Former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng depicted Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor’s claim over Penang as mere distraction from the latter’s failed governance, mismanagement “All talk no action. He should not tarry but practice what he preach by going straight to the Federal Court as permitted by Article 128 of…
An academic, Professor James Chin, sarcastically made a plea to Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh against quitting his position in the party. “Please do not step down. The Malay nationalists want you to stay and take over UMNO and bring UMNO into MN,” he said on Facebook. “Then you will implement your vision of…
DR INDRA YOHANES KILING Every January, millions of people promise themselves change. Less sugar, more exercise, better balance. Yet by February, most of those resolutions have quietly disappeared. The pattern is familiar, and it is not new. In the 2001 Bridget Jones’s Diary movie, Bridget decides to turn her life around with resolutions to stop…
S HARIKRISHNAN Barisan Nasional (BN), which ruled the country politically for 60-years until its fall from grace in 2018, is currently in complete limbo after losing support of Malaysian voters and internal bickering among component parties. The grand coalition of political parties, which at its heyday had 13 component parties made up of various race,…
Selangor exco for human resource, poverty eradication, minorities and Orang Asli affairs, Papparaidu Veraman was furious over the controversy surrounding a Hindu temple that was built on a private land in Taman Topaz, Dengkil, Selangor. “Why are they building Hindu temples on someone’s land? This sets a very bad precedent. Shame on us as Hindus….
A senator today questioned the continued silence of Putrajaya and humanitarian groups over the mob killings of minority Hindus in Malaysia. “This incident cannot be viewed in isolation. Bangladesh is part of our shared region, and events of this nature carry wider implications. When mob violence is allowed to take place, it weakens confidence in…
In a cryptic message on Facebook, MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M Saravanan listed four characteristics of self destructive political parties. He wrote the following: Today’s (PN) politics: Some of the characteristics are already prevailing in both the predominant PN component parties – Pas and Bersatu, and in Umno, the key head of BN. BN…
The US has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, who has been taken out of the country, President Donald Trump said on Saturday. The US has not made such a direct intervention in Latin American since the invasion of Panama in 1989 to depose military leader Manuel Noriega. “The United States of America…
A Hindu temple in Dengkil is scheduled to be demolished on Jan 9 by members of the public. Those keen on the demolition is believed to have discussed the matter at Masjid Raja Haji Fisabilillah, Cyberjaya yesterday. Land owner Suhaili Ahmad in a Facebook conversation stated that he had lodged a complaint to the Sepang…
Lawyers and family members of the deceased in the Durian Tunggal police shootout case today made five demands via a memorandum that was handed over to Bukit Aman. One of their key demands is the double standards in adhering to police standard operating procedure (SOP). “Despite classifying the killing under section 302 for murder there…
