By Boo Su-Lyn November 30, 2010 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders to spread a "ketuanan rakyat" (people supremacy) message to voters in states under their control. The opposition leader said the Malay supremacy concept has been "twisted" by some Malay elites, echoing [...]

By Boo Su-Lyn November 30, 2010 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang has proclaimed Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to be alive and kicking despite internal strife wracking its component parties. PKR's recently-concluded direct polls were plagued with allegations of vote rigging that were mostly highlighted by the losers in [...]

By Mariam Mokhtar During a parliamentary session last week, Deputy Foreign Minister A Kohilan Pillay called vocal overseas Malaysians "traitors" and said they had "breached loyalty to the King and country". He told the Dewan Rakyat: "The ministry monitors the behaviour and actions of not only people from the opposition parties but also tourists and [...]

By AB Sulaiman Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stated recently that there have been too few non-Malays serving in the armed forces because "they lacked patriotism". Malaysian politicians are not renowned for coining any worthwhile wisdom, and this one may prove hard to beat. Sure enough this statement angered the public. But it’s so very [...]