The threat Najib poses to Malaysia’s reputation

The threat Najib poses to Malaysia’s reputation: Financial Times
January 27, 2016


Opaque payments to the PM raise fears over the nation’s body politic


Events this week have done nothing to

Without a clear accounting of what transpired between Mr Najib and 1MDB, Kuala Lumpur risks reinforcing an impression that its democracy is being shredded by a self-serving Malay elite. Mr Najib is already vulnerable to such charges. 

Does Hadi support Attorney-General Apandi’s decision that Prime Minister Najib has done no wrong in the RM2.6 billion donation and RM42 million SRC International scandals and that the AG has “absolute discretion” on these matters

Does Hadi support Attorney-General Apandi’s decision that Prime Minister Najib has done no wrong in the RM2.6 billion donation and RM42 million SRC International scandals and that the AG has “absolute discretion” on these matters: The one consuming issue in the last three days both in the country and the world about Malaysia is not the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

“Every legal power must have legal limits, otherwise there is dictatorship. In particular, it is a stringent requirement that a discretion should be exercised for a proper purpose, and that it should not be exercised unreasonably. In other words, every discretion cannot be free from legal restraint; where it is wrongly exercised, it becomes the duty of the courts to intervene.”

The illiberal threat to Islam

The illiberal threat to IslamIn his conclusion , the author said, "truth is that Muslims are indeed under threat. However, the enemy is not the Christians, or the Jews, or the West, or orientalism, or neo-imperialism.



The real threat to Islam is the rise of illiberalism within. As much as we like to lay the blame on colonial legacies and foreign conspiracies, the reality is that illiberal visions of Islam, such as that which is being propagated by the state in Malaysia, do the most harm to the faith. – January 25, 2016.": Zairil Khir Johari
The Malaysian Insider
25 January 2016

Central to the idea of liberalism, be it political, economic or social in context, is

Will AG Apandi institute criminal defamation proceeding in any one of the following five criminal defamation cases against DAP leaders?

Will AG Apandi institute criminal defamation proceeding in any one of the following five criminal defamation cases against DAP leaders?: Yesterday, the Pandan MP and PKR vice president, Rafizi Rami was found guilty of criminal defamation by the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court and fined

What the country needs is a Special Parliament for Najib to give a full and satisfactory accountability for his world-class twin mega scandals and to convince the country and the world his commitment to integrity and the battle against corruption in high political places.

‘The Economist’: While Indonesia fights Islamic State, Malaysia politicises Islam

‘The Economist’: While Indonesia fights Islamic State, Malaysia politicises Islam: Malay Mail Online
January 24, 2016


KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 ― Indonesian social movements are attempting to counter jihadist influence, but the

Religious authorities in Malaysia have been promoting an increasingly conservative interpretation of Islam, while the ruling Umno has welcomed a relationship with PAS that seeks to enforce hudud in Kelantan. Umno has also repeatedly demonised the DAP as being anti-Islam.

New Deal for Malaysia

New Deal for Malaysia: – Liew Chin Tong
The Malaysian Insider
24 January 2016

With mega crises on all fronts, (Datuk Seri) Najib (Razak) and Umno look doomed. But they

DAP must transcend the old society barriers to offer a new hope for Malaysians. The New Deal must be one that is built upon solidarity of all Malaysians. In time of crisis, we shall unite and not divide.

Abolish the BTN in the 2016 Budget calibration on Thursday, initiating a study whether BTN can be redeemed and totally revamped to promote national unity instead of fostering racism, disunity, intolerance and extremism in Malaysia

Abolish the BTN in the 2016 Budget calibration on Thursday, initiating a study whether BTN can be redeemed and totally revamped to promote national unity instead of fostering racism, disunity, intolerance and extremism in Malaysia: The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak should abolish the Biro TataNegara (BTN) in the 2016 Budget calibration on Thursday, initiating a study

increasing racial and religious polarisation in the country, with the country experiencing the worst state of national unity in the nation’s history, is an indictment of the abject failures of BTN in the past three decades.

Five things Najib must do if he is to uphold Tun Razak's legacy

Five things Najib must do if he is to uphold Tun Razak's legacy: At the Special 40th anniversary commemorative seminar on the death of the second Prime Minister, Tun Razak, on Thursday, the Prime Minister, Datuk It would have horrified Tun Razak that the whole system of checks and balances have become so decrepit that Najib is the only person in the government and the country who knows the ins and outs of the 1MDB scandal in the past seven years – which qualifies as the “most heinous crime without criminals” – as Najib, as Prime Minister, must approve all...

Don’t have to invent the wheel, just have the political will to do what is right and just to implement the Cabinet decision of April 22, 2009 or resign as Ministers

Don’t have to invent the wheel, just have the political will to do what is right and just to implement the Cabinet decision of April 22, 2009 or resign as Ministers: All eyes are on the Cabinet meeting today – will the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his 36 Ministers in the jumbo Cabinet end one of

There is no need for the Cabinet today to invent the wheel. Just have the political will to do what is right and just to implement the Cabinet decision of April 22, 2009 that there should be no unilateral conversion of children and that the children of parents where one parent chooses to convert to Islam must continue to be raised in the common religion at the time of the marriage.

Isu perkauman – cabaran Pakatan Harapan

Isu perkauman – cabaran Pakatan Harapan: A Shukur Harun
The Malaysian Insider
12 January 2016


Perjanjian Pakatan Harapan (PH) yang dimeterai pimpinan PKR, DAP dan Amanah Sabtu lalu

Rakyat pelbagai kaum mahu melihat ketiga-tiga parti dalam Pakatan Harapan bergerak serentak menentang perkauman dan menegakkan keadilan serta menentang segala kemungkaran.

Why Ibrahim Ali did not find me objectionable as anti-Malay and anti-Islam when he sought my help in the seventies to escape detention under ISA as a student leader?

Why Ibrahim Ali did not find me objectionable as anti-Malay and anti-Islam when he sought my help in the seventies to escape detention under ISA as a student leader?: It is amusing and comical that Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali claims that he suffered sleepless nights after the DAP declared that it is not anti-Malay

The sudden escalation of the campaign of lies, fear and hatred to demonise DAP leaders as anti-Malay and anti-Islam stem from the fear of the the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and UMNO propagandists that Najib and UMNO can be defeated in the next general elections.

Two Islamic State (IS) shocks for Malaysia in 24 hours

Two Islamic State (IS) shocks for Malaysia in 24 hours: Malaysia suffered two Islamic State (IS) or ISIS “shocks” in 24 hours.

The first shock was when the Prime Minister said on his FaceBook

the government on top of the ISIS problem? How could two ISIS “shocks” happen within 24 hours, with the Prime Minister expressing shock over the two Malaysian suicide bombers in the past fortnight which is contradicted by the Inspector-General of Police who said that these were unconfirmed and unverified reports?

Who are you bluffing, Apandi? « Lim Kit Siang

Who are you bluffing, Apandi? « Lim Kit SiangAs the Prime Minister’s chief legal officer, Apandi should advise Najib not to procrastinate and prevaricate any further, further advise the Prime Minister that his New Year Message that the twin mega scandals are no more issues among Malaysians was just an empty pipe-dream as they remain as real and even bigger than ever, and that he should make a clean breast by giving a full and satisfactory accounting of the 1MDB and RM2.6 billion “donation” twin mega scandals.