“So, how many political parties are there in Peninsular Malaysia these days anyway?” As a journalist, that’s the question I hear most often—whether on assignment or over dinner with friends. More often than not, I respond with a shrug and a weary roll of the eyes. Not too long ago, politics felt re»»»

KUALA LUMPUR: The country urgently needs a competent and reform-minded education minister, as the current officeholder has demonstrated insufficient leadership and little initiative for reform, MCA says in a resolution. At the third general assembly of the 30th MCA central delegates, the party call»»»

SUNGAI BULOH, July 13 — Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stressed today that Umno will not abandon its component partners in Barisan Nasional (BN), MCA, MIC and Friends of BN, no matter what the situation. The BN chairman also urged component parties not to be hasty nor threaten to l»»»