Najib’s silence is deafening

The silence is deafening from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pic) and his office as his government marks its 100th day in office, a stark contrast from his reformist style in 2009. Singapore daily, Straits Times, in a special report today said that Najib’s silence on a variety of issues, ranging from the spate…

Hidup Bersama – A. Samad Said (Video)

March for Merdeka Park

Source: 1M Malaysians Reject 100-storey Mega Tower

Boycott Tanda Putera

After the general election, the government seems intent on polarising our society further by communalising issues. Tanda Putera seems to be set in this trend. COMMENT By Kua Kia Soong I do not intend to pay to watch Tanda Putera since the government has already used part of our money to sponsor this film which…

Airy-fairy Slogan May Suit Najib Well

By Kee Thuan Chye I’ve said before that Najib Razak is a prime minister who does things by halves. Now there’s talk that he’s going to junk his ‘1Malaysia’ slogan for a new one. Online news website The Malaysian Insider reported this on August 21, based on information from sources. If it turns out to…

Calls for the IPCMC grow louder

Calls for the setting up of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) grew louder yesterday following the Inspector-General of Police’s statement that police will do what it takes to protect the public. IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, in defending his men on the shootout in Penang on Monday where five suspected thugs…

Bersih’s Ambiga jabs, EC ducks, won’t promise to clean up electoral rolls

The Election Commission refused to promise to clean up the electoral rolls before beginning the delineation exercise, despite being asked several times by Bersih’s co-chair Datuk S. Ambiga during a forum today. EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar deflected Ambiga’s questions or kept quiet during the 7th Annual Malaysian Student Leaders Summit held…

Apa lagi Mahathir mahu?

If the third prime minister of Malaysia, Hussein Onn, had not nominated Mahathir Mohamad as his successor in 1981, the course of Malaysian history would have been very different. Mahathir may have left office after 22 years in power, but today, he pops up like those annoying advertisements which appear, without warning, on your computer…

Shocking revelations in Sabah RCI

Prior to the RCI, we had heard rumours and allegations of identity cards being given to illegal immigrants, under what has been called Project IC or Project M, so that they could vote for the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) and keep it in power, but hearing it now from the mouths of people involved in…

The price of handing out citizenship for votes

The question you may ask yourself after reading a few paragraphs of this story is: What if something like this were to happen in the peninsula too? Where it’s happening is Sabah. What is happening, according to one key witness in a special court now looking into the issue of identity cards given to illegal…