Anwar made me believe in something
“Go listen to Anwar speak at a ceramah, and I guarantee you’ll be convinced,” my friend told me almost 10 years ago. Even in a crowd of hundreds of thousands, Anwar has the magical ability…
Category: Politics
How Ismail Sabri’s premiership may play out
Decades from now, when people read about Ismail Sabri’s biography, they would think that his premiership was scripted. His political career was orderly, progressing smoothly almost without a blip, as though his ascendency was predestined…
How Azalina understands power
In a country of leaders who would rather stay in power forever, having two resignations in one week must be disorienting. However, the resignations of Muhyiddin Yassin and Azalina Othman were not the same. There…
How Azalina understands power
In a country of leaders who would rather stay in power forever, having two resignations in one week must be disorienting. However, the resignations of Muhyiddin Yassin and Azalina Othman were not the same. There…
How Azalina understands power
In a country of leaders who would rather stay in power forever, having two resignations in one week must be disorienting. However, the resignations of Muhyiddin Yassin and Azalina Othman were not the same. There…
500 days of Abah politics
Muhyiddin took 17 minutes to end his 17-month government. With a breaking voice, he told the nation, for the first time, that he has lost majority support in Parliament. He pointed the finger at others…
Pay durians and you’ll still get monkeys
Durians, like government MPs, are high in demand and low in supply. Because of the 60% drop in production yield, durian prices have gone up. The Malaysian favourite, Musang King, are now selling for up to RM96…
How the Malaysian government unwittingly admitted to abuse of power
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…
Muhyiddin’s new clothes
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…
A minister’s grand tour of Istanbul
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…