My first task as deputy international trade and industry minister was to represent my minister, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, at the 10th Asean-EU Business Summit, in conjunction with the 45th Asean-EU Commemorative Summit, in Brussels. At the forum, I spoke alongside His Excellency…
This 15th general election is an election to elect a new government. It is also to determine a future that we can all be proud of for Malaysia. All elections before 2018 were always about electing a stronger opposition. Barisan Nasional was always the only…
In the final lap before polling day this Saturday, most pundits have now agreed that Pakatan Harapan has the best chance among three competing coalitions to secure the most number of seats in Parliament. What is not certain however is the extent of Pakatan Harapan’s…
During my visit to Sibu and Sarikei, Sarawak, with Johor DAP State Secretary and DAP Party Whip in the Johor State Assembly Sdr Andrew Chen, I urged the voters of Sibu and Sarawak to vote for Pakatan Harapan candidates in GE15. I have been campaigning…
This is the story of my political journey in the past two-and-a-half decades which intertwined with massive political changes in Malaysia. The July 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the 1998 Reformasi movement triggered by the jailing of the then Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar…
Did you know that while some p-hailing service or food delivery motorcycle riders are habitual red-light breakers, many of them are actually forced to do it because they have to avoid being classified as “late” by their employers’ rigid system? Things are made worse when…
In my capacity as DAP National Election Director, I am here in Sandakan, Sabah, to support Pakatan Harapan’s candidates for the seats of Sandakan (Vivian Wong Shir Yee), Batu Sapi (Liau Fui Fui), and Libaran (Dr. Peter Naintin). The cluster of seats in the city…
Sdr Lim Kit Siang is a visionary who constantly seeks to reshape the political landscape with the hope of building a Malaysia for all. Before Gelang Patah/Iskandar Puteri, Kit Siang was elected in Melaka (Kota Melaka, 1969-1978; 1982-1986), Selangor (Petaling Jaya, 1978-1982), Penang (Tanjong, 1986-1999)…
(This interview was published in Malaymail) Whether it is Umno, led by caretaker prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob or party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Pakatan Harapan (PH) has to work twice as hard to win over voters ahead of the general…
Malaysian elections rarely feature foreign policy ideas and debates. However, who Malaysians choose to run the nation next and how Malaysia positions itself internationally will have huge consequences on the increasingly tense region. For a secure and peaceful Southeast Asia, Malaysia needs to have a…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.