ARCHIVES 2010

MCA president Ong Tee Keat has made a bold declaration in his New Year message that he would be ready to lead the party to stand up to injustice, and engage any other like-minded forces to seek redress on issues of public concern.

By Thomas Lee

This Rat Race Series is dedicated to Raja Petra Kamaruddin who was instrumental in educating us on the inner workings of UMNO, without which many of the ideas would not have evolved.

By PY Wong

This is the famous kiasu and kiasi mentality. It is built into the culture by centuries of conditioning and even if some modern Malaysians think themselves well educated and free of it in a modern sense, it still manifests itself in a hundred ways in current thinking and behaviour of daily life. 

By batsman

This thing about missing items in the RMAF, and the Armed Forces as a whole, is an ongoing thing and there seems to be a lack of effort by the people in authority and power (not just those in uniforms) about stopping them. Perhaps they are in cohort with the culprits, or they are themselves the culprit.

“2010 will be a crucial year for Pakatan. Overall, optimism is high that we can advance further against the BN especially if all three DAP, PKR and PAS remember to be realistic in their individual expectations."

Wong Choon Mei, Harakah Daily

2009 was certainly a most eventful year. Let us recap on what happened in 2009 to get a better idea of what to expect this year. 2010 may yet be the year for total change, after what we saw in March 2008, when Prime Minister Najib Razak decides to call for a snap general election later this year -- unless he gets cold feet and sticks to his 2011 plan.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

While the IGP and AG were cracking their heads trying to figure out how to get me, I was ushering in the new year with these lovely Polish lasses. Oops....I better check if Malaysia has an extradition treaty with Poland. Ah, never mind, Europe is a big place anyway. 

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

(Free Malaysia Today) - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has filed a police report against Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand (picture) over her statement about the possibility that Teoh Beng Hock was murdered.

(NST) - Efforts to secure the return of fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin from the United Kingdom may not be a straightforward process.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin