KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now! Malaysia Chronicle) – On 29 Nov 2023, the MCA Economic and SME Affairs Committee conducted crucial discussions on domestic economic affairs, imminent challenges, and the committee’s strategic outlook. The upcoming year is expected to test Malaysia’s economic resilience, notably with the impending targeted subsidies programme covering essential commodities such as cooking oil, diesel, and RON95 petrol. However, the government has yet to provide clear implementation details. The Committee stressed that subsidy cuts would impact not only the T20 group but also extend i ..read more

Written by Wong Choon Mei, Politics Now!  Malaysia Chronicle KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – The sun will have to rise from the West before the Chinese will vote for a hardline Muslim-centric party like Pas party and by extension its ally such as the Malay-centric Bersatu party. And this analysis is not wrong even though in the past ethnic Chinese, who form about a quarter of Malaysia’s multiracial population, have supported both parties. Yet it also does not mean that embattled Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, or PMX as he is often called, and his multiracial Pakatan Harapan coalition c ..read more

Written by Stan Lee, Politics Now!   KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – In the latest doublespeak enraging and mocked by Malaysians, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has vowed to fix the ‘dysfunctional political thinking’ that he claims has wrecked the country. Yet after only a year in power, he himself is being condemned for the very same sort of non-logical mindset. “Anwar is now like the proverbial bull charging in a china shop. Like when critics express disgust over moves to get opposition MPs to switch loyalty by withholding what should be their rightful funding from the federal go ..read more

Written by Stan Lee, Politics Now!  KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – Malaysia is back to the bad old days when disgraced prime minister Najib Razak was in power and anyone who criticized or disagreed him was considered as “the enemy”. “It is disappointing. I thought Harapan was open-minded, but when they are in power, they are touchy, and any criticism is rejected as being motivated by agenda,” said Shahril Hamdan in the latest episode of the ‘Keluar Sekejap’ podcast that he co-hosts with Khairy Jamaluddin. “This is akin to the era before the 14th general election, where anyone cr ..read more

Written by Stan Lee, Politics Now! KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – Swell-headed or not, PKR now wants an opposition politician arrested and charged for sedition for calling party president and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim “dajal kecil” – Malay for ‘small false messiah”. This, just days after telling coalition ally MIC to ‘walk away’ if they weren’t sincere in supporting Anwar. “After watching the video, I find that there were elements of sedition meant to sow hate among Malaysians in regards to the 3R issues of race, religion and the royal institution, just to gain votes in the K ..read more

Written by Charles Hector Investigate now allegations of existence of person who ordered or paid for Altantuya Shaariibuu’s murder, and who paid for Sirul Azhar’s silence. Do not sweep under the carpet – reveal the truth without fear or favour. KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture) calls for prosecution and higher penalties for person/s that ordered or paid another to kill or murder. This is abuse of power and wealth. Merely prosecuting actual murderers/killers or criminals is not enough noting that there may be occasions where the murde ..read more

Written by Wong Choon Mei, Politics Now! KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – Show of strength, show of false strength or a trap? Another month, another dreary controversy shrouds Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his government. This week, another opposition MP – Bersatu’s Bukit Gantang rep Syed Abu Hassan – has declared support for Anwar in exchange for federal funding. The fifth Bersatu MP to do so, Syed Abu Hassan took it a step further by hinting he was ready to take up a post in Anwar’s government. “My question is, is the prime minister ready to welcome the willingness of MPs with the expe ..read more

Written by Politics Now! KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – What a switch and a shame that it is now Umno’s Ismail Sabri who’s grilling PKR’s communications minister Fahmi Fadzil in Parliament for trying to curb media freedom by making use of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to clamp down on news portals and blogs. Ismail, the prime minister who preceded the ineffective Anwar Ibrahim, had posed a question on the status of the proposed Act related to royalty, religion and race-linked offences, as well as the restrictions imposed on news portals such as Utusan TV ..read more

Written by Stan Lee, Politics Now!   KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – Perhaps the fruits of power are too alluring, but Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s party, which rose to popularity on a reformist platform, now appears to marching down the same oppressive and bullying paths they used to accuse past regimes especially Umno-BN of.   At the PKR annual congress held over the weekend, delegates wanted a youth social media monitoring squad to be formed to fend off “defamatory remarks” by the government’s rivals.   “In TikTok, there is no regulation. We are defamed every day. It is ..read more

Written by Wong Choon Mei, Politics Now!  KUALA LUMPUR (Politics Now!) – There is theft, there is murder and now there is motive! So says the famed Sarawak Report whistleblower website, the latest to jump back into the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder, which has exploded back onto the scene after one of her killers was released a few weeks ago and allowed to live freely in Australia. Indeed, as the media spotlight shines into the case that first shocked the world in 2006,  questions and speculation swirl over why Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is mysteriously inactive over Si ..read more