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An effective and independent MACC
The appointment of Lateefa Koya as the head of the MACC has raised questions of her independence and effectiveness for the job, and rightly so. Corruption, as every Malaysian knows, has been the scourge of Malaysian life for decades. Thus,
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US-China Conflict: Will ASEAN Centrality Be Derailed?
ON 23 May 2019, the US Senate formally re-introduced a bill known as the South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act. Its sponsors, a bipartisan group of 14 senators, say the bill is aimed at checking an expansive
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The ‘resignation’ of the lawyer in Adib’s case
Of course the rag-tag armies will jump onto this issue and started their conspiracy stupid theories about the Attorney General Office. This is just my opinion. Nothing personal against anyone. 1. The lawyer ought to know better the different roles,
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Perversion of human rights
One year after the new PH government has come into office, we find that human rights continue to be perverted because of apparent lack of political will to significantly reform the old institutionalised politics of racism and racial discrimination. The
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No trial for outstandingly bad Election Commissioners?
In 2006, a book by Senator Barack Obama went on sale. Its title was ‘The Audacity of Hope.’ It jumped off the shelves. It was a critical stone on the path Obama built to become President of the USA in
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Zahid Hamidi’s Quranic pointers in politics
Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Umno leader, former Deputy Prime Minister, Member of Parliament and defendant in many pending criminal trials, has a weekly column in Utusan Malaysia, arguably our nation’s foremost Malay daily. In his 600 word column
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When Jais runs contrary to Islam by discriminating others
When one converts to Islam, he or she is required to recite the proclamation of faith. The proclamation in Arabic language is as follows: “I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and Prophet Muhammad is His messenger.”
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Ashamed, saddened and grieving
This morning I was asked how I feel about the announcement by Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin that a special committee will be formed as a response to Suhakam’s conclusion that “Special Branch, Bukit Aman, abducted and disappeared Amri Che Mat
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PTPTN profiteers not questioned
In the last one week, the whole debate on the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans only focused on two issues. One blames the Pakatan Harapan government in trying to impose the travel ban which they themselves said will
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Vietnam’s Industry 4.0: Opportunities and Challenges
In a recent Industry 4.0 summit in July 2018, the Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that his administration was committed to creating a favourable environment for international organisations to collaborate in research and technology transfer with Vietnamese counterparts.
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