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Prolonged Negeri crisis could potentially crack monarchical institution

This is not merely a local succession dispute under Adat Perpatih. If allowed to fester, it risks normalising the destabilisation of royalty and weakening the b...

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Why Malaysia needs paid childcare leave

A difference of 1 hour and 47 minutes may not sound extraordinary on any given day. Across a year, however, it amounts to approximately 651 hours - or more than...

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Can the Negeri Yang di-Pertuan Besar revoke State Exco appointments?

Article 10 of the State Constitution provides a specific constitutional framework governing the disqualification and removal of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar, inclu...

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Protocol has teeth

From armed carriages in London to empty chairs, six-metre tables and a single nameplate, protocol reveals what power prefers not to say aloud.

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Tun Dr Siti Hasmah – a life and legacy of her own

Siti Hasmah deserves to be remembered not simply as the wife of one of Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Ministers, but as an extraordinary Malaysian in her own...

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She said, 'I'm Tamil' Sri Lanka sent a Chatbot after her

A Tamil-Canadian actor corrected one line in a Netflix script. What followed says more about Sri Lanka than any peace summit ever has, and a lot about us Tamils...

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Time to abolish fuel subsidies and tolls?

This parity is not a coincidence; it is the visible symptom of an inefficient fiscal arrangement that the government should now seriously reconsider abolishing...

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The Negeri Sembilan crisis: Oaths broken, authority challenged, and silence from law enforcement authorities

On 15 September 2026, the state Executive Council (EXCO) endorsed a proclamation by certain Undang purporting to remove Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir and install...

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Anarchy in Negeri Sembilan

Tuanku Muhriz may have ruffled a couple of other feathers - more powerful than him - with his vociferous expressions on certain issues.

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The Price of Hubris and not learning from history

Despite the doom and gloom surrounding Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition, it does seem that UMNO and its coalition, Bar...

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Malaysian workers race ahead of employers in AI adoption

Knowledge workers create a growing gap between what employees can do with AI and what businesses are equipped to manage

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Slow population growth hampers efforts to raise income, productivity - analysis

A reducing population growth is likely to force businesses and policymakers to rely heavily on productivity, higher-value jobs and better skills rather than a g...

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Najib’s conditional home‑detention sentence: Legitimate mercy must not turn into systemic privilege

A former Prime Minister, conclusively convicted by the apex court for serious financial offences, sees his sentence cut from 12 years to six years, before priso...