Like many readers out there, I am very skeptical about whether the true cause of political aide Teoh Beng Hock’s death will ever see the light of day.
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How could a young man at the prime of his life brimming with promise walked into the MACC building for an interview and ended up as a corpse?
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The underworld is very much a part of the urban landscape everywhere. They fund and run an alternative economy of very lucrative but illicit businesses worth billions of ringgit.
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With the policy reversal, the glaring question is: will Dr Mahathir now train his sight on PM Najib Abdul Razak, as he did earlier with Abdullah Ahmad Badawi?
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The mundane life and sometimes frightening realities of a modern cosmopolitan suburb has hope when a few good men and women get together for the common good.
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Just as a real-life marriage takes perennial high maintenance, a political marriage of convenience needs constant nurturing and constant interaction.
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In Sarawak, and probably in Sabah as well, the 1Malaysia concept is an empty slogan. We have lived the 1Sarawak and 1Sabah way of life for many centuries past.
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Except for the ideological bent of the Socialist Front, of which the Labour Party was the backbone, political parties here have always been formed along religious and racial lines.
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Our nation is in the midst of a transition and the labour pain before the birth of a New Malaysia ravages our soul. But change we must, and change we will.
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The present structure of the councils provide opportunities for corruption, but as long as the BN controls Parliament, there is little chance of local elections being held.
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As the world watches with anxiety the battle of wills on the streets of Teheran, I keep asking this question: When will the big crackdown come?
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The democratic spirit released by the current presidential election in Iran is the kind nowhere to be seen in many American allies in the Arab world from Egypt to Saudi Arabia.
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There can be no logical future for the PAS-Umno unity talks which, if allowed to proceed, is the proverbial stab in the back to the Pakatan coalition.
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'Leaders of the Islamic opposition party need to recognise the needs and demands of the public, and be sensitive to the new political realities on the ground.'
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The tragedy happened shortly after 'Operasi Lalang' in Malaysia. Chinese Malaysian voters were intimidated, fearful, and looked to China with pride as a rising Asian power.
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Gawai Dayak, which will be celebrated on Monday, is a religious ritual in accordance with the animist belief of the non-Malay indigenous people of Sarawak.
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How he arrived on Australian shores is a mystery. He is supposed to be a bankrupt and deprived of his passport. It looks like this could very well be the raw material for a movie.
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Some of these appointed councillors are either not qualified or lacking in right aptitude. Some cannot speak English or BM, and they behave like dumb ducks at council meetings.
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The whole civilised world is watching in anguish as Aung San Suu Kyi is being trialed in Insein Prison in Burma for violating the conditions of her house arrest.
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Bloggers beware! There is no shortage of cyber stormtroopers and agents provocateur in the blogsphere ready to use their anonymity to plot evil deeds.
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The moral authority and public image of the police force are corroded when they repress opposition parties, civil societies, and ordinary citizens with archaic and outdated laws.
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In my ripe old age, and with my decades of active politics, I have never seen anything close to the murder of honour in Malaysian politics like what happened in Ipoh.
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With the police so paranoid, even putting on a black shirt and gathering near the Perak state legislature building can put oneself in harm’s way.
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The Chinese minority, known for their pragmatic skills at survival steeped in the Confucian teaching of the Middle Way, will exercise their new power rationally.
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