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Najib, sitting in his KL mansion, may save Rafizi a Melaka knockout

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 12 -- As they say, the universe works in mysterious ways. Rafizi Ramli and his merry men - and women - in the old streets of Melaka are about to be recipients of electoral fortune ... Read More


How young is too young to play politics?

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 5 -- It recurs with no outcome and stays tepid till the next election. We're talking about age, that candidates are too young. In this Melaka election the spotlight is on Amanah's... Read More


GE16 Election Night promises surprises wrapped in surprises

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 29 -- As anything goes is the current ethos of Malaysian politics, mayhem post-GE16 - ostensibly before the end of 2027 - is inevitable. A political vacuum precedes before a fragil... Read More


Abolish AUKU for reals, then brace for the screams

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 23 -- For 55 years, the Universities and University Colleges Act or AUKU has silenced our campuses. Most of the time with its sheer presence. Like the most vicious gangster, the tri... Read More


Anwar Ibrahim's incumbency advantage

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 15 -- In my local WhatsApp group a large number claim to have voted for Anwar Ibrahim in the last general election. They also cannot then and now, name the actual MP's name, the nam... Read More


It pays to be a PKR frog

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 8 -- Is PKR desperate, a desperado, or just doing the Despacito? Maybe too busy on the political dance floor to notice the music was cut aeons ago. Hard to say reading their disco... Read More


Are your children sleeping in a hostel tonight?

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 1 -- Kuala Pilah police arrested two 16-year-olds last week after a 14-year-old junior was found lifeless lying on his hostel bed. The Education Ministry orders an audit. This is n... Read More


Melaka PRN: It's the negotiations, silly!

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 24 -- The Melaka election is a go. Questions abound if polling day, predicted for late October, witnesses the death-knell of progressive politics in the federation. After two stat... Read More


Saying sorry is not a competitive sport

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 17 -- As if on cue for Malaysia Day, Umno's General Assembly last weekend produced a furore over faith and sincerity in a divisive time. Sepang division chief Noorazli Said took t... Read More


Melaka, bellwether state, reading: Beware!

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 10 -- It's an oxymoron when people claim it is only through Umno and PN coming together - for the nation but first Melaka - that political tranquillity, economic dynamism and socia... Read More