Pakatan Harapan: Divided & distracted
I was outside the gates of Parliament last week in support of a group of fishermen, environmentalists and concerned …
Category Archives: Politics
Can Malaysia change?
Are we losing the battle to transform our nation? So many areas of national life – education, national unity, institutional …
Sex, succession & stability
It is no small irony that while Prime Minister Dr Mahathir was in London busy fulminating against gay culture, sparks …
Zakir Naik: hypocrisy & double standards
Faced with the possibility of being served with an extradition order to return to India to face charges of money …
The MACC appointment: setback for the reform agenda
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad’s sudden and surprise appointment of Latheefa Koya, a much respected human rights lawyer, to the …
Zakir Naik and the radicalization of Malaysia Baru
According to news reports, the IGP warned that the police had “uncovered a plan by foreign militants to use …
The Rome Statute & the threat to Malaysia’s constitutional democracy
Like many Malaysians, I am utterly dismayed, even disgusted, with the way Malaysia’s accession to the Rome Statute, the treaty …
Lynas: cabinet must act now
The Lynas controversy has now dragged on for quite a few years. Fed up with BN’s lack of concern, many …
Mujahid: behind the reformist facade
Mujahid Yusof Rawa, the minister in charge of religious affairs, has carefully cultivated an image of himself as an open-minded …
Forever pendatang, forever dhimmi, forever grateful
Over the past few weeks, as the competition between Pakatan Harapan and the UMNO-PAS alliance for the Malay vote has …
