The fact of the matter is, there will be no better way to shame Anwar Ibrahim than to beat him in his traditional stronghold. It’s better than resorting to the tainted claim of sodomy, which - it has become clear - people don’t believe anyway. The problem for BN, I suppose, is the fact that no one will believe that they won fairly if they wre ...Continue
You know something’s wrong with the way people are educated in Malaysia when some members of the population - some UiTM students in particular - prefer to barricade themselves against the incursion of the “Non-Bumi” Horde ™. Yes, that proposed 10% of non-bumiputras will overwhelm the remaining 90% and will somehow cause the ...Continue
It was about race, not religion.
That much was clear from the insults hurled at participants during the open forum on the “Conversion to Islam”. For the religion to have been hijacked is pretty sad, but that’s what you get in communitarian Malaysia, especially when the idea of race is so inextricably entwined with being Mu ...Continue
In the midst of the (alternative) media storm was news that a blogger had been hauled up and taken away by the fuzz. I feel both DSAI’s day in court today and Penarik Beca’s arrest confirms that to me that we are firmly in it, and the final pieces ...Continue
Yes, it will be unfair to pre-empt voters in Permatang Pauh and talk about the implications of voting one way or the other. In the view of people who support Anwar Ibrahim, voting him in most probably construes a vote for change, cleaning up the government and a host of good virtues, no doubt.
What would voting for UMNO (and its Barisan l ...Continue