Kua Kia Soong

Anwar needs to show us his reform plan

Anwar needs to show us his reform plan

COMMENT | If he cannot produce a better vision than Dr M, we might as well let the current PM last out his term until the next GE.

Let Anwar stand in Mahathir's constituency

Let Anwar stand in Mahathir's constituency

COMMENT | Why should a recently elected MP resign for yet another asinine by-election?

Can we afford new fighter jets?

Can we afford new fighter jets?

COMMENT | The problems with Sukhois should be a red flag for us to ponder our defence priorities and what we can afford.

Decriminalise consensual sex between adults

Decriminalise consensual sex between adults

COMMENT | 'It is high time for all progressive Malaysians, political parties and organisations to stand up for the rights of all LGBT.'

Guan Eng case - AG's credibility at stake

Guan Eng case - AG's credibility at stake

COMMENT | Even BN let at least three MBs see their day in court when charged with graft.

The prime minister’s bizarre appointments

The prime minister’s bizarre appointments

COMMENT | The PM's appointment of the ex-IGP – who gave Anwar a black eye – as envoy to mediate for peace in southern Thailand, is most curious.

OSA, classified CEP report contradict Harapan's pledge for full transparency

OSA, classified CEP report contradict Harapan's pledge for full transparency

LETTER | Classifying CEP report and retaining OSA are at odds with gov't commitment to total transparency.

Brimming with ideas for wealth redistribution

Brimming with ideas for wealth redistribution

COMMENT | The most important factor in redistribution is the dignity and empowerment of the people.

MCA should seize the moment for complete makeover

MCA should seize the moment for complete makeover

COMMENT | Given they have been decisively discarded by the Chinese in GE14, it's time to reform itself.

Plugging the national brain drain

Plugging the national brain drain

COMMENT | Despite claims to the contrary, the playing field is still far from level.

The real reforms we expected in 100 days

The real reforms we expected in 100 days

COMMENT | More and more it seems as if its election pledges were just populist moves to secure votes.

Harapan’s 100 days of future past

Harapan’s 100 days of future past

COMMENT | The ‘RM1 trillion debt’ has become the altar on which its promises are sacrificed.

Harapan's excuses for skirting around local elections wearing thin

Harapan's excuses for skirting around local elections wearing thin

COMMENT | Looks like the 'RM1 trillion debt' is the go-to excuse to delay reforms.

Sarawakians have a right to their own oil

Sarawakians have a right to their own oil

COMMENT | They should have exclusive rights over their resources, instead of Putrajaya dishing out payments.

UEC: Same old decades-long quarrel not based on facts

UEC: Same old decades-long quarrel not based on facts

COMMENT | 100 years of Chinese education later, nothing has changed for UEC recognition, except who's in gov't.

Guan Eng's charges: Best to let the court decide

Guan Eng's charges: Best to let the court decide

LETTER | The AG, who was formerly Lim's counsel, is under scrutiny and justice must be seen to be done. 

Conflict of interest in having corporate heads as state advisers

Conflict of interest in having corporate heads as state advisers

COMMENT | 'Does Harapan think that their Forbes 50 eminent persons can double up as workers’ champions?

Commemorating the Malayan Emergency

Commemorating the Malayan Emergency

COMMENT | Putting the facts into perspective 70 years after the start of the war.

Proposed Racial and Religious Hatred Bill ill-conceived

Proposed Racial and Religious Hatred Bill ill-conceived

COMMENT | Old or new M'sia, legislators can't seem to be able to frame laws in terms of equality.

Dangerous liaisons: Umno leaders’ secret tango with CIA

Dangerous liaisons: Umno leaders’ secret tango with CIA

COMMENT | CIA 'love letter' is no surprise, considering our decades-long affair with the US.

Towering hypocrisy over the trillion-ringgit debt hole

Towering hypocrisy over the trillion-ringgit debt hole

COMMENT | Does Kuala Lumpur need yet another skyscraper in the face of towering national debt? 

Don’t renege on recognition of UEC

Don’t renege on recognition of UEC

COMMENT | Harapan's dithering makes one wonder how the manifesto was drafted in the first place.

Don’t let Dr M privatise our national assets again

Don’t let Dr M privatise our national assets again

COMMENT | The 'piratisation' drive by Mahathir 1.0 must never be allowed to repeat.

Defending freedom of expression in ‘new’ Malaysia

Defending freedom of expression in ‘new’ Malaysia

COMMENT | Fadiah Nadwa Fikri's right to express herself should be respected under the new administration.