By Raja Petra Kamarudin The Federal Constitution merely states that the Agong shall appoint the Prime Minister from amongst a Member of the House who, in Tuanku’s opinion, commands the confidence of the majority of the Members of the House. It says nothing about the Prime Minister having to be the...

Written by John Berthelsen “They say Malaysia is different from Mongolia and said they know people in police so can easy put me to jail. If in Malaysia law goes like that I can’t complain. But true is I did nothing to him. I’m just normal girl trying to meet my lover who lied to me and promise...

Barry Wain | Far Eastern Economic Review Malaysia’s planned leadership transition at the end of March from Ahmad Abdullah Badawi to Mohamed Najib Razak masks a fundamental reconfiguration of Malaysian politics. The United Malays National Organization is in long-term decline, after losing support a...

From The Jakarta Post Malaysia’s opposition Sunday celebrated the first anniversary of historic elections that gave it unprecedented parliamentary strength, while the ruling coalition struggled to revive its wilting popularity. In what Malaysians dubbed a political tsunami, a three-party allia...

From AFP KUALA LUMPUR  – Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday urged party loyalists to continue the push for political change in Malaysia and strive for a win in three crucial by-elections next month. Anwar also said the opposition alliance will continue to fight corruption and help the poor...

By Raja Petra Kamarudin Section 124 of the Penal Code reads as follows: “Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling or attempting to induce or compel a member of Parliament or of any legislative assembly or of any state executive council to exercise or refrain from exercising in any...

The New Straits Times | March 5, 2009 IN THE SERIOUS business of politically administering the hapless state of Perak, the “law of the jungle� seems to be the best recourse or a desperate precedent - if you can’t hold it at its august home due to some technical/political/security glitch, hold ...

The Malaysian Insider | Mar 2, 2009 MARCH 2 — How the roles have changed. Ten years ago, the mere mention of the green tide and the advance of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (Pas) would have conjured up images of mullahs, a repressive Islamic regime and a threat to the Malaysian way of life. Thanks to ski...

By Nathaniel Tan Two things I pretty much stay away from blogging about - people’s families, and people’s sex lives. You’ll never see pictures of the sexy exploits of politician’s sons on Jelas (though perhaps, that’s more due to jealousy than anything else, haha). I thought about it thoug...

From The Malaysian Insider FEB 20 — Fewer than half of Malaysians are confident that the newly-minted Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be effective in tackling graft in the country, a recent survey showed. Expect the number of believers to drop even further after today, following t...