The most terrible toxin in politics

The anti-rare earth plant peaceful rally was threatened by violence, Malay right group Perkasa members openly used violence against a photographer during a rally and lawmakers have received dead threats via short messages on mobile phones.
Today, even the Home Minister has received a dead threat letter attached with two bullets. How could such terrible incident take place in Malaysia, a country being ranked 19th in the Global Peace Index (GPI), which is also the highest place among Southeast Asian countries?

Politics destroyed our beliefs, liberty

KUALA LUMPUR: Liberty is the cornerstone of democracy, at least that’s the feeling that’s permeating the grassroots Malaysians these days.

Much has changed in this country even as we, Malaysians, journeyed through cornerstones in 1957, 1969, 1999 and 2008.

Each of these milestones – 1957′s Merdeka, 1969′s May 13, 1999′s Reformasi and 2008′s political tsunami – has left us with new knowledge, realisation and wants.

Each of these milestones has spawned new thinking which invariably has both inspired leaders and stirred insecurities within the political fraternity.

Politics of deceits and lies & why we need first world politicians

Malaysians must be careful with the growing deceits, lies and dangerous allegations and unscrupulous practices in our local politics.

The government must be careful too in reacting to these allegations. The normal respond of responding harshly to those who are seen as "outsiders" or opposition symphatizer may not help the government cause to act fairly and just.

Ibrahim Ali's award: Keep Umno's 'ampu-bodek' politics out of UiTM

This is the man whose datukship was stripped off by the Sultan of Kelantan, his own sultan from his own state. Ironically, a malay is judged by his loyalty to his Sultan. This is also the man who leapfrogged from PAS to Berjasa that was aligned to UMNO, and then later jumped ship from Semangat 46 to UMNO, showing utmost contempt to the people who had voted for him.

This is the man whom the Yang Dipertuan Agong himself refused to grant an audience, ironically His Majesty had granted an audience to Ambiga. This is the man who could not carry on an intellectual conversation and resorted to “Don’t talk shit! Don’t talk shit!” and made his followers proud on Al Jazeera.