KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is overly dependent on exports and oil and gas to support its economy, said former finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. “At the moment, we're relying too much on export earnings, especially from depleting resources like oil. I

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah today charged that years of political patronage and the long standing system of co-dependency between business and politics arising from the Mahathir era had led to neglect of the people’s “real socio-econom

Razaleigh pointed that no 'public relations exercises' can mask corruption and 'dysfunctional democracy'. (Free Malaysia Today) - Respected Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah today said no government rife with corruption can survive public anger and wa

Kelantan Malays will not hand over their state to Umno, not when they are comfortable and managing their own money. Take the Kelantan situation. Mustapa Mohamed (Kelantan Umno liaison chief) or Tok Pa is a good technocrat. He works hard. I’m confident To

KOTA BARU: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has dismissed talk that he is “boycotting” Umno by being absent from the party’s state liaison meetings. The Gua Musang division head said he did not attend the meetings because the notices for the meetings came late.

KOTA BARU (Feb 2, 2012): Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said today his absence at meetings of the Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee must not be mistaken for a boycott. The Gua Musang Umno Division chief said he did not stay away from the meetings on

KOTA BARU: Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said that his absence from Kelantan Umno meetings must not be mistaken for a boycott. The Gua Musang Umno division chief said he did not stay away from the meetings on purpose. "I do not attend, not that I

JAN 30 — Not many of us remembered that Barisan Nasional survived and thrived electorally for an extended period from 1991 to 2005 as a result of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s grand compromise in the form of Vision 2020. Coercive tools and undemocratic means

“It will leave Najib in history as the prime minister who failed moderation. Without sincerity and political will from the top leadership, Perkasa has the tacit approval to do its worse in the light of the upcoming general elections to sow fear into the

So, what we are seeing here, which Tony Pua did not address, is actually a fight to become the next Prime Minister. And for those (other than Anwar) who want to become Prime Minister, they will need to first weaken Najib before they bring him down, like

I must say I was flabbergasted to read Tun Mahathir Mohammad’s statement that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s intention to hold a rally against his conviction on January 9th was an attempt to attack the judiciary in Malaysia. My dear Tun, you were the one w

The breeze of change which stirred through Sabah in 2011 saw ripples of revelations that threatens the 18-year-old Barisan Nasional regime. (Free Malaysia Today) - 2011 will in all probability go down in Sabah’s history as the year of ‘The Awakening’. Th

KUALA LUMPUR: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) backing Barisan Nasional's efforts to strive for the people must be more vocal in voicing their support, said Umno information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan. Ahmad, who is a deputy minister in the Prime Mini

Yong, 53, said that in his press statements, he had never even once made any reference to the plaintiff Tan Sri Harris Salleh as he alleged. "It is a well-known fact by the public and the people of Sabah that the formal investigation report and the real

KOTA KINABALU: The High Court here set February 29, next year to deliver its judgement on the RM50 million suit brought by Tan Sri Harris Salleh against Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Tec Lee and the party for allegedly insinuating t

Four people want to control UMNO or at least want to be able to control the UMNO president, whoever that may be at any given time or year. The most powerful of these four men and the one who has the most at stake is former premier Mahathir Mohamad. Next

It must be assumed that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah commands allegiance from people within Umno itself, otherwise why would Pakatan Rakyat be keen on him? Now to me the urgent matter at hand is for the big three in the opposition to sit down and talk about

What is Umno’s latest weapon now? It’s the cultivation of the royal houses in the country. For PKR to survive and for Pakatan Rakyat to stay relevant, they need a leader who is acceptable to the royal houses and wh

What is Umno’s latest weapon now? It’s the cultivation of the royal houses in the country. For PKR to survive and for Pakatan Rakyat to stay relevant, they need a leader who is acceptable to the royal houses and wh