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Golok River on Thai-Malaysian border also causes chaos in Thai province of Narathiwat

AN OVERWHELMING number of Malaysians are against street protests and have backed the government's decision to use the law to stop anyone from threatening racial peace and harmony, according to a…

THE CORRIDORS OF POWERRaja Petra KamarudinYes, while the HINDRAF, PEKIDA and DAMAI MALAYSIA brouhaha kept us distracted, a crime boss is quietly released on the personal instruction of the…

We three million opposition voters have done our job. Let the rest of the 12 million voters do theirs as well. Why should we three million opposition voters, the Agong and the Rulers carry the blame…

THE CORRIDORS OF POWERRaja Petra KamarudinUmno cannot be brought down, at least not from the outside. That’s what 50 years of Umno rule has taught us. Actually it is 52 years if you consider the…

Raja Petra KamarudinHow many of you remember KAL007. No, I am not talking about one of those James Bond movies if that is what you are thinking. Still don’t remember? I thought many of you would…

Raja Petra KamarudinThe Malays say, if you love your wife then leave her, and if you love your children then beat them. In Bahasa Malaysia this would be: kalau saying isteri ditinggal-tinggalkan dan…

Raja Petra KamarudinScomi Group Bhd is an investment holding company with subsidiaries involved in the oil and gas support services. As at 2nd March 2006, Scomi has a total of 995.2 million shares of…

Raja Petra KamarudinThose aligned to Anwar Ibrahim feel I am very harsh towards him. Those aligned to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad also feel I am very harsh towards him. Those aligned to Najib Tun Razak…

Raja Petra KamarudinOne of the religious leaders (mufti) of a certain state in Malaysia has condemned men who allow their wives to become the breadwinner of the family while they, the husbands, stay…

Raja Petra KamarudinHello.....brother.....that is not how the political game is played. Gratitude for past deeds has no place in politics. It is what you can do now and contribute to the future that…

Raja Petra KamarudinI remember back in the old days when there were three opposition fronts or lines of resistance. The first was of course the opposition parties. Next was Umno Youth, a party within…

Raja Petra KamarudinReferring to Anwar Ibrahim, Zainur Zakaria (one of Anwar’s lawyers) said the ex-deputy premier had also claimed to have been helpless to make changes while in government.“But look,…

Raja Petra KamarudinAll Umno Youth members have been urged to fly the Umno flag to mark the party’s 60th anniversary on May 11, said the news report in one of the mainstream newspapers.Umno Youth…

Raja Petra KamarudinMahathir's ex-aide criticises the official explanation for scrapping of the project By Carolyn HongThe Straits Times (Singapore) 26 April 2006The Malaysian Foreign Ministry has…

Raja Petra Kamarudin“Mahathir’s attacks fuel talk of comeback,” said Leslie Lopez in the Singapore Straits Times on 26 April 2006. Well, I got news for you Leslie. Dr Mahathir never left. He may have…

Raja Petra KamarudinWhy does Malaysia Today carry so many articles on Islam? In fact, many such articles are personally written by me. Simple; because Islam cannot be separated from Malaysian…

Raja Petra KamarudinLet there be no misunderstanding about this. Politics is about the attainment of power, plain and simple. If anyone tells you otherwise, then he or she is either a bad politician…

Raja Petra KamarudinI am 55 going on 56, so, understandably, much water has passed under the bridge in my journey through life (and much water have I retained around my belly as well.... sigh....).…

Raja Petra KamarudinThere are just so many reformists. Almost every country has at least one. Some are still living. Most died a long time ago. Some have been reduced to legends and we no longer know…

Raja Petra KamarudinHi Raja,My uncle has posed this question and I have tried to seek your past write-ups on this which I cannot seem to find.1] What damage have Osama and his extremist followers done…

Raja Petra KamarudinParti Keadilan Rakyat, or keADILan for short, celebrated its anniversary a few days ago. It was seven years old on 4th April 2006. Conspicuously absent from the birthday…

Raja Petra KamarudinI remember reading -- it was many years ago, I think in The Star -- about a foreign dignitary wanting to meet the First Prime Minister and Bapa Merdeka (Father of Independence),…

Raja Petra KamarudinMy wife and I visited the Daimler Benz factory in Stuttgart, Germany, soon after we took up the Mercedes Benz franchise for the State of Terengganu in the early 1980s. Heading the…

Raja Petra KamarudinAnwar Ibrahim was released from jail 18 months ago and since then has been based at Georgetown University in Washington DC. In May, Anwar, now a professor, will be coming home for…

Raja Petra KamarudinYou can take the Malay out of the kampong, but you can’t take the kampong out of the Malay, at least not that easily. Malays are very attached to their roots. Even if they were…

Raja Petra KamarudinWhen Tun Razak died in England and Hussein Onn replaced him as Malaysia’s Third Prime Minister in 1976, one-time PAS Menteri Besar of Terengganu Daud Samad and I debated as to who…

Raja Petra KamarudinThe Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) has proposed that the practice of putting up election posters during general and by-elections be done away with. According to his…