After a week of political crisis, betrayals and rapidly shifting alliances, former MP and Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) chairperson Jeyakumar Devaraj reflected on recent events with Green Left.
Most people have been bewildered by these events, Jeyakumar explained in his characteristically (...)
The events of the past 10 days might be quite bewildering to many Malaysians. Alliances have been forming and dissolving within hours and contradictory statements have been issued by various players.
But it starts making more sense when we look at the interests and intentions of the main (...)
When the Alliance of Hope (Pakatan Harapan) won the 2018 Malaysian general election — on the back of a sustained mass movement for democracy — it ended more than 60 years of continuous government by a coalition of parties put into power by the former British colonial rulers.
The election victory (...)
• Malaysia prepares to embrace the 5G revolution as it eyes the use of the technology in education and farming
• Its approach mirrors that of China’s and relies on Chinese equipment
Nearly 30 years ago, Malaysia set its sights on achieving self-sufficiency and full industrialisation by 2020. (...)
PSM chairperson Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj has completed an interrogation at the Bukit Aman Police Headquarters today over his attendance at a function in Kajang on Dec 1 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Hat Yai Peace Agreement.
The former Sungai Siput lawmaker told Malaysiakini that he (...)
On Friday, Lim Guan Eng, the DAP secretary-general and finance minister, called the arrest of the party’s members under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) a “deep state” operation.
According to Lim, a question on this was posed during a meeting of party leaders. What does (...)
Greater efforts by all parties will be required if Muslim women are to be brought to the same level of equality as Muslim men in Malaysia, said Sisters in Islam (SIS).
A SIS commissioned survey among 675 Muslim women nationwide found that gender inequality is more prominent at an individual (...)
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) wishes to congratulate the government for Budget 2020 that is on the whole a fairly responsible and sober handling of the government’s finances, given the existing constraints.
We note that social expenditure on education, health, housing, the Bantuan Sara Hidup (...)
Pakatan Harapan and the PAS-Umno alliance may have put their own spin on the realignment of national politics in the country but PSM believes the inking of a political charter between the country’s two largest Malays parties should not be dismissed.
PSM deputy chairperson S Arutchelvan said (...)
PSM has called on Putrajaya to investigate the increasing number of deaths among Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia.
This followed a special report collaboration between Dhaka-based Kaler Kantho and Malaysiakini which found 393 Bangladeshi workers dying in Malaysia in the first half of (...)
COMMENT | The recent statements emanating from top civil servants, namely Public Services Department director-general Borhan Dolah and Chief Secretary to the Government Ismail Bakar, indicate that the proposal to phase out the pension scheme for government servants is being seriously considered (...)
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called for a monthly minimum of RM500 in cost of living allowance (Cola) in its Budget 2020 proposals, stressing that official statistics hide the extent of poverty in the country.
MTUC secretary-general J Solomon said the government must accept that Malaysians in the middle- and lower-income levels were unable to make ends meet and those with families were actually struggling.
“We are not asking for higher take-home wages, we are only asking for (...)
Minister for Youth and Sports Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s push for the legalisation of Indonesia’s Gojek (motorbike ride share platform) has certainly caused shockwaves on social media.
According to the Minister, allowing Gojek to operate in Malaysia will provide thousands of jobs for (...)
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article referred to AATC as “Advanced Aeronautics Training Centre”. This has been corrected to “Allied Aeronautics Training Centre”. The former has no dispute with regard to the Skills Development Fund Corporation loans. Malaysiakini apologises for the (...)
Far from having virtually eradicated poverty as often claimed, a UN envoy contends that Malaysia has been severely under-representing the true state of poverty in the country.
Official figures state that the poverty rate fell from 49 percent in 1970 to just 0.4 percent in 2016.
Speaking to (...)
COMMENT | It is a sad irony that while the Prime Minister is casting aspersions on Chinese educationists and even threatening arrests, we are celebrating 200 years of the contributions of Chinese education to this country.
When I first joined Dong Zong (the National Chinese School Committees (...)
PETALING JAYA: An Orang Asli activist has disputed claims made by a supposed village head from Kampung Sarok that NGOs were the masterminds of the Kampung Cunex blockades against loggers.
Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) coordinator Colin Nicholas challenged the village leader to name the (...)
PETALING JAYA: An NGO has called for further consultation by the government on the bill for the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) tabled in Parliament last month, saying the proposed law as it stands is weak.
Citizens Against Enforced Disappearance (CAGED) said (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been urged to emulate Thailand in the management of human trafficking cases by allowing collaboration between enforcement agencies and civic groups.
Patchareeboon Sakulpitakphon, who works with the Asian chapter of the United States Agency for International (...)
PETALING JAYA: A think tank has backed a former MP’s call for a review of the MySalam insurance scheme, saying it excludes some people because of flaws in its design.
“MySalam was rushed, poorly conceived and simplistic in its design,” Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy CEO Azrul Mohd (...)
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