WHAT better day to unveil The Nut Graph‘s Found in Malaysia book than on Malaysia Day on 16 Sept 2010 last week. The book is after all, a compilation of interviews with prominent Malaysians of different lineage on what their Malaysian identity means. Found in Malaysia, published by ZI Publications and now available in good […]
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Winning Hulu Selangor
By Deborah Loh and Ding Jo-AnnA victorious Kamalanathan with Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (left) and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak THE Barisan Nasional (BN) has wrested back Hulu Selangor from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), but who is the real winner — MIC candidate P Kamalanathan, or Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak? Kamalanathan polled 24,997 votes […]
Moment of truth in Hulu Selangor
By Deborah Loh and Ding Jo-Ann
HULU Selangor voters will today choose a new Member of Parliament in the nation’s 10th by-election since the 2008 general election. They were at the polls beginning at 8am today. Voting ends at 5pm. The 799 postal ballots for police and armed forces personnel were cast over two days beginning 22 April 2010. The Election […]
BN’s “nice guy” offer for Hulu Selangor
By Ding Jo-AnnBN candidate P Kamalanathan, with his wife Shobana “CALL him Abang Kamal,” says Umno member Abdul Razak Baba, referring to the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Hulu Selangor candidate P Kamalanathan, when visiting Bukit Sentosa on 19 April 2010. Abdul Razak is not from Hulu Selangor, but he is accompanying Kamalanathan in the Malay Malaysian majority area. […]
Is Zaid’s drinking relevant?
By Shanon ShahIT probably had to happen sooner or later. The Hulu Selangor by-election has finally descended into an orgy of attacks against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate Datuk Zaid Ibrahim‘s personal piety and morality. First, the Umno-controlled media started highlighting Zaid’s opposition towards the Kelantan PAS government’s hudud legislation back when he was still in Umno. […]
Zaid’s promise for Hulu Selangor
By Deborah LohZaid meeting estate workers at Ladang Sungai Air Jernih in Kerling in Hulu Selangor WHICH would you prefer: a candidate who lies to cover up his past, or one who admits it? That could be the question Hulu Selangor voters, particularly Malay-Muslim Malaysians, are grappling with. The by-election has started on a personal and predictable […]
Hulu Selangor’s four-corner fight
By Deborah Loh
(Updated at 6:50pm, 17 April 2010) THE Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election will be a four-corner fight between the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s “compromise candidate” P Kamalanathan, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, and two independents. The pro-reform Zaid, 59, and the MIC’s information chief Kamalanathan, 44, will be the key rivals to watch. But the […]
Saya pun Melayu
By Datuk Zaid IbrahimThe following is an excerpt of Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s foreword in his second book Saya Pun Melayu, which was launched on 23 March 2009. He addresses issues of Malay identity, privilege and politics at a time of transition in Malaysia. PADA saya tidak ada untungnya kita menjadikan tafsiran siapa itu Melayu sebagai satu stereotaip atau […]
