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Nothing will change without change in leadership

November 20, 2019

After having slumped to its worst by-election defeat ever, Pakatan Harapan leaders should have no more illusions about what voters …

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Is PPBM the problem?

September 10, 2019

A little over a year into its term, Pakatan Harapan (PH) is beset with serious internal discord and challenges from …

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Is Pakatan Harapan serious about protecting human rights?

September 1, 2019

It is disturbing and disappointing that the government has once again deported an asylum seeker and his family without due …

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I weep for you Oh Malaysia

August 28, 2019

A few days ago, a friend sent me the video of Anneke Gronloh’s 1960’s hit song, “Oh Malaysia.” Watching it …

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Statement in response to Zakir Naik’s police report

August 18, 2019

On August 16th, Zakir Naik filed a police report against me alleging that my articles have defamed him. He also …

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Why empower a demagogue like Zakir Naik?

August 14, 2019

Whatever else you may say about the man, and I have said much about him, one thing is certain: he’s …

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Will khat make us more Malaysian?

August 12, 2019

In an ultimately vain attempt to quell the storm within his own ranks over the khat controversy, DAP’s Lim Kit …

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The government must come clean on Zakir Naik

August 4, 2019

The case of Zakir Naik, the Indian-born Muslim preacher wanted in India on money laundering charges, is an issue that …

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Zakir Naik: hypocrisy & double standards

June 18, 2019

Faced with the possibility of being served with an extradition order to return to India to face charges of money …

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The radicalization of Malaysia: A reply to MAPIM

May 9, 2019

En. Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, president of the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (Mapim), writing in response to my …

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We will “be forever a sovereign democratic and independent state founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations.” – Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Proclamation of Independence speech, August 31st 1957

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty” ~ John Basil Barnhill

The Short Shrift

Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

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