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The reported assault experienced by Tamil Malar's staff yesterday raises some serious questions.

If Khairy wants to be a career sportsman, then as a matter of principle and practicality, he should give up his political positions. 

Governments around the world must unite on the war against all forms of 'terror' and not just the 'ism' of terrorism.

The on-going rush by both MIC and DAP to hit out at myPPP for the latter’s continued doing good in Cameron Highlands is both ridiculous and vexatious.

The ongoing debacle hurting the natives of Malaysia must be addressed by the government under Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak; and the global community of responsible leaders and investors alike, must now champion decisively what they preach to humanity.

The ground sentiment is swelling in the wake of an overdose of denials, restrictions, threats, intimidations and of course, the latest ‘Enid Blyton’ twist being dished out by the powers-that-be in Malaysia.

This letter of appeal hopefully will be read and also reach the hearts of millions of women in Malaysia who could be mothers, wives, sisters, grandmothers. The harsh injustice thrown at Bersih’s chairperson, Madam Maria Chin Abdullah, is your concern, too, and that unique responsibility also falls on your shoulders to rise in defence of a nation that must respect and honor the women of this country.

An open letter to the wife of Malaysia’s prime minister

Awesome. Yes it is a sight to behold as you stand, drowned in the passionate and swelling crowd of Bersih 5 supporters, movers and shakers.

As the countdown to Nov 19, 2016 is picking up momentum, there appears to be an eerie disquiet in the air nationwide. The mood swing appears most uncertain and the unpredictable dampening current weather sums up that swing quite closely.

The exuberant claims by the cabinet members of Najib Abdul Razak over his singular and seemingly unsurpassed victory in securing RM144 billion investments from the People’s Republic of China raises very serious concerns.

The overwhelming outpouring of public support for Malaysiakini and with equal measure of condemnation over the actions and words of the seemingly shielded ‘red-shirts’ is a clear affirmation that we are reaching a troublesome, perhaps even a dangerous, defining phase in our country’s media history.

As the United States of America walks to the polling stations next week, the third world citizens hold their hopes high, despite being pregnant with fears.

The fire at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru yesterday has caught us all by surprise. As the wards emptied their patients and staff members out into the compound, six lives perished at the Intensive Care Unit where the fire is purported to have begun owing to a short circuit problem.

The Altantuya Shaariibuu murder that took place in Malaysia 10 years ago remains shrouded till today in a layers of injustice. Affecting the hearts of Malaysians, Mongolians and even Australians, we now need to ask ourselves: are we so busy with our own pursuits that seeing justice done to this slain woman, mother and daughter matters not any more?

Indeed Malaysians await with pregnant hope for the ultimate redemption of justice in Malaysia. The question we must address as a nation desirous of exemplary values, ethics, principles and above all as a true and moderate nation whose official religion is also Islam, is, will the Malaysian government and machinery under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak choose to blatantly ignore or embrace the world opinion and support given to Anwar Ibrahim?

While the nation is being directed to a frenzy to claim the coveted glory of ‘high-income nation’, the ground reality speaks volumes of another reality.

Indeed the video on how Jamal Mohd Yunos of the red shirts confronted the Bersih 5 team at Teluk Intan and provocatively intimidated the latter by snatching threateningly their banner, is a blessing. Likewise the 2,000 organised motorbike mob in Penang, also by the red shirt team, is also another blessing.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s most recent one hour twenty minutes appearance in London before a hall filled with a discerning, interested and concerned audience deserves closer examination by Malaysians who are here in Malaysia right now.

The Japan Times reports that Tokyo’s National Institute of Population and Social Security Research conducted a survey in 2015 and found that 40 percent of young Japanese single adults are virgins (The Sun, ‘Japan has too many virgins’, Tuesday, Sept 20, 2016).

The 53rd Merdeka Day celebration came with a mixture of mirth and gall.