Sim Kwang Yang

comment The people of Sarawak mu st help Anwar Ibrahim to take power at the federal level, to remove Umno, the source of power behind the Sarawak BN.

comment It is the long collective memory of acute hunger in the Chinese cultural gene that food has become the most important need in their life!

comment Sarawakians need to establish strategic linkages with political parties in West Malaysia and Sabah, rather than withdrawing into their exclusivist cocoon of ‘Sarawak for Sarawakians’.

comment It is a story of hardship and struggle, of thrift and self-discipline, of perseverance in the face of adversities, of family bonds and neighbourly love.

comment Sarawakians are probably Sarawakians first, and Malaysians second. Their mistrust of anything to do with West Malaysians indeed borders on the xenophobic.

comment Money politics has made a mockery of the democratic process, corrupted the political will of the people, and sent public morality to the sewers.

comment This device of using the mobile phone to monitor voter's actual vote violates the secrecy of the vote, and is obviously against the election laws.

comment One of Pakatan’s pledges must be restoring of the autonomy of village chiefs in Sarawak. This would be the most meaningful reform indeed.

comment It took them eight years to finally see the SJK(C) Damansara in their village reopened. Their heart-warming story deserves to be told.

comment The declaration of MP Gobalakrishnan as a persona non grata smacks of abuse of power by the Abdul Taib-led Sarawak government.

comment As a result of federal intervention, the leaders from the minority Malay and Melanau communities have been able to enjoy political dominance in Sarawak, defying the logic of the politics of race in Malaysia.

comment By virtue of the logic of politics of race, which is entirely based on ethnic head-counting, the Dayaks ought to be the dominant community in Sarawak. The chief minister ought to be a Dayak.

comment For Abdul Taib Mahmud's detractors to fulfill their dream of ousting him the long-time Sarawak CM, there is only one way - through the next state election.

comment The Penans do need development like schools, airports, and clinics, and infrastructure to get to their hospitals in the faraway major towns in northern Sarawak.

comment The boundaries between the the BN power blocs here are drawn and cast in stone - the result is a Malaysia stuck in the quagmire of racial polarisation and ethnic tension.

comment I am rooting for Barack Obama, not because of his skin colour, but because he seems more inclusive, more intelligent, more conciliatory, and far more promising in bringing changes.

comment How many Penan girls and women have been raped in the god-forsaken forests of Sarawak? We will never know. Even making a police report on such a heinous crime is so difficult for the Penans!

opinion Hindraf has proven itself as the most empowering social movement in the half-century history of multiracial and polyglot Malaysian society.

comment The Penans are neither Rou sseau’s 'noble savages' nor Hollywood’s exotic 'guardians of the forests' in essence. They are fellow Malaysians and fellow human beings.

comment The concept of Barisan Nasional is at risk because of the arrogance and racial posturing of Umno. The party is stuck in a time capsule in which the Rule of Man always supersedes the Rule of Law.

comment The ISA has now become a great liability for the ruling coalition, rather than the most effective instrument of intimidating Malaysians into acquiescent silence.