There were 14.9 million registered voters in the 14th general election in May 2018, out of which 82.32% or 12.29 million turned out to vote. In the 13th general election, the voter turnout of 11.05 million persons, or 85%, was the highest recorded in the…
REFSA – Research For Social Advancement, a think tank which I chair, had the great honour of hosting my friend Professor Dr Kuik Cheng-Chwee to speak on “Navigating Great Power Rivalries of the 2020s: Exploring options of Southeast Asia”. Cheng-Chwee, who was recently promoted to…
I am delighted to return to Bintulu where I had campaigned alongside Sdr Chew Chin Sing as early as the 2006 Sarawak state election. Chin Sing was the sole DAP Member of Parliament from Sarawak elected in the 1995 general election and the sole DAP…
Former President Donald Trump lost the election to Joe Biden in November 2020. But against the tradition, he refused to concede and he preached to the Trump echo chamber that his victory was stolen from him. He riled up his supporters and eventually, on 6…
By claiming that “building the first ship doesn’t require additional allocation” and “first ship will be completed in a year or two”, Hishammuddin is putting up a smokescreen to hoodwink the public Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is trying to deceive the public to…
Sdr Dr Chan Man Hin founded the DAP in 1966 with a vision of building a multiethnic Malaysian identity and Malaysian dream. He stabilised the party whenever there was a crisis. DAP would not have survived the May 13 period when Sdr Lim Kit Siang…
The 14th Parliament will be automatically dissolved in less than a year, by 15 July 2023, and any solution of the LCS project has to be of bipartisan nature so as to last beyond the next general election and survive changes of government. This is…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob must ensure that Cabinet decisions are followed to the letters. At the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday 9 August, it was decided that the report by Tan Sri Ambrin Buang-led Jawatankuasa Siasatan Tadbir Urus, Perolehan dan Kewangan Kerajaan (JKSTUPKK)…
Since the release of the Public Accounts Committee report on the LCS scandal last Thursday, 4 August, people now have more questions than ever about what had happened in the case of LCS project mismanagement. To find solutions and the way forward, we urge Minister…
Yesterday, our team of volunteers brought 11 Orang Asli kids from Kampung Sungai Temon, ranging from 5 to 13 years old, to Book Xcess at Sunway Big Box, Nusajaya. It was their first time visiting a bookstore. Some of them did not even have proper…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.