Remains mysterious. Despite the Federal representatives of Sarawak ruling coalition GPS moving to sit on the government side in the Assembly the essential Sarawak dilemma remains unresolved. It is this. How is it possible to accept the support of a party tainted by decades of corruption and other criminal activity when one has been elected […]

Ex UMNO Minister and close cousin of the criminally charged ex PM Najib, Hishamuddin ventured towards what is clearly NOT UMNO/PAS policy by urging that communal divides be set aside in the interests of national unity and progress. Here he was echoing recent PH calls to the same effect and both parties are absolutely right

It is perfectly possible to write off PAS leader Hadi as an elderly bigot unable to see the modern world, and the modern Malaysia, as they really are. If he was alone in his outdated bigotry no one would need to pay him any attention. The danger that he represents is that he will be

The announcement that the Federal government will buy this aircraft and, presumably, deploy it in Sarawak (a project likely to meet with every possible obstruction from the GPS administration) comes as some of the last tranche of tropical forest in the State is handed over by arch villain Taib to his son! One supposes it

Many Malaysians will be wondering, in private and more openly, about the rationale for this new political tie up. As well they might. Here we have a fundamentally religious party, subscribing to the tenets of Islam, making common cause with one whose leadership are undergoing criminal prosecution for mega crime. Furthermore there seems to be

A Minister, speaking in public, sought to justify such taking place in a certain State by claiming that this was a State matter. Nonsense and he must have known it when he spoke. Religious freedom is guaranteed by the Constitution and MUST be respected. None of us knew that happens after life, but whatever may

Now that the Federal Court has brought to an end the legal dispute over these rights the PH government must step in to settle the issue. It is not really important what conclusion the Court reached as this is a political issue of the first importance and has to be dealt with by politicians, not

The Prime Minister is widely reported as saying that it will be difficult for PH to repeat its electoral victory at the next General Election. Admittedly that is still a long way off and it is difficult to predict the outcome at this point. But one thing is certain and that is if PH give

Irrespective of the recent delivered judgment of the Federal Court, with which it is easy to disagree, the whole matter of native customary rights in Sarawak and Sabah needs profound investigation. BN State administrations in both States steadily and comprehensively whittled away at these rights, relying on Courts subservient to the criminal BN government to

It is reported that a Sarawak State government Minister has called for the expenditure, from central government funds naturally, of that enormous sum to build a road allowing movement along the State’s frontier with Indonesia to enable defence forces to have the ability to counter any invasion. Admittedly Sarawak State ministers have little with which

The proportion of national income spent on defence, which produces no material return, should depend on the assessment by the government of the nature and extent of threats to national security. These, apart from Beijing’s unconcealed expansionism, appear to be minimal and it would be an unwarranted and unnecessary expense to buy new fighter aircraft.

The PAS backed move to urge Malay Malaysians not to buy or otherwise support goods or services produced or operated by non-Muslims is not just foolish and narrow-minded. To suggest economic warfare against one section of the nation by another is both illegal and a deliberate attack on national unity. While it can be recognised that

A low level Court in Kuching is reported to have refused an application by the MACC to remand three arrested persons. If the press report is accurate their lawyer claimed that they were even unaware for what reason they had been arrested. This seems improbable since they must have been told by the arresting officer

Tuan Tuan Puan Puan, Unless you have been appointed since the last general election you will have entered a service which had been deliberately trained to assume that the government of the day, representing the electorate as it did, was acting as honestly and efficiently as it was capable of doing to forward the public

While telling reports against financial improprieties by the Sarawak State government appear on an almost daily basis. And while perhaps half of that State’s annual revenue has to go towards these hidden debts, about which no information is published by the GPS State government how are the public to know what is and has been

Than a thousand words. The truth of that proverb is once more illustrated by the picture of the timber tycoon’s mansion heading the latest Sarawak Report scandal  disclosure. One question, and one only, needs to be asked and it is this. How much tax has the owner of that mansion paid since starting his rape

The Prime Minister is right in a sense when he claims that palm oil has not been the motor for deforestation. That motor has been plain and simple criminal greed the part of mega thieves like Taib Mahmud and his Sarawak accomplices. But the end result is the same. Land cleared from tropical forest is

A Muslim religious personality has gone public with praise for mass murderer Saddam Hussein claiming that he was responsible for unity in Iraq and suggesting that similar measures are needed in Malaysia to preserve Malay dominance. Many will find it strange that a religious figure should be publicly advocating discrimination; to give his views the

Charged as a mega crook Najib Razak has complained publicly that his “political work” is being hampered by the PH government which is “forcing him to attend Court” when he could be out lying to the voters just like the old days. He surely cannot be under the impression that he will be acquitted? In

Speaking in Sabah arch crook Najib claimed that PH supporters in the State were getting ‘rewards’. No details unfortunately. But then Najib and UMNO have always been long on invective and short, totally lacking in fact, in proof. It is easy to accuse others of getting illegal rewards, especially when one is Malaysian, and possibly,

MACC chief Lateefa is reported as saying that her agency receives all sorts of complaints that have no relation to corruption. Well so? It can only take a moment to re-direct such mistaken persons to the right address and it might be thought flattering that the public have such trust in the MACC that they

In a new development, which may indicate how he is thinking these days, mega crook Najib urges fellow Malays not to worry about the after life. Maybe such thoughts occupy his mind? But, in reality he should be concentrating on the present life which may very well see him the sole occupant of State provided

Press reports quote current UMNO “President” Zahid as denying that ex Minister Hishammudin, a close relative of Najib, spoke recently in favour of retaining Dr. Mahathir as Prime Minister for a full term rather than the projected hand over to Anwar Ibrahim. This denial, public as it was, offers an interesting sidelight on current UMNO

PAS boss Hadi Awang has once again underlined PAS’s intention to work with UMNO. This despite both the top bosses of UMNO under or awaiting trial for massive thefts of public money. Is that an Islamic good deed? Or is it the act of a sick and ageing PAS leader desperate for one last throw

UMNO President, for the moment, Zahid has announced publicly that no one except himself can hold talks with other political parties. That may prove to be a bit of a problem through the bars at Sg. Buloh. Or maybe, by then, UMNO supporters will have come to their senses, seen their “leaders” for what they