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KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia: HAPPY 60th Independence Day to the people and the government of Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--As the tempo for a Pakatan Harapan (PH) win rises, we have the associated intellectuals pleading with voters to exercise their democratic vote to seal the deal for the coalition. We even had one top legal mind articulating that constitutionally the party with the most MPs should be called to form the government the very next day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--PATRIOT is deeply concerned with the seeming disarray of our political landscape even as we are nearing polling day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Pernah ulas mengenai buku Tommy Thomas tahun lepas dan beberapa tuduhan beliau yang jauh terpesong dari realiti.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--I was not surprised at last Tuesday’s decision and the sideshow that followed on Thursday and Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Sejurus selepas parti pembangkang mendapat kuasa di Pulau Pinang pada 2008, kerajaan negeri yang baru terus menyatakan hasrat untuk mengembalikan pilihan raya kerajaan tempatan.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--I have nothing against Ismail Sabri Yaakob globetrotting to promote the use of Bahasa Melayu - the Malay language - although I'm fearful that this is another jingoistic, vote-chasing "hangat-hangat tahi ayam" thing. And as if to thumb the nose at the Prime Minister's folly, the Sarawak Government is allowing English to be used in the state's administration.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Malaysians have taken to social media to vent their anger and frustration over the shortage of foodstuffs, such as chicken, and the rising prices of such products in the country.

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia--There has been a sense of hopelessness among many opposition leaders and supporters, and the wider Malaysian population. It is as if we are waiting for the inevitable, that UMNO, in its unreformed and unrepentant form led by the Court Cluster, in particular Dato’ Seri Najib Razak and Dato’ Seri Zahid Hamidi, is going to win the next general election on its terms.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein mengumumkan bahawa Kabinet telah bersetuju untuk meneruskan projek pembinaan Kapal Tempur Pesisir Pantai atau Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Chicken shortages. Beef shortages. Soaring vegetable and local fruit prices.

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia--If politics in the year 2020 was bad for Malaysia, when the elected Pakatan Harapan government was toppled via defections, 2021 was certainly worse. Yet, I believe that when we look back in the years to come, 2021 could be the norm-setting year for Malaysian democracy, albeit in the most unwitting manner.

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia -- In the age of hyper-polarisation, championing the cause of the middle ground or moderation seems unfashionable, akin to drinking coffee without sugar or milk, as scholar Wong Chin Huat once said. But as responsible leaders, we must be clear-eyed on what is ultimately good for health.