DAP was founded this day 56 years ago, on 18 March 1966. Up until 1990, DAP struggled to survive as it had to face persistent clampdown from the state machinery of the Alliance/Barisan Nasional (BN) government. BN held onto power by playing its two-pronged trump…
Yesterday evening, I spoke to Menteri Besar-designate Dato’ Hasni Mohammad over a phone call. I congratulated him for the victory of Barisan Nasional in the 15th Johor State Election. I stated that we will play the role of a constructive opposition and when it comes…
Fourteen years ago today, on 8 March 2008, the first political tsunami happened, and I was elected as the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bendera, and DAP as well as its allies formed the Penang state government. The party leadership had asked me to contest…
The old ways are no longer working. We need a new deal. Reject the old, give the new a chance. In 2018, Pakatan Harapan became the government but a group of greedy politicians betrayed the people’s trust. The answer is not bringing back the discredited…
I have contested in elections since 2008. But this is the first time I am contesting a state seat, at the instruction of the party’s leadership. Interestingly, the state seat of Perling in Johor that I am vying for now has more than a hundred…
To move forward in turbulent times, Malaysia needs to end silos and band-aid, piecemeal solutions in our reform efforts. We have to think system. It means getting all the acts together. In the years to come, unprecedented uncertainties will be the norms, not exceptions.…
Johor makes history each time Malaysia is at a turning point. When the Malays rose up against the Malayan Union proposal in 1946, UMNO was formed in Johor. When the Alliance and later Barisan Nasional needed a base in both Malaya and Malaysia, Johor was…
Media statement by Liew Chin Tong, former Deputy Defence Minister, on 4 January 2022 As the former deputy defence minister with inside knowledge of the workings of Boustead Holdings Bhd, which is part of Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), I am appalled by the appointment…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.