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End the abuse of migrant workers
There are enough laws, but the government needs to do more to prevent the rising cases of exploitation of foreign workers by unscrupulous agents and employers.
In the dark for 45 years
The investigation report into the June 6, 1976, Sabah air crash which took 11 lives, including the state’s top leaders, should be made public if there is indeed nothing to hide.
Shifting views on Gaza conflict
The latest round of hostilities is changing opinions over the plight of the Palestinians and Israel’s ‘always the victim’ narrative, both in the United States and around the world.
Questions over coastal corridor
IT’S a mega project touted to lure in RM100bil of investments over the next 15 years and has been flaunted as a “game changer”, but locals are more wary than thrilled about the Melaka Waterfront Economic Zone (M-WEZ).
Toxic move radiates outrage
MONDAY marked the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, regarded as the worst nuclear accident in history. But some scientists contend that the damage caused by an earthquake and tsunami to Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 10 years ago was equally severe.
The shifting of world power
EVENTS of the past two weeks have signalled a dramatic turning point in the world’s balance of power as tensions escalate between the United States and the increasingly close allies Russia and China.
Likely delay for Undi 18
HISTORY was created on July 17,2019, when a motion to amend the Federal Constitution was passed with 211 votes – by more than two-thirds of the majority in the 222-member Dewan Rakyat and with undivided support from both sides of the political divide.
Titled drug lords and VVIP backers
The police probe to net Tan Sri and Datuk drug kingpins is commendable and it is hoped that they will be nabbed soon, as their activities seem to have been going on for far too long.
A crusade against corruption
THERE is no denying that the scourge of corruption has soaked into the fabric of our society. A recent survey by Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) found that corruption is rampant and set to get worse, according to the majority of Malaysians.
Time to bring back the third vote
Malaysians living in 12 cities, 38 towns and 98 rural districts across the country have been deprived of elected representation for more than half a century.
The way to regain trust
OVER the years, recurrent reports of abuses, including violence against detainees and deaths in custody, have marred the reputation of our police force. The alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in a police station lockup recently has the sullied image further.
Perception of our justice system
IT may be a cold, wet start to 2021 but the heat is rapidly rising in our ever-sweltering political scene amid the unveiling of a sizzling new scandal involving the smuggling in of questionable quality meat and labelling it as halal.