By JASON LIM

Calling all the bigfoots, monkeys and also the truly berhormats (honourable). I’d like you to bring something up in parliament. Without much ado, a rag-tag outfit of Malaysian artistes pulled off yet another controversy.

Looks like they’ve hit the internet again. Looks like they’ve mixed up our national language amidst other languages again. Looks like they’ve aped the west again. Looks like they’ve gone ahead and done something totally independent of government support or intervention. How dare they? It wasn’t even done in conjunction with the 50th Merdeka celebrations!

I mean, I thought we’d already seen the terrible things artistes would achieve with the internet and political musical content (re: Namewee’s Negarakuku). Now we have something that flies right in the face of all that. Such cheek!

Goodness. What’s this new thing about ending racial discrimination and even more shocking … Click here for the full article!

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By KEITH LEONG

Make as many PAP jokes as you like, it cannot be denied that the Democratic Action Party is one of the most ideologically driven and grassroots orientated political parties in Malaysia today. It has fought long and hard in the opposition benches, and only the most hard-hearted could begrudge the DAP of its recent successes.

But because it has spent so much (if not all) of its history in the political wilderness, many have wondered if the party can govern effectively and even if it can, whether it can maintain the “killer instinct” that … Click here for the full article!

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By CHAN SHIJUN

Living in Australia now, I am at present inundated by the full extent of the Australian Press’ backing of Tibetan independence from China.

But my personal opinion on this runs contrary to this nation’s media. I’m not sure what the majority of Malaysians’ stands are on this, but I get the feeling most are pro-China, mainly due to the fact that Malaysians under Dr. Mahathir has been indoctrinated with the concept of non-interference in a nation’s internal matters.

Anyway, I think that Tibet is part of China. It was a region that was … Click here for the full article!

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