Foul!

Right after the 13th general election, many begin to wonder of the new cabinet line-up. The focus among sports writers and observers would, naturally, be the best candidate for the Youth and Sports Minister's post. Astro Awani had, during its Sukan Awani Ekstra television programme on Saturday, asked me who could be the next minister to play an important role in Malaysian sports. They asked if caretaker minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek should be retained. I had said during the show that the ministry is and will remain important as it is evident that the Barisan Nasional government have yet to fully woo the many young voters as evident in the recent election. Having only captured 133 Parliamentary seats, this is the worst outing by the coalition government and efforts will certainly be made to get a tech-savvy minister to earn the trust and faith of the youths ahead of the next general election. Ahmad Shabery Cheek: Had visions but, just like many in his capacity, was often ill-...

Barisan Nasional (BN) won with the final tally of 133 seats - seven lesser than that what was achieved by in 2008. However, the coalition party managed to win Kedah and Perak unlike the past election. The numbers see BN winning slim majorities in most areas - and the indication is clear. The outcry on social media is apparent and there is no point turning a blind eye. The same happened in 2008 when the government then decided to ignore blogs and online portals. It backfired. Social media was not treated seriously up until recently and this was evident based on the conversations that revolved around the masses and the political parties. To call it a 'Chinese Tsunami' - perhaps is not the right choice of words. It is also clear that MCA has lost the plot while the results show that most do not really agree "extremist views" - thus the number of seats PAS had lost.  DAP and PKR - some just love them, others fell in love with them for they are simply the alter...

Press release by Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz regarding statements by Tunku Aziz and Anthony Loke.     I will be writing about the statement by Tunku Abdul Aziz bin Tunku Ibrahim and the response by Anthony Loke Siew Fook more fully in my usual column on Friday but for now I emphasise the following:   1.       It is unfortunate that private discussions have been made public.  Political parties should be able to freely engage any Malaysian citizen to discuss confidential proposals within the boundaries of the law.  I am grateful to Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, for his tweet: “klu x terima, kita senyap jer. Hormatilah privasinya. Mcm meminang x jadi, x perlu heboh.” 2.       However, now that this has been brought to the public domain, I can confirm that the descriptions of the contents of my conversation with the DAP some months ago are broadly accurate.  A...