KUALA LUMPUR, 11 March 2009: Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Ind-Pasir Mas) today called for parliamentary immunity to be revoked to make Members of Parliament (MPs) take responsibility and be accountable for what they say in the Dewan Rakyat. He said this was because the persons on the receiving end of statements made in Parliament did not [...]

(Pic by hinks / sxc.hu) POLICE reports, bullets in the mail, angry protests and police interrogations. These are threats that have been expressed and carried out against individuals who have commented and criticised the monarchical heads in Malaysia. The monarchy appears to have garnered more media attention as newsmakers and opinion leaders in the last [...]

IN the wee hours of 9 March 2008, I waited until 3am before leaving my office, just to confirm that Perak had really got rid of its old regime. I also wanted to make sure that Malaysians would wake up embracing a new Malaysia where, joining Kelantan, four states would have gone through the political [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Feb 2009: Youths who want to express their anger and frustration on the political crisis in Perak should be given room to do so but under watchful eyes so not to disturb the peace, said Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth chairperson Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.   Hishammuddin, who is also Umno Youth chief and [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Feb 2009: A majority of the Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) walked out of the Dewan Rakyat today when Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Ind-Pasir Mas) debated the motion of thanks for the Royal address. They did so to show their dissatisfaction over Ibrahim’s remarks about the Opposition, which caused a war of words [...]

PUBLICISED figures on the amount of oil royalty remitted to Terengganu don’t match. And because no clear explanation is forthcoming, expect the issue to be exploited by PAS, and glossed over by the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election. PAS promises to flog the issue in its campaign. The BN, however, already [...]