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…
Here with Dr. Greg Fealy of Australian National University, my alma mater, and Dr. Justin Lee, the Australian High Commissioner to Kuala Lumpur. In 2003, I did a “summer scholarship”, where I had the chance as an undergraduate student to conduct graduate student-like research projects,…
(Published in Malaymail) As anticipation builds over the 15th general election (GE15), Johor DAP chairman Liew Chin Tong has predicted that the state will be a key battleground once more. He said there were several reasons why, with the most crucial one being Barisan Nasional’s…
(Interview published in Malaymail) Looking at the 15th general election as more than another major political event, Johor DAP chairman Liew Chin Tong said the eventual winner — regardless of politics — must prioritise finding a new order and stability for the country. Saying that…
The Malaysian Constitution provides that Parliament would automatically dissolve five years from the day MPs were sworn in (and not five years from polling day 9 May 2018), which means the 14th Malaysian Parliament will expire on 15 July 2023, exactly a year from now.…
Globally, we are living in a new era with heightened great power competition and geopolitical challenges. Defense and international relations are more talked about now than any time in the past three decades since the end of the Cold War. The years and possibly decades…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.