GEORGE TOWN, Jan 10 — Steven Sim Chee Keong was relatively new in DAP when he first stood for elections in 2013 for the Bukit Mertajam parliamentary seat and won. Prior to that, he was the Seberang Perai Municipal Council councillor and had been helping his predecessor Chong Eng and later, Berapit state assemblyman…
KUALA LUMPUR: The regurgitation of wild and reckless allegations by a senior political leader of another political party about the DAP’s so-called ties with Israel, said suspended Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang, was another example of “political desperation” in the country. “The preposterous allegation was that the DAP would be offered RM1.2 billion by…
Penang Umno delegate Datuk Ahmad Darus today hit out at the government for allowing Malaysia Airlines’s (MAS) female staff to wear “unsewn” uniforms, saying that it showed a trend towards emulating the Jews. Speaking to delegates at the Umno general assembly in PWTC, Ahmad claimed that it was Jewish culture for men to dress “decently”…
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — The authoritarianism practiced by religious authorities here has laid the foundation for extremist religious views in Malaysia, Universiti Malaya law lecturer Dr Azmi Sharom said today. He said the recent Federal Court’s decision over Ezra Zaid’s case sets a dangerous precedent for religious authorities to have things their way while…
Bagi kartunis Zunar yang sering mengembara antara London, Cambridge, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, Washington DC dan New York, beliau percaya reputasinya sebagai aktivis pencetus kemarahan, sering melakar tanah air kita dalam hitam dan putih, percikan warna hanya untuk menyerlahkan perbezaannya dengan kerajaan pemerintah Barisan Nasional. Di sebalik penampilan reputasinya yang menakutkan hingga menyebabkan beliau mendapat 9…
Today, the women MPs of Parliament women’s caucus met with Ms Helen Clark, the current administrator of UNDP and the former Prime Minister of New Zealand. I like other MP’s was quite excited to meet her. Our meeting took place over lunch. The lunch meeting was hosted by Azalina Othman, the Minister in the PM’s…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia is in crisis. The economy is faltering and the government is floundering, struggling to explain away unprecedented financial scandals. Critics ascribe these problems to a lack of transparency and good governance, but these are merely symptoms. The root cause of Malaysia’s current troubles is ketuanan Melayu: the ideology of Malay…