K. Siladass. - On 20th February 2012, Lim Kit Siang, now Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang, was celebrating his seventieth birthday at Pan Pacific Hotel in Penang. Among the celebrities were Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim,…
Altantuya’s dad: Karpal with me during my worst
The death of Malaysian icon Karpal Singh has reached the shores of Ulanbataar, Mongolia, where a two-page tribute was dedicated to him in a local daily yesterday. The Mongolian-language Zuunii Medee or Century News carried…
‘Many wanted to be Anwar but Karpal was…
To many, Karpal Singh was a fiery politician but for others, he was a figure who helped inspire a new generation of legal practitioners. Ahmad Nizam Hamid was among the young lawyers who looked up…
For Karpal, no going out the back door
INTERVIEW by Malaysiakini 6 days ago. Nearly 30 years on from one of the first of many threats on his life, Karpal Singh still refuses to slip quietly out the back door.Then, he was urged…
Home Minister Hamidi is a misfit
-M.Kulasegaran, April 15, 2014 Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday defended the police’s decision to ignore the abduction of Deepa’s son by her former husband, saying it was the Home Ministry’s “official stand” not to…
Of GST and Najib’s financial indiscipline
-DZULKEFLY AHMAD, April 14, 2014. COMMENT: Amidst the hullabaloo of parliamentary debate, the Umno-led BN regime bulldozed its long-awaited money-generating Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill through the Dewan Rakyat. It has taken them almost…
Utusan: Malaysiakini an irresponsible ‘parking operator’
Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia has trained its guns on Malaysiakini again, this time berating the portal for allowing subscribers to post their comments without censorship. Curiously drawing analogy with a lengthy diatribe on how parking operators should be responsible for…
PSC a must even without black box, says…
MH370 Veteran opposition lawmaker Lim Kit Siang has urged cabinet to form a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) soon to discuss matters related to the MH370 crisis regardless of whether the plane's black box is recovered.…
‘Gov’t approved RM559mil projects without tender’
Putrajaya approved a project to construct several schools worth more than half a billion ringgit without going through open tender, according to Sarawak Report. The project to construct 15 schools in Sarawak at a…
Our soldiers tortured female recruits, says military spokesman
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military admitted soldiers had abused and tortured female recruits, a rare admission of guilt after years of allegations over its personnel’s treatment of Tamil rebels during an uprising. A military spokesman said…
Wan Junaidi should not weasel out of it
-M. Kulasegaran, MP, March 23, 2014. After being roundly denounced for making offensive remarks about non-Malays over their supposed insensitivity to child rape, Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar yesterday made a clarification via a press statement issued by his principal private secretary, Wan…
Wan Junaidi gets brickbats from BN and Pakatan
Two days after making the remark that non-Malays could be less sensitive to statutory rape cases in Parliament, Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar continue to receive criticisms from BN, Pakatan and non-governmental organisations…
Najib’s full press statement on MH370
Seven days ago Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared. We realise this is an excruciating time for the families of those on board. No words can describe the pain they must be going through. Our thoughts…
Dormant diaspora rises up against US draft, demands…
[TamilNet] In an unprecedented gathering after May 2009, around 10,000 diaspora Eezham Tamils gathered in Geneva on Monday demanding international investigations on genocide and a UN plebiscite on independent an sovereign Tamil Eelam. Disappointed with the discourse…
MIC DECEIVING PUBLIC ON RELOCATING SRJK (T) YONG…
-Dr. S.Ramakrishnan, Ex-Senator, March 6, 2014. Relocation of Tamil schools from estates to nearby towns can never be an easy task. The bureaucracy drags its feet and shows no will to relocate and MIC, “the…
7-member Federal Court bench hears ‘Allah’ appeal
While thousands of Christians in Malaysia pray and fast in the holy season of Lent which begins today, Ash Wednesday, they also wait with bated breath for the Federal Court hearing of the Catholic…
Malaysia is no progressive society
In 1984, I co-wrote a story about Malaysia's young politicians to watch, among them Najib Razak, then the 30-year-old head of government of his home state, Pahang. When I interviewed Najib in a hotel suite…
AirAsia boss gloats over MAS losses
Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) damning losses of more than RM1 billion in its 2013 financial year has givenFernandes reason to gloat. In a series of Twitterposts, Fernandes said MAS has suffered massive losses despite government support, unlike…
PAS leaders condemn Utusan’s attack on non-Malays
- MUZLIZA MUSTAFA, Malaysiainsider, February 16, 2014 The attack by Utusan Malaysia today against non-Malays smacks of an Umno agenda, said PAS leaders who criticised the article written by Mingguan Malaysia's deputy editor Azman Anuar.…
Where are you, Mr Prime Minister?
-M. Kulasekaran, February 8, 2014. Yesterday, police reports were lodged nationwide by DAP MP for Seputeh, Teresa Kok and DAP state leaders over the slaughter of two chickens by a group of Islamic NGOs and…
A Call to the moderates of all races…
-Lim Kit Siang, February 3, 2014. Let all Malaysian moderates regardless of race or religion commemorate World Interfaith Harmony Week 2014 with the resolve to save Malaysia from the extremists and traitors who want to tear…
Ministers to go for media training?
-M.Kulasegaran, MP, January 26, 2014. It is reported today that to avoid more gaffes which have made his Cabinet a laughing stock, the Prime Minister Najib has directed mandatory media training for the Cabinet…
10-point solution akin to a ‘bounced’ cheque
-ANDREW KHOO, January 25, 2014 COMMENT It would be an understatement to say that the pronouncement by the prime minister yesterday that the 10-point solution to the ‘Allah’ issue must be subject to state laws…
Netizens greet censorship of pigs with dismay
Netizens on Twitter have greeted the recent censorship of images of pigs with a mix of ridicule and dismay today. “Later, people would accidentally eat pigs because they don’t know how pigs look like, ain’t…