Manjit Bhatia

Who dares hold Umno to account?

Who dares hold Umno to account?

LETTER | As long as these sycophants are fed, and fed well, no questions will ever be asked.

Gillard's 'Malaysian solution' for refugees immoral

Gillard's 'Malaysian solution' for refugees immoral

NONE COMMENT The boat people need compassion and help from Australia and regional governments, not more desolation.
Pakistan must come clean on Osama

Pakistan must come clean on Osama

NONE Just how could the infamous terrorist live undetected in a military town just an hour's drive away from Islamabad?
Dr M not the problem, BN and racists are

Dr M not the problem, BN and racists are

Hypocritical to condemn Libyan intervention?

Hypocritical to condemn Libyan intervention?

Malaysians aren't Egyptians?

Malaysians aren't Egyptians?

COMMENT Anwar Ibrahim must explain exactly how he will implement real reforms from the purview of justice and fairness.
Pakatan needs to get real

Pakatan needs to get real


Calling Minerva's Owl? Don't bother

Calling Minerva's Owl? Don't bother

COMMENT The plurality of opposition parties will not add to the possibility, or indeed probability, of any opposition party winning government.
BN's bastardry of politics

BN's bastardry of politics

And regrettably, Malaysian voters are easily ‘bought’ or intimidated into maintaining the status quo.
Kit Siang's call for 'realism' rings hollow

Kit Siang's call for 'realism' rings hollow

COMMENT This is not good enough. Pakatan must work to knock off BN in Tenang, Johor and Putrajaya.
PKR's only policy is 'MAD'

PKR's only policy is 'MAD'

NONE COMMENT The party is under a spell of self-inflicted madness, it has lost its way and shredded its promises.
North Korea - China's petulant bastard child

North Korea - China's petulant bastard child

OPINION And the neurotic ‘child’ is proving to be more than a handful for its ‘parent’.
PKA must fight for justice to take its course

PKA must fight for justice to take its course

NONE It should not allow political interference of any kind to override its right to seek legal recourse from its former directors.
Talking in and out of turn

Talking in and out of turn

David Cameron should listen more and talk less.
Go west, to Bangladesh?

Go west, to Bangladesh?

COMMENT To most countries, foreign investment is indeed important. For example, with it Bangladesh can be the next China of the East.
Debt - a Chinese god

Debt - a Chinese god

Solutions to global imbalances will likely take time to root.
No laughing matter

No laughing matter

NONE News stories on Malaysia trigger tears of frustration over the state of its political, economic and social choices.
Pampering the nepotists

Pampering the nepotists

While the rest are living a hand-to-mouth existence.
Why bother reforming the economy?

Why bother reforming the economy?

NEP, the root of corruption, must first go.
More crutches and crookedness

More crutches and crookedness

NONE Malaysians need to question the Najib administration and challenge the claims it has made.
The Great Malaysian Heist

The Great Malaysian Heist

COMMENT Every Umno-BN regime since 1969 has created the vestibule of a graft-riddled kleptomanic state run by kleptomanic ‘ leaders’.
No reason for Kit Siang to gloat

No reason for Kit Siang to gloat

T he win in the Sibu by-election was due more to voters' dissatisfaction with BN.

Red devils, yellow hordes

Red devils, yellow hordes

Thailand is a little like a one-horse town, only with two horses: one is yellow, the other is Thaksin's red-shirt army.
NEM - let the people judge, not cronies

NEM - let the people judge, not cronies