Malaysia’s “Red Shirts” were born of ignorance
With ignorance, there is fear and misunderstanding – two very dangerous elements in a country as deeply polarised as Malaysia.
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Why break a perfectly decent public healthcare system?
We already have a model healthcare system that is working well for the people, so let’s not try to worsen it.
Don’t forget 1MDB just yet
It would be easy to assume that the government is trying to kill any interest in the scandal that Malaysians have by stopping all discussion, dialogue or talk surrounding it.
First Brexit, now Trump. What’s it like in Malaysia then?
Brexit, Trump… and Malaysia?
What is Aung San Suu Kyi doing about the Rohingya?
The NLD government in Burma (Myanmar) is only a year old. Let’s hope that the illusion that is Suu Kyi does not fade. Or maybe it already has.
Hey sexual predators, come to our safe haven!
Paedophiles, sexual predators and offenders can all find safe refuge here in Malaysia if we go by how we have been treating recent cases here in Malaysia. The empathy that we have for these people is amazing.
Come up with solutions and they will stop rallying
Journalist, writer, documentary filmmaker, lecturer and, apparently now social activist, Zan Azlee, uses logic and rationale to appeal to logical and rationale people who already support his ideas.
Like it or not, street demonstrations are a part of Malaysian history
There has to be a very pressing reason for tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of people to actually want to organise themselves.
Compromising on education means sacrificing the nation’s future
The reason for cutting the budget for public universities is so can be more sustainable and independent from the government. That may sound like a good idea but it isn’t.
Islam in Malaysia: When religion infiltrates the government
It may seem like the people in Jakim are just old wise men with long beards and a magical staffs who advise the ruler of the country – much like the magician Jaafar did in the Disney movie Aladdin.
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