My Sinchew/ Opinion

A statement from Sin Chew Daily

MCA Central Committee Member Dato’Ti Lian Ker has recently made some untruth allegations against Sin Chew Daily in his article posted on his blog. English language daily The Star accorded the story with significant space and quoted Ti’s statement.


Save the party

Finally, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak can no longer tolerate the endless MCA crisis and started to step in. It may bring both positive and negative effects to MCA. It can help to resolve the crisis as soon as possible but the bad thing is, it may once again reduce the dignity of MCA, which is self-inflected by MCA leaders.


Another five things to be learned

The United States Time magazine had recently listed five things the US can learn from China.

Since Americans are so generous, Chinese people should not behave like a niggard. If Americans can learn from Chinese, then Chinese people can also learn from Americans.


Malaysia battles on for the soul of Islam

The Sharia authorities in the Malaysian state of Selangor have charged the former Mufti of Perlis, Dr. Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, of preaching Islam without a permit to do so. For Malaysian-watchers worldwide, this case will be seen as a litmus test for Malaysia.


Another by-election?

Today the courts will hear the EC’s application for a stay of the Kota Siputeh by election.


Malaysia's corruption ranking dips, again

According to a recent poll, Najib's approval rating remains at 60%. It is indeed a good news. However, there are also two bad news: 74% of people are dissatisfied with the government's performance in fighting corruption and abuse of power; and Malaysia's corruption ranking had fallen to 56, from 47 last year.


Five things to be learned

Only a Chinese character “五 (five)” is printed on the cover of the latest issue of Time magazine.

Once you see a huge “五”on the cover of an English international magazine, regardless whether you read Chinese or not, sure you'll ask: What is it?


"Ti's accusation unfair"

MCA central committee member Ti Lian Ker's accusation that the Chinese media "had fanned up speculations" to remove the party president ("Ti blames it on biased reporting by Chinese media," Nov 18) unfairly emphasises the role of the media as a shaper, rather than a mirror, of public opinion.


The hypocritical faces of politicians and media critics

The MCA crisis is like a mirror that reflects not only the ugly faces of politicians, but also the hypocritical faces of thos so-called current affair critics.


Pakatan Rakyat is facing a crisis?

According to a recent Merdeka Centre poll, if there is a by-election for the Kota Siputeh state seat, Pakatan Rakyat will have to face a setback in the 10th by-election since the 8 March general elections.