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So they are now embarking on an asset-stripping exercise. Chua Soi Lek, Tan Chai Ho, Vincent Lee Fook Long, Kat Swee Sang, and a few other MCA taikos are shifting MCA’s assets so that they can eventually bury an empty shell that was once the second-most powerful and richest political party in Malaysia. They will then ride out into the sunset and all live happily ever after while the Malaysian Chinese continue to argue about who should hold power and who should be represented in the government. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin
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Can you see that long before the 2008/2013 Tsunami, the Malays and Chinese of Kuala Terengganu already set aside their racial/political differences and supported the candidate rather than the race or party? The Chinese supported and worked/campaigned for an Islamist from PAS while the Malays supported and worked/campaigned for a ‘kafir’ from MCA. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin
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You can see the Malay swing in 1946. Then they swung back and took another swing in 1959. Then they swung back and took another swing in 1969. Then they swung back and took another swing in 1990. Then there was another swing in 1999 after swinging back in 1995 (and then swung back in 2004). In 2008, we saw another swing and a slight swing back this time around in 2013. Will the Malay ‘pattern’ prove true and will we see yet a bigger and maybe a ‘terminal swing’ (for Barisan Nasional, that is) in the 2018 general election? NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin
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Meena Lakshana, fz.com PKR's Dr Xavier Jayakumar and Elizabeth Wong have accepted the possibility that they may not been reappointed to the Selangor state executive council.
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A prominent PKR member also says that the deputy president has set a bad precedent by washing party's dirty linen in public B Nantha Kumar, FMT A prominent PKR grassroots member today called on party deputy president Azmin Ali to apologise to Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismal for initiating baseless attacks against the party president.
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Anizah Shukry, FMT Malaysians must boycott the “pesta kegilaan” (festival of madness) by the opposition over claims of electoral fraud and accept that Barisan Nasional won the 13th general election.
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(Bernama) - The government would not be issuing warnings anymore but would act tough against individuals whose extreme actions would only disrupt public order, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today.
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Robert Phang says the anti-graft watchdog must now monitor the new minister’s performance. Alyaa Azhar, FMT Paul Low violated Transparency International’s code of ethics when he accepted his appointment as a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, former MACC advisor Robert Phang said today.
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At first Chua sneered at Lim Keat Siang’s announcement to contest in Gelang Patah and said that Lim was ‘dreaming’. It would later turn out that Lim’s ‘dream’ had come true. We all witnessed how energetic and enthusiastic Lim could be even he is already in his seventies. He fought with such zeal over the past month, he travelled north and south for thousands of miles and he kept his morale high to the last minute. It was not by luck that DAP emerged a winner, for Lim had been giving out ceramah not only in his constituency but all over Malaysia. By Xing Yue Zhen邢月珍 @ nanyang.com
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AT 4pm today, former Utusan Malaysia senior journalist Hata Wahari plans to protest against what he calls the "racist attitude" of the editors and journalists of the Umno-controlled Malay newspaper in their coverage of GE13 – before, during and after the May 5 polls. Mohsin Abdullah, fz.com
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It’s OK. We are brought up that way. S. Narayanan
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The objective of this document is to explain briefly to those Christians who do not understand when, why and how Churches in Malaysia use the word ‘Allah. It is also for Christians who are confused about how to respond, when confronted by the ignorance of non-Muslims about the Christian use of the word ‘Allah’. Christian Federation of Malaysia
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The BN government should stop beating around the bush and just plainly say that it needs to raise another RM27 billion from GST, which is the equivalent to about RM1,000 per person per year, to cover the ballooning national debt which have been increased partly by the various Santa Clause programs to fish for votes in the recent general elections. Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan
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(NST) - Former Indonesian president Jusuf Kalla has expressed disappointment with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, whom he said had rejected his defeat and any form of reconciliation with his rivals in Barisan Nasional.
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RIMANEWS -- Anwar Ibrahim, pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat yang merupakan partai oposisi di Malaysia, membuat Mantan Wakil Presiden RI periode 2004-2009 Jusuf Kalla (JK) kecewa dengan sikap yang ditunjukkan sahabatnya dalam menyikapi hasil pemilu disana.
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(Agenda Daily) - SPR menyelar Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sebagai Raja Fitnah apabila mendakwa 500,000 undi awal anggota pasukan keselamatan dimanipulasi pada PRU13 kerana jumlah sebenar pengundi berdaftar untuk kategori itu, cuma kira-kira 230,000.
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Anis Nazri, Harakah Daily PAS Selangor akan menerima apa sahaja keputusan yang diperkenan Sultan Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah berhubung senarai exco negeri itu.
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Tiada keputusan dicapai dalam mesyuarat itu kerana kuasa penentu berada di tangan Sultan Selangor, kata Khalid Samad. (Fmt) - Timbalan Pengerusi DAP Selangor, Tony Pua terlupa bahawa terdapat dua pilihan dalam isu senarai Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri (Exco) yang diumumkan Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim hingga menimbulkan salah faham.
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Sekilas pandang terhadap Hindraf berikutan pelantikan Waythamoorthy sebagai timbalan menteri dalam Kabinet Najib. Memorandum persefahaman (MoU) ditandatangani antara BN pimpinan Najib dan Hindraf pimpinan Waythamoorthy pada 18 April lalu; dan selebihnya adalah sejarah. Memandangkan sejarah ditulis oleh pihak yang menang, jangan terkejut jika buku-buku teks Sejarah di sekolah seluruh Malaysia pada masa depan mengangkat Waythamoorthy setaraf Mahatma Gandhi. Uthaya Sankar, SB
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(The Star) - The rift between Hindraf founders and brothers P. Uthayakumar and Waythamoorthy is set to widen with the elder brother, who lost in his bid to take the Kota Raja parliamentary and Sri Andalas state seats, blaming his sibling for the polls defeat.
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DBKL has been ineffective in improving the administration of KL, says DAP's Lau Weng San. Alyaa Azhar, FMT Kampung Tunku DAP state assemblyman Lau Weng San today urged the federal government to return the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur to Selangor.
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According to the Taoist world view, the birth of the "mother of all" things is a sure sign of the the two extreme Yin and Yang forces are at its peak. Kuo Yong Kooi
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At a shop, sometimes, we don't have a choice... KoSong
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Political youth: MCA members (from left) Chew, Liaw, Desmond, Lim and Nicole holding up speech bubbles calling for party renewal. (The Star) - A group of six young MCA members has launched a new movement to overhaul the party, calling for direct elections to empower members to have a bigger say in the party's direction and leadership.
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(NST) - Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has been asked to justify the reappointment of PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as Selangor economic adviser.
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So, yes, we too in the UK were not happy with the system. And we ‘sold out’ the ruling party and ‘toppled’ the government because we were not happy with the system. But no one told us if we are not happy with the system then we can get out of Britain and go live in another country. If they had done that they would have been crucified. They would have been hung upside down from the nearest tree. We would have nailed their balls (or tits) to the wall. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin
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Now, what I do not understand is: why emphasise ‘on a Chinese woman’? The Chinese scream that they are not racists. Yet they send me this very racist e-mail. This woman was humiliated or treated badly. That is wrong. Period! But to play up this issue as a racial issue is more wrong. And this is what Malaysians like to do. They like to emphasise that so-and-so who is Chinese or Indian is a victim of such-and-such. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin
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Meena Lakshana, fz.com Pakatan Rakyat's popular vote win in GE13 is limited to four states and Kuala Lumpur, according to an analysis by Sinar Harian.
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Leven Woon, FMT DAP has disputed Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim’s statement that the party will be given three exco and one speaker posts in the state administration.
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