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  • Malayasian Chinese leader asked to apologise to Indians

    A Malaysian Indian politician of the Democratic Action party (DAP) has asked the party's Chinese-origin secretary-general to apologise to the Indian members of the party. N. Gobalakrishnan has asked Lim Guan Eng to apologise to over 700 Indian members of the party after they were stopped from attending the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting last year, the New Straits Times ...

  • Foresty DG Less than 1 of forest reserves in peninsula affected by illegal logging

    IPOH: Less than one per cent of 4.7 million hectares of forest reserves in Peninsular Malaysia have been affected by illegal logging, according to Peninsula Forestry ...

  • PAS gets four Selangor exco posts

    PORT KLANG: The Selangor State Executive Council (Exco) will be represented by four candidates from PAS and three each from PKR and DAP, said Mentri ...

  • Dr Chua Tee’s appointment to Johor exco will be discussed by MCA central committee

    . "But I would like to stress that the party did not recommend Tee for the position in the Johor executive councillor line up and we have clarified a lot of times that the appointment was solely the Johor Sultan's wish," he said here Sunday. Dr Chua said that Tee's case would also be passed to the party's disciplinary board for evaluation and Tee would have the ...

  • Malaysia’s rigged electoral system

    As the smoke clears after the Malaysian election battle it has become clear that under the current electoral system defeat of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) was never quite on the cards, even without the electoral roll and election day cheating and vote buying claimed by the opposition. Indeed all other factors being equal it would probably take another 4 percent swing against the BN for the ...

Movie Review

Snow Falling on Cedars

For a film that features not only a doomed romance between members of different races, but also a courtroom murder-mystery that relies on last minute evidence to decide its outcome, "Snow Falling on Cedars" is strangely uncompelling. This is, after all, a film with great pedigree: it was directed by "Shine" virtuoso Scott Hicks, written by Hicks and veteran screenwriter Ron Bass from a much-laude ... ...

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  • Taib wants infrastructure development issues resolved

    wants all Sarawak members of parliament appointed to the Federal Government to resolve the state's infrastructure development issues which are unique, as compared to those in the Peninsular. ...

  • More want English as medium of instruction in schools

    PETALING JAYA: Should the Government allow the use of English as a medium of instruction in schools again? "Yes" was the most popular response given by Malaysians on Twitter responding to the question using the hashtag #MyEnglish, initiated by The Star Online on Sunday. English teacher Sheila Victor @SheilaVictor2 was in favour of the language to be brought back as a medium of ...

  • Police investigating organisers of Penang thanksgiving ceramah

    GEORGE TOWN: Police are investigating the "Thanksgiving Mega Ceramah" organised by the DAP-led state government on Saturday as it was held without obtaining proper approval from the authorities. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the organiser had not informed them 10 days in advance as stipulated under Section 9 (1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. "A report had been ...

  • Kit Siang slams new IGP for having double standards

    for having double standards while investigating the alleged seditious remarks. Despite numerous reports lodged he said, police had yet to take action against former Court of Appeal ...

  • Labourer charged with injuring a man during GE13 campaign period

    GURUN: A 47-year-old labourer was charged at a Magistrate's Court here on Sunday with injuring a man during the recent general election. Musa Awang from Kampung Perupuk, Yan was charged with committing the offence at about 2pm on April 28 in front of a workshop at Batu 22, Jalan Yan near here. Musa was charged with causing injury to Rosli Hassan, 45, with a knife under Section 324 of the ...

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