This call to action on prison overcrowding is purely an act of conscience and non-partisan. Prison inmates have as much right as anyone else to remain safe from diseases. This is all the more so when the disease is as infectious and dangerous as COVID-19.…
I applaud Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for adopting the #kitajagakita framing we advocated in his speech on 10th April. He also adopted the word “new normal”, a welcoming sign from the Prime Minister that he comprehends our world would not remain the same again, even…
Until a vaccine is found and effectively deployed, which experts claim would be between 12 and 18 months away, the war on Covid-19 is going to be a long haul. As a nation that has not seen major conflicts since the Hatyai Peace Accords of…
Much as I opposed the political coup that brought in the current regime, I want to be as bipartisan as possible to ensure the government would make the right call in this time of Covid-19 pandemic. Otherwise, there will be people starving and possible social…
I was one of the earliest in Malaysia to use the war analogy to describe our fight against the spread of Covid-19. This provocative perspective has now become a popularly accepted one. But be that as it may, I find that many have yet to…
The second phase of Movement Control Order (MCO) begins on 1st April and ends on 14th April. The Government, the society and the nation, needs to work out how to “reopen” without causing a new bout of coronavirus transmissions. The Government, via the Prime Minister,…
We are at war against a virus, the deadly COVID-19 virus. In any war, three things are crucial: people’s solidarity, dynamic deployment of personnel, and mobilisation of material resources and industrial capacity. As a nation, we have a larger part to play, together. While I…
Deploying the Army to assist the Police just like during a flood is not wrong. During flood we call the Armed Forces to assist. So I see no wrong in the deployment.
Let’s put it this way, we have never seen this in our lifetime. Not in Malaysia’s nationhood since 1957 and 1963. The last time the world saw such chaos was perhaps during World War II, some 75 years ago. As a nation, we should approach…
A house divided is hard to hold. A house divided five ways – a loose coalition of Bersatu, Azmin’s faction, GPS, PAS and UMNO – is even harder to hold.