Partially free and not fair
THAT is the conclusion – benchmarked against the Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections by the Inter-Parliamentary Union,…
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May the fifth be with us
AS I write, the dominant feeling among commentators is that making predictions for the results for Sunday night is futile,…
Careful observations
I WAS at SMK Bukit Bandaraya in Lembah Pantai on Nomination Day (last Saturday), wearing my official SPR Pemerhati (EC-accredited…
Clapping for Malaysia
PRIOR to last week the only school I had visited in Perak was the Malay College Kuala Kangsar: to speak…
A conviction politicianI
BUMPED into Margaret Thatcher once, almost literally. It was November 2004, and while pursuing my Master’s at the London School…
Back the bid
THE Tuanku Muhriz Trophy Squash Championship has taken place before, but this year it was a leg of the Malaysian…
Apo nak dikato?
EVERY Friday, the Yam Tuan of Negeri Sembilan prays at a different mosque within the Luak Tanah Mengandong, and the…
Maximum warp
AFTER biting into a white chocolate and raspberry biscuit I was recently offered, my brain instantly replayed old memories based…