Nicole Tan Lee Koon

Women all around the world celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) today, March 8, 2016.

I want to send my heartiest good wishes to everyone celebrating Chinese New Year, as we usher in the Year of the Fire Monkey.

Call me queer. Well, not queer in that strict definition of LGBTIQ. I am queer because I am a non-conformist. However, I checked the dictionary and found that LGBTIQ stood for lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender, intersex and queer. Today, I want to touch on the last character, queer.

I refer to the articles, ‘Why Malays would rather vote for an Umno-led Barisan than a DAP-dominated Pakatan’ by Megat Ibrahim and ‘DAP is its own enemy’ by Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK), respectively. These are two classic examples of what RPK himself said in his article ‘Mukhriz is bigger than Kedah:

The police must stop practicing selective prosecution.

Recently, I had the good fortune of collaborating with Persatuan Promosi Harmoni Malaysia (Harmoni) for a dialogue.

I would like to comment on your report 'Dr M vs Pak Lah: Between Yin and Yang'. It is such an apt title in terms of the two protagonists' looks and nature. Dr M is forever sharp and witty to the point of being sarcastic.