Kua Kia Soong

COMMENT | Snow in Midsummer: Healing the trauma of May 13

COMMENT | Snow in Midsummer: Healing the trauma of May 13

A film review by Kua Kia Soong, author of 'May 13: Declassified Documents'.
LETTER | Govt should be funding Chinese schools, not breweries

LETTER | Govt should be funding Chinese schools, not breweries

Having breweries fund schools may give students inaccurate perceptions of alcohol.
LETTER | Syed Husin: A rare, decent, socialist politician

LETTER | Syed Husin: A rare, decent, socialist politician

His tenacious struggle for a better Malaysia will always be remembered.
COMMENT | Unmasking Malaysia’s National Day charades

COMMENT | Unmasking Malaysia’s National Day charades

Politically nuanced themes are about maintaining power while eroding democratic values.
COMMENT | Time to vote for socialist candidates

COMMENT | Time to vote for socialist candidates

'Govt seems unable to solve cost of living, inflation crisis.'
COMMENT | The MCA-fication of DAP

COMMENT | The MCA-fication of DAP

Harapan partner turning out just like its ex-nemesis in BN.
COMMENT | Forced labour in US and UK prisons

COMMENT | Forced labour in US and UK prisons

The plight of all workers should give cause for concern.
COMMENT | Littoral combat ships fiasco: A litany of sleaze

COMMENT | Littoral combat ships fiasco: A litany of sleaze

It is time to open our defence policy for public debate.
COMMENT | BAM! Another unforced error for M'sian badminton

COMMENT | BAM! Another unforced error for M'sian badminton

BAM's ruling is glaring example of bad parenting.

COMMENT | The enforced disappearance of human rights

COMMENT | The enforced disappearance of human rights

Such a strategy is usually practised in a banana republic.

COMMENT | Mahathir's chop logic and poor intellect

COMMENT | Mahathir's chop logic and poor intellect

Is Mahathir ready to eradicate racism from his mental paradigm?

COMMENT | Will Pekan Nanas become Pineappolis?

COMMENT | Will Pekan Nanas become Pineappolis?

Infatuation with Western names makes mockery of 'National Culture Policy'.

LETTER | Where is the UEC task force report?

LETTER | Where is the UEC task force report?

Govt is depriving a sector of M'sian population of their human right.
COMMENT | Is Bersih for the people or a Harapan front?

COMMENT | Is Bersih for the people or a Harapan front?

Bersih must clarify who they are standing for if they are to march again.

LETTER | Malaysia has constitutional monarchs, not executive rulers

LETTER | Malaysia has constitutional monarchs, not executive rulers

The rulers' roles are mostly ceremonial and they act on the advice of the executive.

COMMENT | Vice-chancellors and the elephant in the room

COMMENT | Vice-chancellors and the elephant in the room

Lack of non-Malay leaders in public universities since 1971 points to blatant racial discrimination.

COMMENT | It's 'dia-mau-kerusi' season again in the DAP

COMMENT | It's 'dia-mau-kerusi' season again in the DAP

We will see again the wrestlers engaged in a slugfest for seats in the upcoming party polls.

COMMENT | Why is Malaysia not celebrating Anti-Racial Discrimination Day?

COMMENT | Why is Malaysia not celebrating Anti-Racial Discrimination Day?

'Looks like we're stuck with never-ending racially defined economic, social, and cultural policies.'
COMMENT | Playing the 'pendatang' charade all over again

COMMENT | Playing the 'pendatang' charade all over again

Heed the Sultan of Johor's call to stop referring to non-Malays as pendatang.

COMMENT | Reading the leaves in 'Tommy' in a teacup

COMMENT | Reading the leaves in 'Tommy' in a teacup

Let's see what we can look out for in the future from this masterly-written memoir.

COMMENT | Who were the victims of Agent Orange in Malaya?

COMMENT | Who were the victims of Agent Orange in Malaya?

It's time the Malaysian government investigated the extent of the defoliate dioxin sprayed from 1948 to 1960.

COMMENT | We want the original 1957 social contract

COMMENT | We want the original 1957 social contract

Unity can only be promoted through an affirmative action policy based on need, sector or class, never on race.

COMMENT | May Day 1988 - justice died when Dr M sacked Salleh Abas

COMMENT | May Day 1988 - justice died when Dr M sacked Salleh Abas

Let us never forget the damage that was done to the judiciary by the then premier.

COMMENT | 2021 – any hope of political regeneration?

COMMENT | 2021 – any hope of political regeneration?

'In many, if not all our political parties, power accumulates with age, making the oldest the holders of the most power.'