside down in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games booklets distributed to attendants of the opening ceremony on Saturday — it…
Salahuddin Ayub explains that the resurrection of the Memali murders is aimed at hurting Pakatan Harapan's 'Top Dog', Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, but does not explain the lie that Mahathir was in China…
Anwar Ibrahim explains the reason why Pakatan Harapan cannot accept Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as their 'Top Dog'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcIfAPkbdlA
With the national opposition in disarray, the elections seem to be Barisan Nasional’s to lose.
By Dominique F. Fernandes, The Diplomat
Reeling from the results of the last general election…
A question on Memali turns the Nothing to Hide 2.0 debate into chaos
(The Star) - The Nothing To Hide 2.0 forum featuring a no-holds barred session with former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad…
Tan Sri Khoo Kay Kim is a Malaysian historian of Chinese Malaysian descendent. He is currently an emeritus professor in the History Department of the University of Malaya.…
Clare Rewcastle-Brown has two options; but in exercising them, she will have to provide a lot of information and documents about 1MDB and the money trail.
Azhar “Art” Harun, FMT (28 April 2017)…
(Bloomberg) - Malaysia’s had six prime ministers since independence and the opposition knows who it wants as the eighth. It is unsure who should be the seventh.
With a general election looming…
Almost 30 years after policy was supposed to end in Malaysia, many still feel they need it
Shannon Teoh, The Straits Times
Malaysia introduced its affirmative action New Economic Policy (NEP) in…
It is okay for them to call Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak a Bugis pirate but it is not okay to call Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Mamak Bendahara, Mamak Kutty, or Mahathir Kutty Iskandar. Today, Suara…
The split in PAS and the creation of PAN a.k.a. Amanah has nothing to do with Islamic ideology but is due to politics and how Islam should play a role in politics and whether there should be a…
(Malaysian Chinese News) - The view of SUARAM adviser Dr Kua Kia Soong that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is not qualified to be the prime minister and also not qualified to be the leader of the…
(Bloomberg) - In Malaysia’s Islamic heartland, a door to Hollywood has opened.
For the first time in more than 20 years, the city of Kuala Terengganu has a cinema, showing blockbusters like…
(AFP) - Revered by most Indians, cows are at the centre of political battles and ‘lynch mob’ attacks, but they are being abandoned in growing numbers and turned away by shelters that cannot cope.…
Other politicians have fallen for less – how has Najib managed to survive?
By Isabel Yeo, edited by Anne Hwarng, ASEAN today
In the last four years, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak has…
One-time allies who parted ways acrimoniously, Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim have finally sealed the revival of their once effective political partnership. Their common goal of removing PM…
(FMT) - Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday pronounced himself as Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) “top dog”, drawing parallels between his new post in the opposition coalition to that held by Barisan Nasional…
Today, the Manchester Police went to Raja Petra Kamarudin’s house to inform him that a complaint has been lodged against him regarding the articles he has been writing about Clare Rewcastle Brown.…
An Arab had a camel. One cold night the Arab lay asleep inside the tent while the camel stood outside.
At midnight the camel awoke his master and requested him to allow him to put his head…
A look back at 'vengeful operator' Bank Negara's forex trading losses over two decades ago
Ravi Velloor, The Straits Times
So, the Malaysian government will set up a royal commission of inquiry…
"In the case of Anwar we can make a case that he was unfairly treated. The decision of the court was obviously influenced by the government and I think the incoming government would be able to…
Bloomberg
As the Asian financial crisis raged on two decades ago, then Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad committed economic heresy by rejecting an International Monetary Fund…
Should the ROS decide to outlaw the DAP, the sympathy votes the DAP will garner will put the BN at risk. Fence sitters will throw their support behind a party that they feel has been bullied and…
Malaysia’s opposition superstar has said he will not stand for Prime Minister. This leaves big questions, and divisions, for his coalition.
by Isabel Yeo, edited by Francesca Ross, Asean Today…