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The Bibles in Malay and Iban print, seized by rogue elements of Jais (Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor) from the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) in Selangor on Thursday 2 Jan 2014, cannot be about propagation of Christianity to Muslims even assuming that such propagation is wrong and which isn’t the case at all. Are 300-odd … Read more

Nesrine Malik of The Guardian hit the nail on the head when she said the Allah ban “is less about religion than about putting the non-Malay minorities in their place . . .” It’s about Umno-Malays domination and their claim to the exclusive right to set the country’s agenda, riding roughshod over the concerns of … Read more

Without much further ado, I will delve immediately into the subject proper of my paper in conjunction with the forthcoming national budget 2014 which will be unveiled by the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak who is also the Finance Minister. Please bear with me. I will keep my address as brief as possible so that … Read more

Hardly three years after the World Bank used Malaysian government figures to underline in Kota Kinabalu in Dec 2010 that Sabah and Sarawak were the poorest states in Malaysia, “I am Malay First” Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin turned up in the Sabah capital on Mon 30 Sept and declared that “Malaysia has … Read more

If there’s one central theme emerging from an International Forum on Malaysia in Kota Kinabalu the Sabah capital on Saturday (Oct 5), it was that Sabah and Sarawak’s 50 years in Malaysia – 1963 to 2013 – has been plagued by more than its fair share of bad politics. The gathering ‘International Forum 2013 Malaysia … Read more

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak recently announced an allocation of RM31 billion to empower Bumiputeras – the country’s indigenous citizens, mainly ethnic Malays – and enhance their status in equity and asset ownership. His generous provision of more funds to expand the Bumiputera share of the Malaysian economy was warmly welcomed by most Bumiputeras, especially … Read more

Kepada: Pihak yang berkenaan 16 September 2013 Krisis: klinik-klinik kesihatan sudah habis ubat Klinik-klinik kesihatan di Negeri Sembilan menghadapi kehabisan dan kekurangan stok tiga puluh (30) jenis ubat-ubat yang asas dan penting. Ubat-ubat ini digunakan untuk merawat: • darah tinggi • kencing manis • asma • kekurangan zat besi dalam wanita hamil • sawan • … Read more

I must admit that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Johor did not successfully deliver the desired 13th general election victories in the state to see PR itself become the new host in Putrajaya. In order to topple the ruling party, Johor has to yield and only then can PR successfully occupy the seat of federal government. Johor … Read more

The opinion of Mahathir Mohammad’s “legacy” as one of “skewed development” (‘Who’s the racist these days’, The Malaysian Insider, 28 April 2013) raises an important question at a very crucial moment: What type of development do Malaysians really want? Is it the project-style development model of endless shopping malls and other constructions repeatedly rolled out … Read more