
Category National


Azmin’s coup was planned as early as October 2019, before Sheraton
Recently, Azmin Ali has been trying to re-write history to whitewash his reputation. Don’t be fooled. Azmin was the main architect of the failed coup in October 2019 which was the precursor to the Sheraton coup. Here are the facts for the record. After Azmin…

Budget 2021: Job creation as the Number 1 economic agenda
No other economic concern is more important than the question of jobs. We should place the agenda of job creation front and centre. And the Government should be the catalyst to drive this agenda. Through Budget 2021, over a period of two years, the Government…

Malaysian politics needs a new Operating System (OS)
‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other…

Malaysia’s greatest political challenge
The nation’s future hangs in the balance, and the proposed emergency rule by the Muhyiddin administration will be the beginning of a downhill spiral, with no end in sight. There are better ways to handle Covid-19 pandemic but imposing emergency rule is not it. There…

Political “earthquakes” that realigned Malaysian politics
Part 1: Malaysia’s Political Earthquakes This article was originally published on 25 September 2015 In the wake of an earthquake, tectonic plates will shift and realign. It takes time before gradually stabilising. In the process of seismic shifting, instead of hoping for a more stable…

Proposed “prorogation” of parliament nothing more than a sham to prolong the government’s shelf life

Putting the GST ghost to its final rest
Murmurs about the reintroduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) to generate revenue was recently heard in the chatters along the corridor of powers. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should put the GST ghost to rest once and for all by categorically denying that…

Covid-19 Outbreak in Prisons – High Time to Speed Up Prison Reform
Covid-19 is a great equaliser, affecting Presidents and prisoners alike. The marginalised in society are often worst hit by the pandemic, as underscored by the outbreak in the migrant workers’ colonies in Singapore and lately, Malaysia’s overcrowded prisons. Despite the public’s strong desire for law…

Covid-19 outbreak turning prisons into “death traps” – Where is Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin?
Media statement by DAP National Political Education Director and Member of Dewan Negara Liew Chin Tong on 7th October 2020 As of 6th October, 8.3% of Malaysia’s Covid-19 positive cases are prison inmates and prison officers or staff (1,126 out of 13,504 total cases). Cases…