“Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!” - Tunku Abdul Rahman, 31/8/57 and 16/9/63.
Malaya, not Malaysia, got its independence from the imperial British on the prosperous day of 31st August 1957. But now we are Malaysia, together with Sabah and Sarawak, and our country’s independence day is September 16th 1963.

Malaysia’s only 45 years old, although Malaya’s already 51. Ignorance [...]

Permatang Pauh’s election result:
Time: 7.43pm
PKR 31579
BN     15045

Anwar Ibrahim WON
We apologize for causing you all problems where mediarakyat was down for some time due to traffic jam which is not caused by us.

Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Idris Haron wanted to ask Mohd Nasir Zakaria (PAS-Padang Terap) to sit down and not interrupt him while he was speaking in the Dewan Rakyat but he said it in Tamil “ukker”.
But that didn’t sound quite right and got into hot soup when N.Gobalakrishnan (PKR-Padang Serai) to approach Speaker Pandikar [...]

Malaysiakini 09/05/2008
News portal Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin has been released on bail at 9.30am at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court today.
He claimed to have met two of the accused in the Altantuya Shaaribuu trial - Sirul Azhar Umar and Azilah Hadri - in Sungai Buloh prison where he was remanded since Tuesday.
Both [...]

Malaysiakini 07/05/2008: Malaysia Today webmaster Raja Petra Kamaruddin - presently in jail for refusing to pay bail - has rejected all contact with the outside world including his own wife, Marina Lee Abdullah.
Marina when contacted this morning said she had gone to the Sungai Buloh prison to meet Raja Petra and to ask him if [...]

Malaysiakini May 6, 08
Malaysia Today news portal webmaster Raja Petra Kamaruddin was today charged with sedition at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court over an article which he wrote in his website.
The article allegedly implied that Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife were involved in the killing of a young Mongolian [...]

Update: After more than two hours, Raja Petra emerged at about 6.30pm and was greeted by Marina, reporters, fellow bloggers and supporters.
Malaysiakini 02/05/2008: Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has been called in by the police to have his statement recorded over a recent internet posting pertaining to the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case.
His wife Marina Lee Abdullah [...]

(18/03/2008) Anwar held a meeting today with a delegation from the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Huazong), led by its president Lim Gait Tong.
Anwar told reporters that the federation - which is known to be pro-government in recent years - has taken a keen interest in investing in Selangor and working together [...]