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The right to assemble peacefully without arms

COMMENT | Malaysia has come a long way from the days in which assemblies are looked upon negatively as disruptive and destructive.

2019-11-24 10:47:13+08:00 by Syahredzan Johan
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Are our politicians 'wakil rakyat' or 'wakil towkay'?

COMMENT | We’ve been preoccupied with racial issues, but I believe money politics is a greater danger facing us.

2019-11-23 09:40:00+08:00 by Andrew Sia
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Harapan is too pusillanimous to sack Mahathir

COMMENT | Cowardice sold as pragmatism is what the Harapan government is all about.

2019-11-23 09:27:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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'Pasang telinga' instead of doing post-mortem on Tg Piai

COMMENT | The best course of action is to listen to the rakyat.

2019-11-22 09:02:00+08:00 by Mariam Mokhtar
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Implications of Dr M’s shaky position after Tanjong Piai loss

COMMENT | Mahathir has lost support not only among non-Malays, especially the Chinese, but also among the Malays.

2019-11-22 08:40:00+08:00 by P Gunasegaram
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Who’s responsible for the Tanjung Piai loss?

COMMENT | No real admission from PM Mahathir, who handles this loss in a witty way that may be seen as double entendre by wordsmiths and literary people.

2019-11-22 08:18:00+08:00 by Zan Azlee
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Time to walk the talk on human trafficking

Urgent need for more effective laws to curb people smuggling and its ramifications.

2019-11-21 14:28:00+08:00 by R Nadeswaran
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At the heart of Uriah Heep

INTERVIEW | Martin interviews Ken Hensley, who was the organist and main songwriter for hard rocking Uriah Heep.

2019-11-21 08:47:00+08:00 by Martin Vengadesan
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As Malaysiakini crosses its 20th year …

Has it evolved into a cyber chamber, a cultural ghetto for readers and partisan writers to echo their political angst?

2019-11-20 07:48:00+08:00 by Eric Loo
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Better Harapan fails as one-term reformist government

COMMENT | This rather than being a one-term neo-BN government.

2019-11-20 07:33:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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Guan Eng, stop playing politics on TAR UC issue

COMMENT | Hang on tight, Wee Ka Siong and MCA. Don’t beg from Guan Eng. Keep on doing the right thing for TAR UC.

2019-11-19 09:28:48+08:00 by Francis Paul Siah
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Call for Najib to enter defence is no shock

COMMENT | To see if there was a need to be shocked, one has to look at the grounds of judgment.

2019-11-19 07:34:00+08:00 by P Gunasegaram
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The turning of the tide in Tanjong Piai

COMMENT | Two firsts – worst loss for an incumbent gov’t in a federal by-election and highest swing against Dr M in his two terms as PM.

2019-11-18 09:59:00+08:00 by Bridget Welsh
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Finally, Anwar comes out swinging

COMMENT | The PKR president is demonstrating that he has the cajones to take on political operatives.

2019-11-18 07:20:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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I salute Tanjung Piai voters for teaching Harapan a lesson

COMMENT | It is a clear message to Harapan leaders who have been ignoring the people and think they can do no wrong.

2019-11-17 11:04:00+08:00 by Francis Paul Siah
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It's either a win for Papagomo or Perak MB

COMMENT | A vote for Bersatu and a vote for MCA is more or less the same thing.

2019-11-16 08:12:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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Why Azmin Ali should resign

COMMENT | Any minister should not be so derelict in his personal finances to invite a demand for payment of travel bills.

2019-11-15 09:38:00+08:00 by P Gunasegaram
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Why wait three years to punish Pakatan, when we can do it now?

COMMENT | The Tanjung Piai by-election could be the right message to make the underperforming Pakatan Harapan take heed.

2019-11-15 09:04:46+08:00 by Zan Azlee
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Perak MB starts a battle he cannot win

COMMENT | Ahmad Faizal's enemy is the people of Perak, whom he betrayed with his incompetence and arrogance.

2019-11-15 07:45:00+08:00 by Mariam Mokhtar
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Is it the fake news industry that is thriving?

SATIRE | Tall tales are spread around, with gullible people falling for them – and there are also people shocked, after learning the truth...

2019-11-14 08:34:38+08:00 by R Nadeswaran
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The keenly contested Bar Council elections

COMMENT | This year, there are 35 contenders vying for the 12 places. This is more than usual.

2019-11-14 07:42:00+08:00 by Syahredzan Johan
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Let's invite Pope Francis to visit Malaysia

COMMENT | The Roman Catholic Church head has visited all our closest neighbours, but has never set foot in Malaysia.

2019-11-13 07:46:36+08:00 by Francis Paul Siah
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Harapan is mainlining apathy into its base

COMMENT | Keep in mind that it took the citizens of this country decades to remove the BN regime.

2019-11-13 07:12:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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The many victims of Najib’s ‘reign of terror’

COMMENT | During that period, families were ruined and many lives were destroyed.

2019-11-12 10:41:23+08:00 by R Nadeswaran
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Mahathir has an iron grip on corporate Malaysia

COMMENT | Corporate observers say there is no major gov't project which escapes the scrutiny of Daim, and hence Mahathir.

2019-11-12 09:52:00+08:00 by P Gunasegaram
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Ok boomer! - Dealing with those who disagree with us

COMMENT | It’s tempting to dismiss those on the other side as blind bigots and unthinking simpletons.

2019-11-12 09:33:00+08:00 by Martin Vengadesan
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DAP, Bersatu is just not into you

COMMENT | DAP should stop swooning over Bersatu.

2019-11-11 07:24:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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Coping with social and cultural stress of studying overseas

COMMENT | In the Australian state of Victoria alone, 27 students had committed suicide over the last six years.

2019-11-10 11:08:23+08:00 by Eric Loo
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Tears of the silenced

COMMENT | I see exhaustion - of having to live up to society’s expectations of how a man or a woman should behave.

2019-11-10 10:39:36+08:00 by Majidah Hashim
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Dr M, snap out of your imagined self-importance

COMMENT | ‘The only person able to run Malaysia’ is one of the worst self-praise statements from the PM.

2019-11-09 10:42:17+08:00 by Francis Paul Siah