7-day Archive: 
What I think
by Joan Lau
MAY 3 — I have been a journalist for the better part of my working life and on this day, World Press Freedom Day, I would like to stop and think about my job for a minute. Is it ...Read More
Side Views
Najib jangan takut keluar dari Putrajaya — Aspan Alias
21 MEI — Apa yang dikatakan oleh Dr Mahathir Mohamad di Jitra semalam mendapat perhatian saya. Beliau meminta supaya pemimpin Umno serta ahli-ahli partinya tidak sabotaj Umno ...Read More
The Mutation of Tunku Aziz (Part 2) — Martin Jalleh
MAY 21 — When asked recently for his opinion on Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, all that the Tunku Abdul Aziz could say was that since he (TA) became a columnist for The New ...Read More
Resurrecting Kirkby Is fiscally irresponsible — M. Bakri Musa
MAY 21 — It is incomprehensible that with the Ministry of Education still in the midst of its review of our schools, the minister and his deputy saw fit to announce two decisions ...Read More
It’s not about Anwar or Ambiga — Gomen Man
MAY 21 — Let me put an end to the fastest-growing cottage industry in Malaysia: attacking and demonising the likes of Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Guan Eng, Ambiga Sreenevasan. Millions of ...Read More
Why the Hanif panel is getting stick — The Malaysian Insider
MAY 21 — It would appear strange that the panel investigating the Bersih 3.0 violence is getting criticised before they even start their work. Especially because it is helmed by ...Read More
Perpaduan PAS-Umno cerita karut! — Zainudin Maidin
21 MEI — Cerita muzakarah PAS dan Umno adalah suatu cerita karut yang bertujuan untuk merosakkan imej Umno di kalangan bukan Melayu. Umno dan orang Melayu di luar PAS jangan ...Read More
Suhakam should hold public inquiry into Bersih 3.0 incident — Proham
MAY 21 — Proham welcomes the statement from Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein that Suhakam is free to investigate the April 28 incident even if there is an independent ...Read More
And who is my neighbour? — Debbie Soon
MAY 21 — Traditionally, we think of our neighbours as those who live right next to us and our neighbourhoods as the physical areas surrounding our domestic places of dwelling. But ...Read More
Umno and the captive Malay mind — Sakmongkol AK47
MAY 21 — When you travel along the Seremban highway you will see so many large posters of Najib exhorting the people with his usual sloganeering — Sejuta Impian, Seribu Keriangan. ...Read More
The value of a fine — Conrad Raj
MAY 21 — I am glad SingTel clarified that it took full responsibility for the irritating disruptions during mioTV’s live telecasts the previous week of the final-day matches of ...Read More
How to resist Big Brother 2.0 — Don Tapscott
MAY 20 — As the Net becomes the basis for commerce, work, entertainment, healthcare, learning and much human discourse, each of us is leaving a trail of digital crumbs as we spend ...Read More
The mutation of Tunku Aziz — Martin Jalleh
MAY 20 — Below are excerpts of an article written by Tunku Aziz. It appeared in The Malaysian Insider (of which he was then a columnist) on August 6, 2009, and the following day ...Read More
Dissecting Tunku Aziz — Koon Yew Yin
MAY 20 — Although I do not know Tunku Aziz Tunku Ibrahim personally, I have friends who have known him for many years, a few of whom know him very well. This analysis of Tunku ...Read More
Whither the Ides of May — Gopal Sreenevasan
MAY 20 — The acronyms abound.  ETP, GTP, KGB, CIA.  Have you felt one jot of difference?  Then of course came the political liberalisation programmes :  the sleight of hand that ...Read More
Rasuah dan DAP — Awang Selamat
20 MEI — Akhirnya pada Isnin lalu Naib Presiden DAP, Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim bertindak keluar daripada DAP. Semuanya bermula daripada isu beliau menolak perhimpunan haram ...Read More
Najib bawa Malaysia ke landasan betul — Mior Kamarul Shahid
20 MEI — Lawatan kerja dua hari Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak ke Amerika Syarikat yang berakhir kelmarin, ringkas tetapi padat. Kehadiran Najib ke New York amat penting ...Read More
To make it popular, ban it — Roger Crutchley
MAY 20 — One would have thought that by now the authorities would have realised that if you ban something it will become popular, or at least more widely known. That will probably ...Read More
Azmin berbohong — Awang Selamat
20 MEI — Keengganan Timbalan Presiden PKR, Azmin Ali membuat laporan polis berhubung isu video seks yang dikaitkan dengan beliau, terus mencetuskan persoalan besar. Sebelum ini ...Read More
Fear of Freedom – Thomas Fann
MAY 19 – Malaysia is ranked 43rd in the 2011 Legatum Prosperity Index (www.prosperity.com), an index that measures prosperity not just by money but by overall quality of life as ...Read More
Poker lessons for Pakistan — Irfain Husain
MAY 19 — One lesson I learnt from years of gambling in my misspent youth is that if you are bluffing with a weak hand, make sure you have a big pile of cash on the table. This is ...Read More
Kalau sudah uzur, jangan buat kerja berat lagi… berehatlah – Aspan Alias
19 MEI – Pilihanraya dijangka sampai bila-bila masa sekarang. Ada yang membuat spekulasi yang ia akan diadakan pada bulan Jun dan ada yang merasakan ia akan diadakan pada bulan ...Read More
Statement by Concerned Scholars on coming elections — The Centre for Policy Initiatives
MAY 19 — The 13th Malaysian general election will be held some time between now and April 2013. These elections have the potential to be the most free and fair elections held in ...Read More
Toeing the Party line: A bona fide Westminster practice — Choo Sing Chye
MAY 19 — Now that lorry loads (1) of diverse commentaries have been dispensed by various parties on the subject of ‘toeing the party line’,  it is unfortunate that none of Barisan ...Read More
Picking up other people’s rubbish — Lim Mun Fah
MAY 18 — I made a special trip to Pengerang during a May holiday. Although it was a sunny afternoon, my mood was most dampened. I couldn’t imagine what this scenic home of ...Read More
Muzakarah UMNO, PAS untuk kepentingan ummah — Razak Rashid Ghows
19 MEI —  Soal sama ada UMNO dan PAS patut duduk bermuzakarah mengenai isu semasa sentiasa mengalami musim naik-turunnya. Selang beberapa tahun akan timbul cadangan muzakarah itu ...Read More
FPI’s street theatrics — A. Lin Neumann
MAY 19 —  To this old rock and roller, Lady Gaga is so much rehashed packaging — decent looks, music I can’t distinguish from most current pop and a veneer of outrageousness that ...Read More
Orang baik terpedaya dengan politik — A. Kadir Jasin
19 MEI - Ramai orang baik buat kebaikan. Tetapi ada orang baik yang buat kebaikan menyangka mereka boleh buat lebih banyak kebaikan jikalau mereka menyertai politik. Jadi mereka ...Read More
Tunku Aziz’s exit from DAP — Sakmongkol AK47
MAY 19 —  It offends UMNO that Malays choose to join DAP. Why does the action of Malays joining another legitimate political party which is not UMNO, induce that feeling? It ...Read More
The transparently transformed Tunku Aziz — Jaleel Hameed
MAY 18 — In the past week, Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim has repudiated the party that he said he had observed for two decades, joined for almost four years, and is now ...Read More
Why the PM should scuttle the coming FGVH IPO — Lim Teck Ghee
MAY 18 — Prime Minister Najib Razak last week announced a “windfall” of RM15,000 to each Felda settler family. The planned payout is to come from the initial public offering of ...Read More
Is the Bar Council playing politics? — Rueban Balasubramaniam
MAY 18 — The Malaysian government has recently criticized the Malaysian Bar Council for playing politics in reaction to the Bar’s resolution that the police had used excessive ...Read More
Muhyiddin and the fishing rod — Qiu Yaofeng
MAY 18 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday Malays weren’t competitive because they were too dependent on government handouts. “Carelessness and dependence on the government ...Read More
Tweak prior cooling measures before imposing new ones — Colin Tan
MAY 18 — Those who were uncertain over whether the robust home sales by developers in Singapore chalked up in recent months can be sustained have been left with no doubt following ...Read More
Penyokong Bersih serlah sikap biadap di London — Anwar Patho Rohman
18 MEI — Perbalahan dan percanggahan pendapat dalam pakatan pembangkang khususnya membabitkan persetujuan bersama Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), DAP dan PAS dalam isu hudud terus ...Read More
Umno berslogan, Pakatan Rakyat melaksanakannya — Aspan Alias
18 MEI — Slogan-slogan politik bercambah-cambah dan slogan-slogan itu bertukar apabila bertukar kepimpinan sehinggakan kita sudah kenyang dengan slogan-slogan itu. Slogan ...Read More
Perjuangan membersihkan PRU ke-13 — Abd Shukur Harun
18 MEI — Bolehkah PRU ke-13 akan datang berjalan dengan demokratik dan bersih dari segala penipuan? Ini pertanyaan dari ramai orang, terutama dari rakyat prihatin yang amat tinggi ...Read More
Tayang punggung jihad baru ala-Umno? — Mohd Rashidi Hassan
18 MEI — Apakah sebabnya Umno menyuburkan budaya kurang ajar di kalangan orang Melayu? Tidak cukup dengan menjerit-jerit serta memaki hamun dengan kata-kata kesat, membuat kecoh ...Read More
After Tunku left — Lim Sue Goan
MAY 17 — How big is the damage Tunku Abdul Aziz's departure from DAP could do to the party, in particular in winning over the hearts of Malay voters? Rival parties have painted a ...Read More
Jika ayam tidak berkokok pun, hari akan siang juga — Aspan Alias
17 MEI — Saya diminta mengulas oleh begitu ramai pembaca tulisan saya tentang isu Tunku Aziz, bekas Naib Pengerusi DAP baru-baru ini. Ada di antara mereka yang menghubungi saya ...Read More
An apology to Lim Chee Wee —  The Malaysian Insider
MAY 17 —  The Malaysian Insider published a report on May 17 with the headline 'Go ahead and form alternative Bar, Chee Wee tells Nazri'.It has been brought to our attention by ...Read More
Umno, the Bar Council and impartiality — The Malaysian Insider
MAY 17 - Is the Bar Council partial? Yes it is. It is partial to the small man; it is partial to the rule of law. But it comes as no surprise Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri ...Read More
Let’s ensure they are home for keeps — Richard Hartung
MAY 17 — A young pharmacist recently returned to Singapore after a highly satisfying stint studying and working in Australia. There, she said, doctors she worked with listened to ...Read More
Let us not forget free and fair elections — Galvin Wong
MAY 17 — The last two weeks have been filled with events that have displayed violence, disrespect and the true character of politics. On April 28, we experienced Bersih 3.0, the ...Read More
You, Sir, are missing the point! — Adrian K.H. Lee
MAY 17 — After being convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to death on November 14, 2008 in Singapore, Yong Vui Kong and his supporters have pursued various avenues with the ...Read More
Slippery slope to lawlessness — Aliran
MAY 17 — Aliran is shocked by Deputy Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar’s glib reaction to the May 10 protest by Malaysian Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Alliance ...Read More
Nilai maklumat rahsia perbankan — Nurul Anuar Kari
17 MEI — Sejajar dengan perkembangan teknologi moden, sistem perbankan negara dan dunia kini bergerak ke arah aplikasi digital bagi memudahkan urusan pelanggan. Secara positif, ...Read More
Melayu tiada tempat dalam DAP — Zulkifli Jalil
17 MEI — Sejarah penyertaan orang Melayu atau pemimpin Melayu dalam DAP penuh ranjau berduri. Kalau boleh dikaji senarai kepemimpinan Pusat parti itu, orang Melayu dan Bumiputera ...Read More
Democratic values banished? — Tay Tian Yan
MAY 17 — Lim Kit Siang said: My heart’s broken! Anyone who cares about the DAP will be equally broken-hearted. I received a text message from a senior DAP leader, telling me Tunku ...Read More
How did they miss the link? — Tulsathit Taptim
MAY 16 — The British media have credited Manchester City’s “crazily dramatic” Premier League title win on Sunday to anything and anyone but the right thing(s) and the right ...Read More
Twists and turns — Lim Sue Goan
MAY 16 — Socialist Francois Hollande won the French presidential election while the two major parties in the Greek ruling coalition failed to win a parliamentary majority. The ...Read More
Asia’s new elite — Shaun Tan
MAY 16 — “Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two; one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.” — Plato, The Republic It can ...Read More
Conduct unbecoming army veterans — Capt (Rtd) Hussaini Abdul Karim
MAY 16 — I wish to refer to the report, “Group performs ‘butt exercises’ in front of Ambiga’s home” that appeared in The Star (Nation) today as written by Yuen Meikeng. As a ...Read More
A free press is essential to democracy — Dennis Ignatius
MAY 16 — Marina Mahathir, one of our nation’s most inspiring figures, recently wrote how her article in The Star was spiked for fear of incurring the wrath of the powers that ...Read More
When teachers go above and beyond — Khairie Hisyam Aliman
MAY 16 — The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” That’s what Maria Montessori, Italian physicist and ...Read More
Perjuangan caca-marba Majlis Peguam — Noraini Razak
16 MEI — Apa sebenarnya hala tuju Majlis Peguam sekarang ini? Adakah masih kekal dengan matlamat mahu menegakkan kedaulatan undang-undang, melindungi kepentingan profesion guaman ...Read More
Tak payah guna kepala, sekarang guna punggung pula — Aspan Alias
16 MEI — Saya berasa geli hati dengan gelagat Umno yang kian hari kian memalukan. Pagi semalam sekumpulan penyokong parti itu telah berbaris dihadapan kediaman Ambiga Sreenevasan, ...Read More
The death of civil liberties — Malik Imtiaz Sarwar
MAY 16 — Though the government has said much about the repeal of the infamous Internal Security Act, little has been said to explain how its so-called replacement, the Security ...Read More
Mooning, Malaysia’s ultimate defence — Jaleel Hameed
MAY 15 — All hail our army veterans. They only need their bottoms to defend the country from its enemies. Today, I read in The Malaysian Insider that 10 retired soldiers ...Read More
New tipping point — Lim Sue Goan
MAY 15 — The rejected Kuokuang petrochemical investment project will be transferred to Pengerang, Johor. It is another controversial project after the Lynas rare earth refinery ...Read More
A man of unmalleable principles blighted by a malleable character — Soo Lim Chee
MAY 15 — That he has made up his mind to leave the DAP was confirmed by his second public attacked on the Bersih movement. After the first salvo I was still hopeful of a ...Read More
Singapore’s stressed singles — Chew I-Jin and Mao Ailin
MAY 15 — The annual International Day of Families today was established by the United Nations in 1993 to mark how changing social, economic and demographic processes impact ...Read More
FGVH listing: The game the crooks play — Sakmongkol AK47
MAY 15 — Readers who are interested in reading more vigorous analyses on FGVH are advised to read The Pirates of Putrajaya in the English language here and in Bahasa Malaysia ...Read More
Tok Guru Nik Aziz bapa setengah orang kafir — Subky Latif
15 MEI — Kita tidak tahu apa telah jadi kepada Rahim Nor yang dibuang dari Ketua Polis Negara kerana membelasah Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Berbelas tahun dia hilang tiba-tiba dia ...Read More
Umno, how much did you spend to bring your crowd? — P. Ramakrishnan
MAY 14 — Much has been made of the so-called 100,000 turnout of Umno members at the Bukit Jalil Stadium to observe Umno’s 66th anniversary celebrations. Umno president Datuk Seri ...Read More
Umno patut berhimpun sekali lagi — Aspan Alias
14 MEI — Saya mencadangkan supaya Umno mengadakan perhimpunan seperti yang diadakan di Stadium Bukit Jalil pada 11 Mei yang lepas sekali lagi. Pada perhimpunan Umno di Bukit Jalil ...Read More
Different strokes for different folks — Tay Tian Yan
MAY 14 — Ah Hua: Hudud law again? Doesn’t PAS have other issues to be discussed? Why does it always talk about hudud law? Umar: I’m confused, too. The Pakatan Rakyat said earlier ...Read More
English-medium schools available to all? — BH Toh
MAY 14 — I refer to your article entitled “Putrajaya scraps locak student quota in international schools”. It made me very happy while flabbergasted and sad at the same ...Read More
Messages in a political survey — Lim Mun Fah
MAY 14 — About 100,000 Umno members and supporters in red shirts filled the National Stadium at Bukit Jalil recently to celebrate the party’s 66th anniversary. Prime Minister ...Read More
The Bar Council, churches and political integrity — Alwyn Lau
MAY 14 — The reproaching of the Bar Council’s report on Bersih by a group of lawyers (namely, Datuk Mohamad Hafarizam Harum and Roger Tan) strangely echoes the resistance of many ...Read More
Thorium Lynas tidak berbahaya — A. Rahman Omar
14 MEI — Saya terpanggil untuk mengulas mengenai perkembangan yang berlaku berpunca daripada cadangan untuk membangunkan loji memproses nadir bumi, Lynas di Gebeng, Kuantan, ...Read More
Tujuh sebab Umno/BN sudah tidak layak perintah negara — Idris Ahmad
14 MEI — Ini ialah tujuh jawapan balas kepada Datuk Seri Najib Razak yang berucap di Stadium Bukit Jalil pada 11 Mei 2012,  kenapa Umno BN tidak layak diberi mandat di dalam PRU ...Read More
The best place in the world to be creative — Fredrik Haren
MAY 14 — I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked: “As an author of creativity books, how on earth can you live in Singapore?” And when I reply, “Because I think ...Read More
Malaysia after regime change — Hal Hill
MAY 14 — There is much to admire about Malaysia, in addition to it being arguably the world’s best place to eat. Its development record is admirable. Since independence in 1957, ...Read More
The true costs of social media — Ashwin Malshe
MAY 14 — Many companies jump on the social media bandwagon because they think social networks are free. However, sceptics argue that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. In this ...Read More
Bersih 3.0: Lessons to be learned — M. Bakri Musa
MAY 14 — Many have asked, in barely concealed rhetorical tone, whether the day would ever come when a non-Malay could be Malaysia’s prime minister. My view is that when such an ...Read More
Umno dinamik dan tetap relevan — Ku Seman Ku Hussain
13 MEI — APABILA Parti Liberal Demokratik (LDP) di Jepun kecundang dalam pilihan raya umum 2009, ada pihak cuba menyamakan LDP dengan Umno. Ini kerana LDP menerajui Jepun sejak ...Read More
Nor Mohamed Yakcop should learn history — Jaleel Hameed
MAY 13 — It is interesting that Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop is talking about Malaysian history, that the country would revert to the year 1511, when the Bumiputera agenda didn’t ...Read More
Should we ditch the idea of privacy? — Don Tapscott
MAY 13 — Since I co-authored a book on privacy and the Internet 15 years ago I’ve been writing about how to manage the various threats to the security and control of our personal ...Read More
Instagram’s Facebook filter — Paul Smalera
MAY 13 — The predominant way of interpreting Facebook’s billion-dollar purchase of Instagram, in light of the social-networking giant’s forthcoming IPO, is that Mark Zuckerberg ...Read More
The predictability of politics IV: The slide to violence and the deep state — Farish A. Noor
MAY 13 — Over the past few months we have witnessed the alarming escalation of violence in the country, on a number of registers: symbolic, discursive and even physical. My weary ...Read More
Our fate: Sub-par ministers — Justice Seeker
MAY 13 — It is telling that Nazri Aziz is considered among the more capable ministers. But on the evidence of what he has said and done, that is a backhanded compliment. A bit ...Read More
Hollande’s programme marks return of the Ancien Régime — Laurence Copeland
MAY 13 — Seeing the dewy-eyed kids at the post-election celebrations in Paris, I couldn’t help thinking how crazy it all was. The youngsters were plainly convinced they had a ...Read More
No easy fix for insurgency in Thailand’s deep south — John Blaxland
MAY 13 — The recent bombings in the tourist city of Hat Yai in southern Thailand reflect deep-seated and enduring institutional problems that defy easy ...Read More
Campus and intellectual freedom — Setiono Sugiharto
MAY 13 — Gadjah Mada University’s (UGM) decision to ban a discussion on Islam featuring Canadian-born author Irshad Manji has undercut the intellectual freedom of voicing one’s ...Read More
Public nuisance and the ‘Adzan’ controversy in Indonesia — Harison Citrawan
MAY 13 — The Vice President’s criticism of the volume of the adzan, a call for prayer from a mosque, has reaped public controversy. Such criticism followed concerns that the ...Read More
Malaysia’s sad media – Sam Peh
MAY 12 – Even during the most dictatorial days of Mahathir Mohamad, the mainstream media has not been this inept, corrupt, dishonest and even clumsy. But during the Najib reign, ...Read More
Bersih 3.0: The first test for the police under the Peaceful Assembly Act? — Maha Balakrishnan
MAY 12 — At a press conference on April 29 and in reference to the Bersih 3.0 rally the day before, the prime minister was reported to have stated that “the rally was the first ...Read More
Benarkah penentang Najib/Umno itu ‘haram jadah’? — Aspan Alias
12 MEI — Saya begitu terpanggil untuk memberikan komen tentang “conduct” PM Najib sebagai pemimpin utama negara sehari dua ini yang ramai menganggap sebagai tidak semenggah itu. ...Read More
A lesson in the Bill that was withdrawn — Lim Mun Fah
MAY 12 — The Cabinet decided to withdraw the controversial Election Offences Amendment Bill 2012. DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang expressed the Pakatan Rakyat’s support for ...Read More
The price of F1’s soul — Ian De Cotta
MAY 12 — There is a lot bothering Fernando Alonso of late. Since the start of the 2012 season in March, the disappointing performance of his Ferrari must rank highly in his ...Read More
Common sense vs EC sense — Kamalakannan Veerapathran
MAY 12 — I just don’t understand why Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar is crying foul over the withdrawal of the Election Offences Amendment Bill. He ...Read More
Paradise lost for Tunku Aziz? — Tay Tian Yan
MAY 12 — As widely expected, Tunku Abdul Aziz’s senatorship was not extended by the DAP. As if that is not enough, he also finds himself coming under scornful assaults and branded ...Read More
Police brutality — Mahathir Mohamad
MAY 12 — One of the favourite accusations against the police in the West is “police brutality”. No doubt there is and there will always be police brutality in the West and ...Read More
Reverse parking — Paul Rae
MAY 12 — One of the best-known plays by Kuo Pao Kun, the late doyen of Singapore theatre, is “No Parking on Odd Days”, a monologue he wrote in 1986 about a man who contests a ...Read More
Time is running out — Khairie Hisyam Aliman
MAY 12 — The next general election looms large, yet the ruling coalition is fumbling with the wrong issues. Could that be Barisan Nasional’s undoing this time around? Parliament ...Read More
Bantahan ‘gerai burger’ pengajaran kepada Ambiga — Berita Harian
12 MEI — Selama ini Pengerusi Perhimpunan Bersih 3.0, Datuk S Ambiga tidak merasai geram, marah dan kecewa dengan tindakan pengikutnya dan beliau sendiri yang mengganggu ...Read More
Despicable, contemptible behaviour must be condemned — P. Ramakrishnan
MAY 11 — Aliran is shocked and alarmed by the puerile and infantile behaviour of Perkasa, whose members numbering about 30 held an atrocious “funeral rite” in front of the Penang ...Read More
Politik fascism Umno lawan politik demokrasi rakyat (Bahagian 1) — Sakmongkol AK47
11 MEI — Apa pasal kita menibai Umno? Jawapannya sama seperti mengapa Umno menibai parti lawannya. Kita membantai Umno sebab Umno jadi penghadang kepada pencapaian demokrasi untuk ...Read More
Ramuan Umno untuk semua kaum — Ahmad Atory Hussain
11 MEI — Parti Umno/Barisan Nasional (BN) mengamalkan perkongsian kuasa melebihi daripada konsep berparti itu sendiri. Perkongsian kuasa antara parti berbilang kaum yang ...Read More
Opportunities huge, so are challenges — Shoeb Kagda
MAY 11 — It is little wonder that Indonesians are the happiest people in the world, according to a recent study by a leading investment bank. Over 50 per cent of the population ...Read More

Opinion

Subky Abdul Latif

Hisham telah memalukan Hanif

21 MEI — Tidak ramai yang sedar apa Tun Hanif Omar, bekas Ketua Polis Negara fikir tentang Bersih 3.0 sebelum 28 April lalu.Tidak ramai yang ambil ...
Khairie Hisyam Aliman

The quiet wave of change

MAY 21 — Timing is everything when it comes to performing. And the same can be said for politics.For politics is, in some part, performing to an ...
Uthaya Sankar

Bersih 3.0 dan Interlok (Bahagian 1)

21 MEI — Sesungguhnya Bersih 3.0 membantu saya membersihkan akaun Facebook daripada dicemari pendukung fahaman politik perkauman dan pencetus ...

 

Regional Correspondents

Emily Ding

The human face of the Batang Kali Massacre

LONDON, May 15 — “It sounded like fireworks,” Lim Ah Yin, 76, said. “As if it was Chinese New Year.”In fact, it was the terrible sound of automatic ...

 

All our columnists

Aidil Rusli
One to remember

MAY 19 — Unless you’re a Manchester United fan or of one of the three teams relegated from the English Premier League (EPL), last Sunday was truly something special. As a Spurs ...

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Ambiga Sreenevasan
What we dream of

JAN 3 — Dare we Malaysians dream that in 2012:

• Bersih 2.0’s eight demands will be implemented before Parliament is dissolved.

• the run-up to the elections will bring out the ...

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Amin Iskandar
PRU 13: Ibu segala pilihan raya

13 MEI — Kemana pun saya pergi semenjak dua menjak ini, perbincangan mengenai pembubaran parlimen dan tarikh pilihan raya tidak pernah berhenti.

Khabar angin paling popular kini ...

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Andy West
Don’t write off Chelsea
MAY 19 — According to the bookies – who don’t get many things wrong – Bayern Munich are big favourites for tonight’s Champions’ League Final against Chelsea, with the West London ...Read More
Ang Jian Wei
As long as people still care

APRIL 24 — My mother once told me that if someone still makes the effort to correct my ways, it’s a good sign. That’s because he or she still cares. Those who stay silent either ...

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Angeline Lee
Keep calm and carry on

MAY 5 — It’s that time of year again when the laptops and books come out and the library is full of people walking around like they are cars looking for a parking space in Gardens ...

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Anita Anandarajah
The Hong Kong tai tai

MAY 20 — A Youtube video featuring the life of a Hong Kong tai tai made its rounds this week on Facebook and an online expat forum to much loathing — and sympathy. 

The 12-minute ...

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Azrul Mohd Khalib
On children having children

MAY 17 — Next time you go to a city mall or any of the swanky places in Bangsar, Bandar Utama or Damansara, check out the couples with children. Very often, these days you will ...

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Charles Vincent
Malaysian goals: Score them, keep them

NOV 9 — Following the setback that our national team suffered against Singapore in the World Cup 2014 qualifiers in July, I was asked this question — how crucial is the defence of ...

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Colin Boyd Shafer
Miss Transgender Malaysia 2011

OCT 30 — The event was called “Fashion and Sense” but behind this euphemism necessary in a “conservative” country like Malaysia was the national beauty pageant for Malaysia’s ...

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Dina Zaman
The Bersih that wasn’t

MAY 2 — I’ve been to rallies before, as a student and Malaysian citizen but Bersih 3.0 was my first Bersih event.

Ten hours after Bersih 3.0, I am left grasping for ideas: how ...

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Dzulkefly Ahmad
Lest you have forgotten, Sir!

MAY 3 — Amidst the horror stories of police brutality, the many spins, the endless ranting in the social media and the finger-pointing blame game, I now write to dispense my ...

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Edwin Yapp
Why blaming tech, social media is pointless

MARCH 26 — The blame game has started... again.

Last week, The Malaysian Insider reported that Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Salleh Mat Rasid said the Internet ...

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Erna Mahyuni
When being ‘nice’ accomplishes nothing

MAY 9 — An argument I find rather bewildering is the notion that demonstrations are “not the Malaysian way” and any problems we have with the government should be brought through ...

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Ezlan Mohsen
Beyond GE13

MAY 8 — The past 18 months have seen a lot of discussions regarding the 13th general election (GE13), where actions and policies of both political sides are being scrutinised and ...

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Farah Fahmy
The inconvenience of standing up to be counted

APRIL 29 — I read the news with a feeling of déjà vu. Here we are, in April 2012, yet the news feels very much like it was July 2011.

Another Bersih demonstration ends in chaos. ...

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Hafidz Baharom
Should LGBTs join Bersih 3.0?

APRIL 27 — I’m guessing that is the main question that runs through the mind of the people who are preparing to either head to Dataran Merdeka or not tomorrow. The truth is, I ...

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Hafiz Noor Shams
PTPTN debt a cost of affirmative action

MAY 7 — Social mobility is crucial to the maintenance of a healthy liberal society. Inflexibility will have elites entrenched within the state apparatus and eventually becoming de ...

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Helen Hickey
St Patrick’s Day in Manhattan: A celebration

MARCH 25 — On a balmy Saturday morning, the streets of Manhattan teemed with St Patrick’s Day revellers in their thousands, decked out in shamrock green colours ready for the ...

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Hsu Dar Ren
Yes, Prime Minister, we need answers!

APRIL 30 — Two days after Bersih 3.0, and after viewing many videos and photos on the Internet, I would like to pose a few questions to the authorities, specifically the prime ...

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Jema Khan
Who is the boss anyway?

NOV 14 — In Malaysia we seem to be often caught up in a contest of dominance. The question of which race rules or which religion is paramount is the lifeblood of our political ...

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June Rubis
‘I was surrounded by 30 policemen…’
MAY 1 — There were about 30 policemen and DBKK (Kota Kinabalu City Council) personnel surrounding us. Some of us were clad in yellow Bersih T-shirts, and all of us felt very ...Read More
Kamal Amzan
Time to lay the cards on the table

MAY 16 — I think Pakatan Rakyat would do well to come to a consensus involving the hudud. Apart from DAP and PAS, I haven’t heard any decisive statement from PKR in that respect.

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Michael Saxon
Hot wok tales

APRIL 30 — After working in the “business” for the better part of 24 years and living in nine different countries, you tend to build up your stamina for tolerance and ...

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Ratna Osman
My personal journey to Sisters in Islam

APRIL 5 — I come from a modern middle-class family and, like most Malays, my religious identity is inextricably intertwined with the cultural traditions and rituals that were ...

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