In the Aljazeera Channel East 101 interview with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the Q&A touched on various election issues - press and campaigning freedom, sedition,…

AliranBarisan leaders are constantly calling for national unity - plenty of pronouncements and platitudes - but their deeds do not match their words, notes our special correspondent.

SINGAPORE: A Malaysian blogger-turned-opposition-politician launched an online fundraising campaign last week.

JOHOR: Many high-profile new candidates in the Malaysia general election this year come from prominent political families.

Judging by the number of election talks held in churches across the country and the enthusiastic response to critical speakers and opposition candidates, it appears likely that Christian voters…

SUNGAI PETANI, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- The construction of the RM240 million crystal mosque in Terengganu will bring long-term benefits to the state as well as place the country on the world map,…

By Dr. Mavis Puthucheary“They all have different ideologies and opposing views. You cannot form a government like that,” caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi…

Dalam tempoh kempen untuk pilihanraya umum ke-12 kali ini, kita dapat lihat beberapa insentif telah dijanjikan kepada semua peneroka Felda. Nilai insentif yang dijanjikan ini menjangkau nilai ratusan…

Mohd Rashidi Hassan, HARAKAHApakah Pilihan Raya Umum ke 12 yang berlangsung sekarang ini akan menyaksikan kejutan besar dengan kemenangan besar Barisan Nasional akibat penipuan yang dilakukan, hasil…

The story of Kumutha Rahman begins with a misspelling on a birth certificate 29 years ago.

Malaysia’s most successful Opposition party in years, PAS, is glad the mass media is playing down its profile in this election for whatever reason.

The Malaysian Insider has been told that BN chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has been getting daily briefings on ceramahs, the frequency of house-to-house visits, the visibility of posters…

Malaysian churches are opening their doors to politicians from both camps in an unprecedented way as they strive to explore their political voice, perhaps for the first time in Malaysian history.

By Little BirdThe Keadilan folks are saying a lot about the Port Klang Free Trade Zone scandal. They say that Ling Liong Sik, Chan Kong Choy, and their UMNO friends, have made a clean RM900 million…

Below you can find fact sheets on several topics.Please click on the name of the fact sheet to download it.

Daftar Pemilih Induk (DPI) yang diguna pakai dalam pilihan raya umum ke-12 (PRU 12) ini yang diwartakan pada 5 Feb lalu dan mengandungi 10,922,139 pemilih telah dibersihkan daripada senarai pemilih…

Pakatan parti pembangkang hanya merupakan persefahaman pilihan raya di mana ia hanya untuk bermuafakat dalam pembahagian kerusi pada pilihan raya umum dan tidak lebih daripada itu, kata Timbalan…

(Harakah) – Apakah rakyat negara ini benar-benar merasai 'Selamat, Aman dan Makmur' seperti yang tertera dalam manifesto BN pada pilihan raya umum kali ini.

SIGHTINGS: an eye on malaysia

DO non-Malays really need to fear the keris and what it symbolises? At a 3pm public lecture at the Annexe Gallery at Central Market in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, March 1, historian and political…

Chief Justice Datuk Abdul Hamid Mohamad yesterday urged members of the judiciary to help correct the people's negative perception of the judiciary.

Altantuya Shaariibuu may have been alive when explosives were used to blow her up, the High Court heard yesterday.

General Elections: Dialogue with Dr. Farish Noor & Malik ImtiazDate: Sunday, 2nd March 2008Time: 3-5pmVenue: Council of Churches Malaysia, 10, Jalan 11/9, Section 11, 46200, Petaling Jaya

Dear Mr. Wong Chun Wai,I refer to your commentary in The Star (29 Feb 2008) in which you wrote:

Reply to Aliran’s “Why Hadari cannot “reform” itself”

AliranFor the sake of the country's children and future, it is high time the BN realised that its ethnic and religious model of politics is passé, says Andrew Aeria. Voters, please note.

FORMER Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has a reputation of being a feisty statesman. Today got the rare chance to meet him at his office in Putrajaya — the city that he…

By Little BirdKawan-kawan, when I read the newpapers this morning I could not believe it too. But, according to The Star, that's what he said.

It has been 50 years since Merdeka but I must say that I am ashamed at the conduct of the Malaysian media in which I find that they still portray and infantile image and attitude.

By En-Lai Yeoh and Stephanie Phang(Bloomberg) -- After Vella Murugan's third application for a government-subsidised mortgage was turned down in September, he decided he would back the opposition…

What are the main differences between this general election and the last election? The atmosphere is different. Four years ago, it was a “good feeling”. It is now “only the man…

The era of strongman politics in Malaysia ended after the retire of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad but the authoritative government structure is still unbreakable.

BN pledges more goodies to win the state, but residents are sceptical of promisesTHE Barisan Nasional's (BN) pledge of more aid at the launch of its manifesto - in an effort to win back Kelantan,…

Hindraf detainee's wife lends a hand to DAP pushSOME say she is the new Wan Azizah Wan Ismail - the wife who led a political campaign to restore the name of her husband, Mr Anwar Ibrahim,…

SIM Tze Tzin gave up a lucrative job as an engineer in Silicon Valley and returned to Malaysia to become opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's political secretary - suffering a huge pay cut in the…

ELECTION 2008: Panel: No fear of phantom votersKUALA LUMPUR: An email is misleading the public into believing that certain parties are using phantom voters to help them win the election,…

KOTA BARU: Petty traders and other business people will benefit greatly if Barisan Nasional comes to power in Kelantan.

By S. Ali Mahmud It has never been my intention to campaign for the opposition or against the ruling party. Being a political free-thinker, I subscribe to ideologies that will bring good to me as…

GEORGE TOWN: A DAP candidate, described by Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon on Tuesday as "irresponsible" and "ignorant" for saying Penang has lost its dynamism and…