The lessons from Sabah are slowly being assimilated!

In the next ten years, development will become the main political issue with different social groups demanding their share of the Sabah growth story. The clearest evidence that the political paradigm is changing came from Musa Aman’s sweeping victory in the 2008 Sabah assembly elections. He cooked up a storm with a development plank that [...]

What makes Musa Aman special?

The Sabah outcome of the March 2008 Elections has confirmed the pre-poll conventional wisdom about Musa Aman’s victory based on his successes on the development and law-and-order fronts. But what makes the chief minister stand out from his other equally successful political colleagues is the inclusive nature of his politics. As a result, although the [...]

Who will be Malaysia’s Obama?

It was a great experience watching in CNN how on that night in US, Obama became President-elect. That election energised people across the US – and the world. There was great hope and expectation. How I wish we could say the same about Malaysia’s leaders. Here, there is an air of resignation, of politics as [...]

Is Musa Aman Sabah’s Future?

WHATEVER be the respective political orientations, I like the men who are men: those who stand by whatever they believe in and take on the world, if needed. My earliest memory of Musa Aman is as the USNO ( United Sabah National Organisation) strategist and financier. What I liked most about him was his precise, [...]

Are We Taking This Path….PEOPLE POWER!!

The collapse of the 23-year dictatorship, the first ever collapse of an Arab leader to a “people power” uprising is shaking the Muslim world. President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali who wanted to rule further until 2014 had to fled out of the country due to the mass uprising in every corner of Tunisia, and now, [...]

Malaysia’s Poorest State: A Triumph In Sabah

Sabah, synonymous with poorest state in Malaysia with million plus illegals and hundreds of thousand more waiting at its doorstep to enter and settle down, today wears a new look. From better health care to improved education to greater security and safety from criminals across the border, Sabah now has everything it needs for it [...]

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim on Trial – Al Gore & Paul Wolfowitz

By AL GORE AND PAUL WOLFOWITZ, ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL We come from opposite sides of the political spectrum and disagree about a great many things. However, one issue that brings us together is the case of Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister of Malaysia who is now leader of the political opposition in [...]

Power is shifting from Musa Aman to Premier Najib – and maybe, to the people

The crusade against corruption seems to be gathering momentum in Sabah. The latest to be roped in by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is Datuk Suzannah Liaw a Senior Civil Servant. Datuk Suzannah Liaw is the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment and she is been investigated for graft. So, another [...]

Anifah Aman Would Be Dropped as Foreign Minister?

Anifah Aman the Minister of Foreign Affairs had a heat bypass surgery last month in Singapore. It seems he had three blocks in the coronary arteries, and the surgery when well and he is now recuperating. I wish Anifah a speedy recovery. I hear also Prime Minister Najib Razak is getting ready to announce a [...]

Wife of Najib, Rosmah Mansor & Dr Mahathir Controls Malaysia, Says Raja Petra

What is happening to my Malaysia? Hear this and you will just hate all the god damn UMNO racist supremacist created by the Master himself, Dr Mahathir Mohamad.