Malaysia oh poor Malaysia !

By Ahmed Gibran Ubaidullah Song

I am no science buff but remember reading about putting frogs in cold water and then slowly putting the water to a boil.The frogs (unlike the Perak species) will die as they will be unaware of the change in temperature that will ultimately prove fatal.

Dear Malaysian brethren of whatever ilk - we will suffer the same fate as the innocent frogs if we let the country spiral to another Iran or Pakistan.

More new political parties in Sabah?

By Luke Rintod of FMT

Home Ministry officials are set to meet applicants of 12
new political parties in Sabah in what is rumoured to be
Umno's bid to put in place its BN-direct membership process.

KOTA KINABALU: Speculations are rife that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is setting in motion his gameplan to contain Umno Sabah and Barisan Nasional’s weakening grip in the state.

It is learnt that he has given the “green light” for more new political parties to be registered in Sabah, where a deeply divided Umno is battling with inner turmoil.

BN is also struggling under relentless attacks over alleged abuse of power, land grabs, unfair federal policies, victimisation and escalating cost of living.

Iran receives a warning letter from U.S. over Hormuz Strait

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it had received a letter from the U.S. government about the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial oil shipping lane that Tehran has threatened to close if sanctions prevent it exporting oil.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted by news agencies as saying Tehran had not yet decided if it would reply to the letter, the contents of which he did not detail.

UMNO, MIC & MIC

There are three major races in Malaysia. They are the Malay, Chinese and Indian. The Malay has the political power and so they set up the party UMNO which literally means “U Must Not Object”.

While the Chinese controlled the economy and they called their party MCA which means “Money Conquered All”.

Lastly, the Indian who has no say in politic or economics, set up their party called MIC. Hence, every parliamentary meeting the Indians would ask: “Must I Come?”

Give Jeffrey a chance, Sabah Chinese urged

By Luke Rintod of FMT

The maverick politician
may have found the person
he needs to help him win
over a community that
distrusts him for switching
parties too often.

KOTA KINABALU: One of Jeffrey Kitingan’s most difficult tasks as a politician is to win the trust of the Chinese community, and he may have found the help he needs in consumer-rights advocate Ronny Yapp.

Yapp, a respected figure in the community for his work with the now defunct Consumers Association of Sabah and Labuan (Cash), released a media statement yesterday calling on Sabah Chinese to back Jeffrey in his new role as chairman of the Sabah chapter of the State Reform Party (STAR).