Charles Santiago

MP SPEAKS | We must decide what kind of regional community we want to be.

MP SPEAKS | Why does our gov't says price of meds won't go up when NZ PM says it will...and other queries.

The government has scheduled two important events for next week. The first is the parliamentary debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) scheduled for Jan 26 and 27. This is a Yes or No vote to Malaysia’s participation in the trade pact with 11 other countries including US and Canada.

Scrub clean the carefully-crafted image of Malaysia as a self-proclaimed champion of human rights, look beyond its non-permanent membership in the UN Human Rights Council and you will see the country has nothing to celebrate about on Dec 10.

MP SPEAKS | All high-level talks to form Asean Economic Community - but no voice for the common man.

MP SPEAKS | Deputy health minister appears clueless as to how the process works.

MP SPEAKS | It is clear that the deal will obstruct access to life-saving generic medicine.

Two days after the red shirt rally, I am still puzzled over their objective for taking to the streets. What’s clear however, with the latest demand by the rally leader, is that the protest had an ulterior motive of stirring racial sentiments and possibly a clash.

MP SPEAKS Come and march this weekend, to show the ruling elite our Merdeka spirit.

MP SPEAKS If taser guns are used at the Bersih rally, it will be an act of terror.

When we lie, we will eventually be caught. And that’s because we flip-flop on our fake stories.

MP SPEAKS The apple polisher's admitted charge sheet against PM authentic.

MP SPEAKS The firm of Zahid Hamidi’s brother stands to make RM4.5b.

MP SPEAKS If unable to answer, Zahid Hamidi should do his homework first.

MP SPEAKS The rakyat are just not buying into their fairy tales any more.

MP SPEAKS One can only conclude that it was designed to promote US interests.

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it, once said Ferdinand Mount.

In Malaysia, a financial paper The Edge has been suspended because the news reports leaders read sent shivers down their spine.

Yes, it’s cool for US President Barack Obama to become the first sitting president to visit a federal prison, as part of a push he plans to reform the criminal justice system. But one wouldn't expect the same man to flip-flop and up Malaysia to Tier 2 in the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report just to make it possible for the South-East Asian nation to sign on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).

FREE MP SPEAKS Obviously ministries and agencies are not on the same page.

MP SPEAKS Cops criticised for classifying Perlis mass graves as sudden deaths.

Clearly, nation states and world superpowers are concerned about trade deals and huge profits as opposed to human suffering at the hands of traffickers due to failed government policies and initiatives.

FREE MP SPEAKS The prime minister’s integrity is at stake in 1MDB imbroglio.

FREE MP SPEAKS Are we and the gov't complicit in the Rohingya deaths?

FREE MP SPEAKS The regional bloc has to also iron out the trafficking issue.