Robert Kuok: from role model to bogeyman
In recent days, senior UMNO leaders have excoriated Robert Kuok, the Hong Kong-based Malaysian tycoon, over allegations by Raja Petra …
Category Archives: Democracy
The civil service: loyalty & gratitude
Loyalty and gratitude are two words very much in use by UMNO leaders these days, especially when speaking to civil …
Fake news & false democrats
Minister Salleh Said Keruak, great champion of freedom and democracy, is worried that disinformation and fake news is endangering the …
Tarnishing Malaysia’s image
In the wake of a recent meeting with European Union ambassadors, Dr Mahathir and the Opposition have been accused, in …
The politics of bigotry & extremism
With elections around the corner, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang continues to rant and rave about all sorts of fake …
Ops Lalang: Time to Set Things Right
The 30th anniversary of Ops Lalang has rightly generated much discussion about a dark chapter in our history when 106 …
The Elections Commission: helping or hindering fair elections
Election commissions (EC) play a critical role in any democracy. They have a constitutional responsibility to ensure that the will …
Angst in Washington, anger in Kuala Lumpur
After months of speculation and, no doubt, frenzied behind-the-scenes lobbying by high-priced and well-connected Washington power-brokers, Prime Minister Najib Tun …
Hadi’s twisted agenda for Malaysia
PAS president Abdul Hadi bin Awang is once again insisting that all senior positions in the country be held …
We are Malaysian too
So, a newly-formed coalition of Malay-Muslim NGOs, Barisan Bertindak Melayu-Islam (Bertindak) wants to strip some 1.75 million non-Malays of their …
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