Category Archives: On the Beat
Believe it or not ( 23 September 2018 )
Raising eyebrows: Both Hishammuddin and Dr Ahmad Zahid have met up with Dr Mahathir since GE14. Stranger things have happened post-general elections, but losers seeking the winning party’s advice is certainly curious. POLITICS in Malaysia gets stranger with each passing […] Continue Reading
A question of faith ( 16 September 2018 )
THE Port Dickson by-election has unexpectedly become a controversy for some PKR leaders and the party’s supporters. Suddenly, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has found himself being openly challenged by some of the top brass for his purported failure to consult […] Continue Reading
Waiting in the wings ( 09 September 2018 )
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim THE acrimonious relationship between Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim – when they were Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister back in the day – is well-documented, and as a reporter covering the […] Continue Reading
When the right words count ( 02 September 2018 )
Alarm bells: Dr Mahathir caused a stir across China and Hong Kong when he said foreigners were banned from buying residential units in the US100bil (RM410bil) Forest City project in Johor. ANY journalist who has had the pleasure of covering […] Continue Reading
Hate destroys the hater ( 26 August 2018 )
Taboo subject: The Merdeka exhibition, Stripes and Strokes , that is causing some Malaysians sleepless nights over photographs of LGBT activists. IT’S a subject most Malaysians, and that includes prominent civil rights advocates, shy away from – the lesbian, gay, […] Continue Reading
Good grace under pressure ( 19 August 2018 )
BY Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s admission, the Pakatan Harapan didn’t expect to win the general election. So, the new federal government is finding itself biting more than it can chew having made “too many promises”, and is now […] Continue Reading
An F for you, Bung Moktar ( 12 August 2018 )
Out of order: Bung Moktar crossing the line in Parliament with an ‘F you’ retort to Mongin’s ‘casino’ jibe. THE antics of Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin at the Dewan Rakyat are familiar to most of us. He’s […] Continue Reading
Keeping it civil ( 05 August 2018 )
Brave new world: The civil service needs to get used to the New Malaysia approach while our ministers need to snap out of the Opposition mode and get down to work. IT’S often said that ministers come and go, but […] Continue Reading
Ministry feeling the squeeze ( 29 July 2018 )
Heavy responsiblity: Dr Maszlee is fast realising that heading the Education Ministry is not only a mammoth task but also one that is often embroiled in political drama. IT must now have dawned on Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik that […] Continue Reading
Baby love no more ( 22 July 2018 )
IT’S enough to make anyone’s stomach churn how a 41-year-old man could take an 11-year-old child as his wife, and later proudly confess that he had wanted to marry her since she was seven. Worse still, it’s frightening and sickening […] Continue Reading
