Hazlan Zakaria

COMMENT | He may have started choking free speech, but who’s still doing it now?

Ariffin Omar is under fire, including from PAS, over remarks made in a debate in April. 

COMMENT | It's the discordant signages of 'wartawan tidak dibenarkan', and the restrictive regulations used to bind them.

PKR communications director questions Madinah's appointment, given her links to Umno.

COMMENT | How should female reporters deal with lecherous sources and gov’t officials?

Nik Nazmi claims prosecution broke its promise by appealing, but DPP denies this.

COMMENT | Politics ended up being the reality show by which we elect our very own tyrants.

SATIRE | The real answer perhaps lies in the fact that we are all mostly ‘ayams’.

COMMENT | What's next that Malaysians must give up, just because some do not want to make China feel uneasy?

COMMENT | What is the big deal? It is not a conspiracy, it is called democracy.

The man hits the guard using a bolt cutter after refusing to pay RM100 to remove the tyre clamp.

COMMENT | We should all be celebrating the shining moments of his award, not fretting over small stuff.

SATIRE | It may be time for those who have crossed the line to watch their step.

COMMENT | Even Mahathir can't make online articles disappear and planes untraceable.

A third type of money-laundering involves the use of circuitous routes to divert public funds into unscrupulous hands...

COMMENT | Strict Jakim rules puts McDonald’s in a bind but it can’t have its cake and eat it, too.

COMMENT | Maybe what we need are rogues that will carry on the fight regardless.

COMMENT | Politicians and political parties should be fighting for justice for the rakyat.

COMMENT | It'll make perfect theme park for Umno supporters, a place to come and refresh their Umno-ness, live in the 'Firdaus'.

COMMENT | A showcase perhaps of the rewards one can reap if one were in agreement with those up above.

COMMENT | Gov't making her a martyr, turning it into a rallying point for Bersih's cause.

POEM | Seventeen years anon, press freedom’s waning beacon, holding the torch aloft.

'They are all in Bersih colours, in yellow,' he says.

COMMENT | As those who fight for us fall to iron fists, more should step up.