The Ministry of Law is not really the Ministry of Law. Since 1974, the Ministry of Law has been collapsed into merely one portfolio under the Prime Minister’s Department. You should not fault yourself for…
185 years ago, a Danish writer called Hans Christian Andersen released his third and final volume of fairy tale stories that would change his life. His previous works, which included The Ugly Duckling, The Red…
If you are ever so lucky to be a senior minister, taking a leisure tour during the worst disaster in your homeland, I urge you to take the Full-Day Tour with Turkey Local Guides in…
Under the scorching afternoon sun, Maznan Omar was about to experience the longest forty-five minutes of his life. “I have been with the police for about 35 years and this is the first time I…
Annuar Musa is always on time. He was among the earliest batch of politicians who arrived at Sheraton Hotel on 23 February 2020, which kickstarted the country’s most viciouscoup. That evening, he arrived so early…
One argument between the late Tun Dr Ismail and his wife, Neno, remained unresolved until his dying day: Is there a dead body underneath their garden? Ismail told her there was none, but Neno refused…
Before Umar Faruq Abdullah, there was Surendran Shanker. Before Surendran Shanker, there was SivabalanSubramaniam. Before Sivabalan Subramaniam, there was A Ganapathy. Before A Ganapathy, Gunasegaran Rajasundram, Dhamendran Narayanasamy, there was Chandran Perumal. At 47 years…
Phoon Chiu Yoke used to be a kind person. She “sponsored orphans and sent money to them… she also sent money to us,” her father said. But something changed after she went to China, and…
Muhyiddin is not stupid. Anyone who could orchestrate the unprecedented, once-in-a-lifetime, ethically impossible task of the Sheraton Move could not be deemed stupid. Although to the public, the chief architects of the Sheraton Move are called traitors, within government, they…
Other than being the longest-reigning ruler in the world, Emperor Qianlong’s biggest achievement was marrying Lady Fuca as his wife. She was unlike any empress in Chinese history: Frugal (wearing flowers on her head instead of expensive jewellery), humble (caring and fair…