Following a nail-biter of a knockout round World Cup match in Mexico, in which Morocco advanced to the round of 16 after beating the Dutch national team on penalties, Moroccan migrants took to the streets of cities across the Netherlands.

However, while they began as joyful celebrations, the gatherings were ultimately marred by violence and clashes with police in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

According to the Dutch news outlet NU, at around 6:30 am local time, Moroccan supporters began pelting police officers with stones and fireworks in the Schilderswijk area of The Hague.

One man was even arrested at gunpoint after allegedly firing a pistol at officers, though this later turned out to be a BB gun. In response, riot police were deployed to multiple areas of the city, and a water cannon was used to disperse a rowdy crowd.

Malaysiakini : “It felt less like a discussion and more like stepping into an inferno.”

- former DAP MP Charles Santiago

COMMENT | When ex-MP Charles Santiago described his meeting with Indian community leaders in Johor as walking into an inferno, I knew what he meant.

I would also say it is not confined to Johor alone. Anecdotally speaking, community leaders and organisers I have been in contact with are exhibiting the same kind of anger towards Madani, which includes DAP.

Much has been made about the failed strategy of using the possible release of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak as a vote-getter in Johor.

The fact is that the working-class Indians and activists I speak to inform me that this has zero impact.

There is a significant percentage of working-class Indians who do not have animus towards the convicted felon as the political narratives of DAP would have you believe.

Urimai’s P Ramasamy said it best. From reportage - “Commenting on a survey which found that a majority of Indians backed Najib’s bid for a royal pardon, Ramasamy said the community continues to differentiate between his personal misdeeds - especially in the 1MDB scandal - and his outreach to the Indian community.”

Now, of course, in the social media spaces of non-Malays, a statement like this would be mocked. But when it comes to reality, the kitchen table reality, this means that votes are getting lost because nobody is really interested in studying the terrain.

Around election time, the “Indian vote” comes into play. Politicians from both sides of the divide make the necessary noises of “inclusion” to cater to the demographic.

The comment sections of such news stories are sprinkled with the usual racist diatribes against the community.

Besides the urban English-educated voter, the people who actually vote in districts which could actually mean something do not read the “English” news stories that come out in the alternative media or the mainstream (English) media, for that matter.

Charles said: “The irony is striking. The Indian middle class appears ready to cast a protest vote with Bersama, while many in the working class are drifting back to BN - the very coalition they once helped vote out.”

As someone who has spilt much ink about his disdain for MIC, this has been something which has not been easy for me to assimilate.

PSM’s plight

This is an important point and points towards the class conflict within the Indian community, which is probably why a party like PSM is savaged and which the Indian working class runs to whenever they need real help, but which they abandon when it comes to elections.

For example, PSM settled the housing issue of 393 families from four estates in Dengkil.

“The houses are expected to be completed in October. BN and Pakatan Harapan had a hand in the project, but it was PSM and its movement that helped bring the matter to their attention and demand action,” PSM deputy chairperson S Arutchelvan said in 2023.

This is just one example of the sometimes decades-long struggles that PSM has been involved with, but as Arutchelvan said: “We nominated a candidate in Dengkil, and they are surprised to know that we are a political party.”

Furthermore, there is a growing realisation among working-class Indians that when it comes to political parties, it really doesn’t matter who is voted in because all these political parties work with each other when it is convenient.

An Indian voter in Johor reminded me that DAP thanked the MIC and Umno in Kuala Kubu Bharu, so why can’t he and his family vote for MIC now?

From reportage – “The Jelutong MP, who thanked Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and MIC president SA Vigneswaran for supporting the coalition candidate, said he is not surprised by the former Penang deputy chief minister’s actions.”

Anwar errs, MIC gains

It is strange, though. For decades, Anwar Ibrahim, for a myriad of reasons, enjoyed extremely healthy support from the Indian community.

But these days, as prime minister, Harapan and he are slowly but surely losing support from the community.

These days, Anwar seems more interested in bullying a young student who asks him genuine questions about educational opportunities in Malaysia or presiding over a conversion ceremony of a young Indian convert.

I was talking to a MIC operative; he was heartened by the participation of youths in their programmes and took it as a positive sign that young Indians were returning to MIC.

Meanwhile, when I talked to government-aligned youth activists, they claimed that their only interest was to help the community and would take assistance from any place they could get.

There has been much talk as to why Indians are raging at Madani, but the most common flashpoint, anecdotally, I come across is when the prime minister officiated the conversion of a Hindu youth.

What does it say to the Hindu community - or even the Indian community - when the prime minister of this country presides over the conversion of a Hindu youth, while mothers are battling in the courts to get their children back, are suing the state security apparatus to do their jobs, and dealing with the religious bureaucracy who are hampering their efforts to reconcile with their children?

I would say that this event was as totemic as the cow head protest when it comes to the Indian votes, especially the working class abandoning the federal government.

Negeri Sembilan polls

Now, of course, this does not mean that Harapan is in trouble in Negeri Sembilan. But who knows.

The reality is that the Indian vote is now in play, and Charles is correct when he says the winners for the Indian vote are those - “…who attracts the deepest disappointment.”

Indians, especially disenfranchised ones, neither have the luxury of engaging in partisanship nor can they indulge in the numerous political outfits that claim to champion their cause.

There is no true course for the Indian community.

Our fate shall be the same as that of all the non-Malays, but it is just that we will get there sooner.

Dan Burmawi, having seen the uglier realities of Islam up close, isn’t afraid to say what many Westerners are squeamish about admitting. “Palestinianism is a dumping ground,” he explained on X on July 2. “A catch-all container for every resentful ideology, every broken theory, every radical cause. Marxists, postcolonialists, jihadists, queer activists, anarchists, environmentalists, anti-capitalists, and antisemites, they all pour their agendas into it.”

This is true whether the ideologies actually fully align or not. Yes, “queers for Palestine” are ridiculous for not knowing that homosexuals can be executed in Gaza. Marxists are political utopians and Palestinian terrorists are religious zealots. But even if the ideologies do not completely match up, Bumawi argued, the highly fictionalized cause of jihadis in Gaza is “the perfect host, just vague enough to absorb anything, just angry enough to justify everything.”

He explained further. “Muslims use it to legitimize jihad and martyrdom. Marxists use it to revive class warfare under the guise of anti-Zionism. Postcolonial theorists use it to attack the West.”

Bumawi continued, “Intersectional activists use it to link Palestine to trans rights and racial justice in a grotesque logic of shared victimhood. Academics use it to inject critical theory into international politics. Antisemites use it to camouflage their hatred as humanitarianism. Palestinianism is where incompatible ideologies suddenly find unity.”

Dating to centuries before the rise of Islam, this forgotten Christian site offers a rare glimpse into a time when Christianity flourished across parts of the Arabian Gulf. 

In this documentary, we explore the history, discovery, architecture, and significance of the Jubail Church, uncovering evidence of early Christian communities that once lived and worshipped in Arabia. 

Join us as we journey through a forgotten chapter of history buried beneath the sands of time. Explore why archaeologists considered the Jubail Church one of the most significant discoveries ever made in Saudi Arabia. Examine the evidence showing thriving Christian communities throughout pre-Islamic Arabia. 

A closer look at the church’s design, symbolism, and what its structure reveals about early Christian worship. Discover how the church disappeared from history and remained hidden beneath the desert for centuries.

2025 Coeur d'Alene shooting

I was fresh at my new job and I pulled over onto a freeway overpass to watch them return the firefighters bodies from spokane to cour d'alene. Really impacted the entire area. Taking a slug to the spine and still focusing on saving lives. That's what you call a true man of steel. 

Starting a fire to ambush firefighters is so gross. They had no chance. I'm so pissed. Man, you have to be one hell of a shit-bag to kill unarmed fireman. Imagine killing people who’s sole job is to rescue and save other people. What an absolute piece of trash, hope he’s burning in the deepest pits of hell.

Owning slaves was a Malay tradition, but J.W.W Birch tried to stop it

Juliana berjalan kaki hampir 200km bersama anaknya, mengharapkan campur tangan PM untuk memastikan tiada lagi tanah adat Orang Ali dikosongkan.  Rohingya dibela bebas berkeliaran rakyat Orang asli ditindas pemerintah Haprak. 

Sarawakians and Sabahans make sure the orang Malaya do not outnumber you via love jihad for the sake of pussy or dicks. Beware you will lose your own land. Your traditions and your faith. Owning slaves was a Malay tradition, but J.W.W Birch tried to stop it.

Malaysiakini : Time to concede it was the West who stopped bumiputera slavery by Joshua Woo Sze Zeng. The recent controversy over the contributions of non-Malays in the war against the communists in this country has once again raised questions over Malaysians’ general knowledge of our own history.

One disturbing aspect arose from the controversy is how history, or the lack thereof, has been distorted to instil racial antagonism among ethnic groups. Such a malicious tactic is still being used because history is more than a record of the past, it shapes how we see ourselves and others in the present.

Learning about our colonial past in the 1900s is a case in point. My generation was taught that the British were the exploiters of our land and the destroyers of our local traditions. Such indoctrination has led many to believe that the West is the immoral agent of decadence. The West is thus conveniently scapegoated so that the ruling regime can get us to see ourselves as victims, to see the West as a threat, and to see the present rulers as our needed defenders.

That is the recipe for a siege mentality, a proven method to win votes. I am not here defending colonialism or the West, but to point out one piece of our history that has been forgotten, not even footnoted in history textbooks. That is the fact that it was the British who liberated the bumiputeras (Malays and Orang Asli) from slavery, a cruel age-old trade practised by locals for hundreds of years.

• Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) losses from its nearly RM200 million investment in Indonesian aquaculture start-up eFishery stemmed from a “planned fraud”, with the company’s management allegedly manipulating its financial statements.

  In a written parliamentary reply to Wong Chen (Harapan-Subang), Anwar said the investment had gone through KWAP’s established governance process, including internal assessments, independent due diligence and reviews of the company’s financial, legal, and operational standing before approval.

  Following the fraud, KWAP and the investor consortium had initiated legal action and were continuing efforts to recover invested funds while strengthening internal governance.

  Veteran 1972 : They screwed the Veterans who retired before 2013. Plus the fact that PMX broke his pledge to the Veterans.

  AyamKambingBack : 200m? It sounds familiar lah this figure......

  On the Other Hand : Same amount that he supposedly gave HAMAS.

  Read all the comments here...........

AN OLD map presents Europe in the shape of a queen holding scepter and orb, with Portugal as her crown, Spain as her face, France as her belowthe- neck area, lower Germany and Denmark as her left arm, Italy as her right arm (with Sicily as orb), and the rest of central and eastern Europe as the dres (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Critics on campuses, in international forums, and across much of the media paint a picture of European Zionist invaders displacing an indigenous population, imposing foreign rule on ancient Arab lands. This narrative flips history on its head, ignoring millennia of Jewish connection to the Land of Israel while whitewashing the true architects of regional domination. 

It is time to ask the core question plainly: Who are the colonizers? The answer reveals a legacy of conquest and cultural erasure that reshaped the entire Middle East and North Africa, and one that continues to target the Jewish homeland today.

By Vlad Tepes

European media’s consistent refusal to report the full identity, religion, and immigration status of perpetrators in horrific crimes is not incompetence. It is policy.

In case after case, the pattern is unmistakable: when the attacker is a migrant (often Muslim or African), mainstream outlets default to vague descriptions such as “a man,” “youths,” “locals,” or even misleading nationality labels, while the victim’s background is sometimes highlighted. When the perpetrator is a native European, details flow freely.

This is not random. It follows a clear set of guidelines established at the highest institutional levels.

The 2018 Warnings Which We Ignored at Our Peril

In a Strasbourg press conference ahead of the Marrakesh conference, MEP Marcel de Graaff and colleagues warned exactly what the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration would bring.

Though sold to the public as technically non-binding, it was designed to become the framework for national legislation and media behavior. And clearly that is exactly what it became.

De Graaff stated: “Criticism of migration will become a criminal offense… media outlets that give room to criticism of migration can be shut down… it will become impossible to mention that mass migration leads to explosive surge of rape and murder.”

Another MEP highlighted the UN’s earlier demographic replacement goals and the push to make migration a “human right.”

Who has never been a man of peace but rather the polished face of the most violent Islamism - the one that disfigured Syria under the banners of jihad and massacred Christians, Druze, and Alawites in collusion with Turkish and Qatari protectors.

The imposing door of the Great Umayyad Mosque opened with a theatrical creak. Macron and his host, al-Sharaa, removed their shoes and entered, followed by the delegations. Built 1,300 years ago on the site of a church, the mosque houses the relics of St. John the Baptist and the tomb of Saladin. Beneath Byzantine-era frescoes, the two signed energy and trade agreements.

Two devices meanwhile exploded near the Four Seasons Hotel where the French president had stayed. “Macron is safe," the Élysée immediately reassured. It is not a travel incident, but the background noise of a Middle East that has never stopped being itself. Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!

Macron embodies progressivism in sunglasses, believing he can tame radical Islam with symbolic gestures and energy subcontracts. But the Umayyad mosque, built on the ruins of a church, reminds him that Islamic conquest is never just a metaphor and that every Islamic conquest replaces rather than coexists.

From Wikimedia Commons: View of Constantinople by evening light (Ivan Aivazovsky, 1846)

Posterity may recognize both a brutal end to the Byzantine Empire and a stark warning of what happens when a weakened civilization faces an unrelenting conqueror. In significance, this event, where the ancient walls of the Eastern Roman capital crumbled under Ottoman cannon fire, surpassed a military defeat; it was the death knell for a millennium-old bastion of Christianity, signaling the inexorable advance of Islamic imperialism across Europe and the Near East.

In the context of the demographic trajectories and civilizational fatigue characterizing modern Europe, the fall serves as a chilling precedent. It illustrates how complacency, division, and sustained depopulation can lead to the subjugation of entire peoples, transforming sacred spaces into symbols of triumph for the victors. The tragedy—its causes, the harrowing siege, the final collapse, and its enduring consequences—provides lessons that Europe ignores at its peril.

The roots of Constantinople’s downfall traced back centuries, beginning with the gradual erosion of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern heir to Rome. Founded in 330 AD by Emperor Constantine the Great as New Rome, the city—renamed Constantinople—became a glittering metropolis of Orthodox Christianity, fortified by the formidable Theodosian Walls, a 5.7–6.5-kilometer network of ramparts, moats, and towers that repelled invaders for over a thousand years.

Finance Twitter : Malaysian Chinese have suddenly become a precious commodity this month. As expected, their value skyrockets every time there is an election. With the political campaign for the Johor state election entering its second half, every politician and political party treats the ethnic Chinese like a diamond, saying the Chinese are the best, the cleverest, the kingmaker, and whatnot.

Chinese voters form the largest voting bloc in about 12 of the state’s 56 seats, most of them urban. Hence, it makes perfect sense why UMNO orders its top racist punk – Akmal Saleh – to stay silent. Even Selangor Chief Minister Amirudin Shari, whose government is cracking down on temples and pig farming, shamelesslypretends to admire the Chinese by invoking the “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. 

Everyone can smell Amirudin’s stinky lies when he said that Malays, Chinese, and Indians were equal citizens. And if he is trying to hoodwink the Chinese that he is “Liu Bei” by bragging about how Selangor’s governance record was built on leaders who were capable, courageous and empathetic, he has failed miserably. Liu Bei did not demolish temples, let alone close down pig farms.

Demonizing Cao Cao does not automatically make Amirudin the hero “Liu Bei” in the Chinese classical novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. Whether Cao Cao was “really bad” is debatable. While Cao Cao was a ruthless warlord capable of immense brutality, at the same time, he was also a brilliant statesman and poet who stabilized Northern China during a chaotic era.

Did the Selangor Chief Minister realize that without the Five Tiger Generals – Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong – and strategist Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei would have likely perished as a minor warlord? Before Zhuge Liang joined him, Liu Bei was a wandering mercenary who bounced from warlord to warlord. He lost battle after battle because he lacked long-term, macroeconomic strategy.

But Amirudin isn’t the only Malay leader trying to appease and impress upon Chinese voters. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, whose People’s Justice Party (PKR) is on track to be wiped out, is begging the Chinese community to return home to vote in Johor on July 11. If only he had fairly and sincerely defended the minority races from UMNO Youth Chief Akmal’s act of terrorism for the last 3 years.

The racist Prime Minister’s best joke was not about urging young voters not to believe anti-Chinese political rhetoric at a time when he desperately needs the Chinese votes – despite the fact that he was the chief “enabler” in promoting and encouraging UMNO-Malays to attack the Chinese. Neither was it about his boastful – and laughable – claim that he was the leader who was fair to all races in the country.

The best joke of the week was when PM Anwar, who is also Pakatan Harapan chairman, cried, whined, and bitched that rivals have ganged up against him because his Madani government is tough on corruption. He even has the cheek to claim that his administration’s uncompromising policy towards those who steal public funds or abuse their positions for personal gain had made certain quarters uneasy.

“That is why, as you can see now, all these parties are joining forces to bring me down. Why? Because they know we are strict. They know we safeguard everything,” – he lied through his teeth while speaking at the PMX Meet-and-Greet programme for the Senggarang state constituency in conjunction with the Johor state election on July 5 (Sunday).

“I have come to Johor dozens of times. Did I take any land? No. Did I take any projects? No. Did I take any shares? No. We must instil this principle in our elected representatives. If we want a prosperous state, we must uphold integrity,” – Mr Anwar proudly proclaimed. What he did not want people to know is that corruption continues to flourish under his administration.

Did the PM facilitate a royal pardon for ex-PM Najib Razak, who had stolen billions in the infamous 1MDB scandal? Yes. Did he protect Azam Baki, former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner caught with his pants down in shareholding and corporate mafia scandals? Yes. Did Anwar quietly throw away UMNO president Zahid Hamidi’s 47 corruption charges? Yes.

Did Anwar Ibrahim work hand-in-glove with MACC to cover up Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor’s corruption scandal despite a series of exposé videos released by a whistleblower? Yes. Did the MACC seize over RM100 million in cash stashed in a “safe house” linked to  aides of former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, but suspiciously no charges have been made? Yes.

Did PM Anwar fiercely defend his trusted aide, Shamsul Iskandar, despite being exposed for issuing a letter of support for six contractors involved in a hospital project? Yes. Did Anwar’s Cabinet award Bestinet with an “extension” in early 2024 after lobbying, despite an earlier promise to terminate the monopoly contract for the company known for exploiting migrant workers? Yes.

Did the Madani government sweep under the carpet the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) scandal involving RM9.14 billion contract to build six warships for the Royal Malaysian Navy? Yes. Did the MACC close both eyes on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s former aide-turned-crony, Farhash Wafa Salvador, in corruption and corporate mafia scandals? Yes.

So, what type of fighting corruption con artist is Anwar Ibrahim trying to lie? Opposition Perikatan Nasional does not need to join forces with Barisan Nasional to topple Mr Anwar because the Prime Minister has done an excellent job in killing his own Pakatan Harapan coalition by marginalizing the minorities, protecting corrupt cronies, freeing UMNO crooks, introducing more taxes, and whatnot.

More importantly, to claim that rivals have ganged up to overthrow him means PAS (Parti Islam Se-Malaysia or Malaysian Islamic Party) and UMNO (United Malays National Organization) must be super corrupted. The burning question is why the MACC has yet to arrest and charge those in PAS or UMNO whom he suggested were dirty, thus wanted to bring him down?

In the same breath, Anwar was contradicting himself when on one hand, he called on Johor voters to give Pakatan Harapan (PH) the opportunity to govern the state to ensure “clean governance”, yet on the other hand, PH Johor had not raised any criticism about corruption in the state since November 2022. He has to make up his mind whether the Johor government was corrupted or not.

Exactly why the Premier is still begging when he is currently Malaysia’s “most popular” political leader, holding a 52% approval rating according to a nationwide poll released by the independent pollster Merdeka Center, is beyond comprehension. He should have faith in the Democratic Action Party (DAP) under the leadership of Anthony Loke to deliver 95% of Chinese votes for PH.

Amusingly, he made a spectacular tactical blunder – arrogantly bragged that whatever the outcome of the Johor state election, he would remain as Prime Minister. If that is the case, then it doesn’t matter whether the disillusioned and disgruntled Pakatan Harapan voters stay at home or cast their ballots for rivals to teach Anwar Ibrahim and his gang a lesson, no?

Equally hilarious was the absence of the usual screaming of “Reformasi” by the PKR president. Unable to sell its traditional gimmick to hoax gullible voters, the fake reformist has resorted to selling anti-corruption, moderate politics, a fair and clean government, and all types of promises meant to be broken once the election is over.

However, the common issues that unite the voters of Johor – regardless of ethnicity – are the high cost of living, high property prices and lack of affordable housing, traffic congestion, lack of good job opportunities, and water crisis driven by surging demand from a booming data center industry, frequent river pollution, and droughts. Mr Anwar is selling the wrong product to the voters.

But if Umno thinks the showing is because it wants a pardon/house arrest for former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, they are sadly mistaken - evidence is that line of reasoning has no basis given Umno’s declining fortunes over this previously.

Veteran 1972 : The real spoiler is not BERSAMA, it is Anwar Ibrahim with the extremist views of the Muslim Brotherhood which has been banned in a majority of the Middle East. 

Yes PMX wants to Molly Coddle them. The writing is on the wall. He is too brainwashed along with his cohorts. Everyone better wake up, name me one Islamic country that has been successful and tolerant?

Mr Forked Tongue Of The DAP

Although he did not explicitly name the party or individuals, he claimed the Negeri Sembilan coalition government leadership should have come together to weather a crisis.

However, he said some quarters chose to stab them in the back and attempted to topple the state government led by PKR’s Aminuddin Harun.

Veteran 1972 : Ah Loke ah, what about you betraying all your loyal supporters? Pig farms, matriculation, UEC, not bothering to talk about the heights of temples and churches, whilst your allies and Madani are chipping away at our rights? Stand up for us or just plain step down!

BlueShark1548 : PKR failed because DAP compromised its principles and allowed Anwar to pander to Malays who did not and will not support him. DAP was Anwar's silent collaborator. Watch whether Anwar dares to stand in a Malay majority constituency in GE16.He would not even dare stand in Putrajaya, the seat where many civil servants lived.

Anon2000 : Traitors? Loke of DAP calling others traitors? The entire DAP are traitors. Fooled us all (with that chameleon) to vote for you in the last elections. And you call others traitors???

Kingsman : Anthony Loke you are the cost of the downfall in the DAP

On Sept 27, a day after the Fifa announcement, he declared in a video on Facebook that the players received their citizenship after a thorough vetting process, saying: “In this case, we complied with everything (citizenship laws). “When the decision was made, we followed due process according to existing regulations. That’s on our part.

“And the process of giving citizenship is very thorough. The chief secretary (of the Home Ministry) will chair the committee… we study every document submitted.”

Dr Peter Jebaseelan Jesudason : What does one expect from a backdoor minister? Nasution lost in the 2022 parliamentary elections yet was brought into parliament via a senatorship and given the most important ministerial position of Home Minister. Now we know why. 

Nasution was a loser minister who would naturally give blind loyalty to Anwar. The UMNO Baru status was hanging in the balance. Zahid had flouted the UMNO party constitution by postponing the Presidential elections beyond the limits of the party constitution. 

As such, the party stood to be de-registered by the Registrar of Societies. How convenient that the Home Minister invokes Section 70 of the Societies Act which gives him the right to override the provisions of the Societies Act. 

Even though legal, the optics of what Nasution did and by extension the Prime Minister Anwar, looks appalling because Anwar had promised from the beginning that Madani would have " zero tolerance for corruption ". Rafizi must have been seething at what Nasution did in order to save UMNO from probable de-registration because of Zahid flouting UMNO's own constitution. 

Zahid's position in government would have been untenable if UMNO had been de-registered. The corollary being, the likelihood of the DNAA of his 47 corruption charges would have been remote. 

To have the unelected loser minister Nasution being given the prestigious and powerful Home Ministry and his rival Rafizi who was far more popular in PKR and who at the time held the Deputy Presidency of PKR, being given the inconsequential Economic Ministry which played second fiddle to the Finance Ministry, was a slap in the face. 

Rafizi had every reason to sulk and this was evident by his Trappist Monk silence soon after the ministerial appointments. Anwar was undermining him in an attempt to revive the fortunes of his daughter, another loser in the 2022 elections and who had been inactive in PKR, but yet she was touted and promoted for the Deputy Presidency. 

Rafizi saw the writing on the wall and decided to throw in the towel and form a new party. Political corruption has plagued Madani from the outset because of the poisoned chalice Anwar had to swallow from, by bringing in UMNO into the coalition in order to form Madani. 

UMNO has been synonymous with corruption throughout its long history. Indeed, former UMNO PM Najib is in jail for corruption and is facing a further sentence for his prime role in the 1MDB multi-billion dollar kleptocracy. The football foreigner naturalisation scandal is a symptom of political corruption and sadly it has also implicated the Johor royal household.

Follow the money. Who paid to make this evil movie? It is Qatar, along with Gulf and Islamist businessmen, who are funding the production of these films. Reynault De Chatillon did not kidnap and rape Saladins sister. He died a martyr refusing to deny Christ and then almost a thousand years later, some hack director makes him a bloodthirsty murderer. 

Disgusting it honestly is. They’re really not even trying to hide the propaganda at this point. All these lies are to brainwash our kids. The Crusades were a direct response to Islamic destruction of Christianity in N. Africa and the Byzantine.

Thank you for this awareness & educational video. God bless you. But if you ask them about it, they will deny = TAQIYA. And to think Egypt was a nation with a Christian majority for approximately 1,000 years, from the 4th to the 14th century….and see this….just disgusting….They curse us 5x a day

In a statement this afternoon, the party’s central executive committee (CEC) acknowledged that a political party cannot judge itself, as this is in the hands of voters. “DAP will listen more closely, strengthen constituency services and improve how we communicate and govern. We carry the lessons from Johor into Negeri Sembilan with humility, discipline and the determination to work harder.

“Johor has delivered its message. We will learn from it. In Negeri Sembilan, we will continue to fight positively to secure a fresh mandate and continue a stable, moderate administration that serves all,” the CEC said. Emphasising that every vote received represents trust while every vote lost serves as a sign and a signal, the CEC said it had identified policy, political, organisational and communication issues that require further attention.

For Negeri Sembilan, which will go to the polls on Aug 1, the CEC said it would defend its seats with eight incumbents and three new faces. “We enter this election as part of the incumbent state government, with a record of administration, experience and a team ready to receive the mandate to govern once again.

“Our campaign in Negeri Sembilan will be positive and forward-looking. We will highlight the state government’s achievements, development plans, solutions to the people’s concerns and candidates capable of serving. “We want voters to make their choice based on track records, policies and the future of Negeri Sembilan, not divisive politics,” it added. Loke, who is also the Negeri Sembilan DAP chairperson, will defend his Chennah constituency, which he has held since 2013.

Silver lining

Yesterday, Malaysiakini’s analysis of voting trends from the 15th general election found that in a straight fight, BN could unseat Loke if PAS throws its support behind the coalition. The 36-seat state legislative assembly comprises BN (14 seats), DAP (11), PKR (five), PAS (three), Bersatu (two) and Amanah (one).

Reflecting on the Johor election, the CEC said the outcome was not what the party had hoped for, as its representation was reduced from 10 seats to six, but it also saw a silver lining in the number of votes it received.

“The support we received was not broad or balanced enough to retain four decisive seats. We accept the responsibility to understand, address and improve from this. “After a prolonged period of multi-cornered contests, support for our challengers consolidated behind a smaller number of candidates. In this far more challenging landscape, DAP retained six of its 10 incumbent seats.

“Across those 10 seats, DAP candidates received 226,592 votes, compared with 159,769 votes in 2022. The increase in total votes does not negate the loss of four seats. However, it shows that DAP still has a strong support base to defend, expand and translate into victories,” it added.

47AK : The Johor defeat should be a wake-up call. If DAP is marching towards the Negeri Sembilan frontline, it must first learn the right lessons. The elected representatives, both MPs, and their political secretaries must be humble, approachable, and genuinely people-friendly. Public service is not reserved only for party supporters. They were elected to represent everyone, regardless of which party they voted for or the colour of their skin. Arrogance, selective service, and political favoritism will only alienate voters. Respect, fairness, and equal treatment are what people expect from those entrusted with public office. If these lessons are ignored, Johor may not be the last setback.“

World Citizen : DAP will get another drubbing in NS because it is the same old same old. They cannot do much within the next 2 weeks. There is a suggestion for the party. DAP should put up a new leadership team ahead of their national convention in August this year. Show to the electorate in NS what this new team will do once elected by the party. 

No more Anthony Loke and his cronies who have failed its supporters over and over again. They were shown a hard lesson in Sabah but the party did nothing to change. Now they got another big slap in the face in Johor but still nothing. So you either wait for another humiliation or do something drastic.

apanama is back : First things first, DAP, you need to kick out Anthony Loke because a fish rots from the head down. To save the body (DAP), you need to chop off the head (Loke). The buck stops with Loke!

Earlier, the Malacca State Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2026 was passed in the legislature by a show of hands, with 23 assembly members voting in favour and five against.

“Given that we have rejected the motion tabled by the government, we cannot reject it and remain in the government at the same time. That is not fair.

Black Eagle : Akmal Resigning? This KAKI KELENTONG will resign if he has principles. Knowing him well enough by now, so please don’t waste your time. Can you imagine such characters being tomorrow’s leaders, asking others to do what they were supposed to do first. Shameless!

BusinessFirst : On Akmal's resignation by now you know this KMI types. Promises are meant to be kept by others not them. LKY knew this a long time ago and led Singapore out of Malaysia.

wayang : Not surprised, think once Umno becomes strong with Madani help, they will kick out DAP.

However, the reaction of Pakatan Harapan, especially DAP leaders, seems to reflect a state of continued denial with very little admission of what went wrong in a disastrous campaign for the coalition.

When I first projected a landslide victory for BN in Johor, about one week into the campaign, this projection was met by scepticism among some Harapan leaders.

A Little Bit Crazy : Alamak Professor Ong, From my own observations and feedbacks from many people , as long as these two DAP YBs below, do not join the N9 campaigns, DAP can more likely retain their seats. A. Nga Kor Ming B. Liew Chin Tong. 

Nga likes to self performing, too arrogant, the more he speaks, the more Malay voters will vote for BN. Liew likes to stand on higher moral ground, to analyse this and that, nothing much relevant to the ordinary livelihood of rakyat. He should be a Research Professor in Oxford University, not as a Deputy Minister in Malaysia. If PH wants to win in N9 State Elections, few simple things to do first. 

1. Arrest the Melaka Polices who shot and killed the 3 Indian guys. This can win back Indian voters. 

2. Arrest those Corporate Mafias who pakat with MACC. 3. Arrest or take immediate actions against Azam Baki for his shareholding scandal. This can win back many non bumi voters. Mr. Anwar Ibrahim, as the PM of Malaysia, he has the enormous responsibility and power to right any wrongs. Don't hide behind or be blocked by any bureaucratic procedures and little neporeans to do the right things. 

Common senses must prevail, if a weak Prime Minister is hesitant in taking actions against the criminals, no rakyat will feel safe. When most rakyat, especially non bumi don't feel safe, we walk away, we migrate overseas, we move our assets overseas, we go to any other places which welcome us, we abstain from voting.. 

For two decades, non bumi have supported strongly and built up the support base of PKR and DAP, and yet, one Akmal, one Hadi, one Indian temple, a few brutal enforcement officers, some lazy government servants, some ridiculous government office security guards, some corrupted politicians, can destroy the credibility of PH, so much so that, selective prosecution, selective actions were taken? 

Broken promises, Reformati.. Why? Why? Why? Why allow a good hand of cards, be destroyed by those irresponsible, greedy people? Mr. Prime Minister, please stand up like a StateMan. Do your jobs properly, without fear and favour. Be firmed. Don't throw away your idealism to build up a Fair Malaysia for all Malaysians. With non bumi supports, you can still win in ge16. Forget about the bumi votes, they want to support PAS and BN, let them be. 

You should return to seek supports from the non bumi voters, we are your strongest base. You too should seek more supports from East Malaysia voters who are mostly non bumi or bumi with more open minded. Go back to search for the original spirit of Reformasi. Stick to it. You can come back stronger.

“Harapan’s window to change course is closing rapidly,” said the former DAP MP. Charles said it would be ignorant to view Johor merely as an election defeat.

“It was also a referendum on broken promises. Ignore it, and Negeri Sembilan (which will hold its election on Aug 1) may become the next chapter in the same story,” he added in a statement.

Charles, who had claimed to have walked into an “inferno” during a meeting with Indian community leaders ahead of the Johor election, said the answer was not better political messaging but a return to the reform agenda that brought Harapan to power.

He said the agenda should begin with concrete action, including:

BlueLeopard0972 : No U-turns in sight. Anthony Loke’s belligerent claim that the upcoming N9 polls will be a "different story" shows just how deluded and disconnected the central leadership has become. ​ 

Brilliant strategists and independent voices like Dr. Ong Kian Ming and Charles Santiago have already sounded the alarm, yet the current leadership remains blindly subservient to the Anwar and Zahid agenda. ​ 

To keep the peace in this compromise coalition, you have systematically hollowed out DAP's own backbone. By quietly purging and pushing away principled stalwarts and outspoken grassroots champions—from heavyweights like Lim Guan Eng, to veteran leaders like Chong Eng, Ong Kian Ming, Charles Santiago and legacy voices like Kasthuri Patto and Phee Syn Tze, you are alienating the very people who built this party. ​ 

YB Anthony Loke, the grassroots are absolutely sick and tired of your broken, empty promises of "introspection" after the disastrous wipeouts in Sabah and Johor. The buck stops with you. Instead of leading the party into a predictable, historic rout in N9, when are you going to do the honorable thing, take accountability, and RESIGN?

apanama is back : At least Charles agrees with me. Charles, do not waste time with idiots. Let's let the voters kick Harapan out, once and for all, in GE16. Until then, let them live in their own cocoon, with denial and delusions.

JKT : With Anwar leading the coalition...PH is assured of extinction

Tiada Harapan Lagi

They recycle lazy cliches that the Kancil party had “split votes” and caused them to lose. 

But the facts from Malaysiakini prove this assertion wrong; Bersama received few votes, and only affected Harapan in two marginal seats.

BluePanther4725 : All good suggestions, especially point No.4 that Anwar should step down. Anwar is instrumental in the defeat of PKR and Harapan. His poor leadership, poor judgement and pleasing UMNO are all costly and stupid mistakes. 

Anwar should invite Rafizi to take over as Chairman of PKR before GE16. Anwar is truly not fit to lead Harapan or the country. If Anwar doesn't step down, DAP and Amanah should consider leaving Anwar or booting him out from Harapan. There is no Hope for Harapan if Anwar is its leader.

MichaelLee : Well thought out ideas. Will PH do it? No. DSAI will rather let Rome burn than to give up his throne.

On the Other Hand : She is one of the problems, but the problems began when Anwar came out of jail. It is now clear that he was never sincere about Reformasi. 

He and his family members just used that as a slogan to get him out of jail, and hoodwinked the public that they were there for the greater good of the country. That turned out to be hogwash (that actually pollutes our country), rather than the non-existent hogwash that only Islamists can see or smell in Selangor.

- Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello in The Departed (2006)

COMMENT | I have been following the case involving executions in Durian Tunggal, Malacca, since the audio recordings were making the rounds on social media.

I do not know if many people know this, but while the recordings of the men’s pleas were horrifying rational Malaysians, there was another recording in Tamil that claimed these men were criminals, thus there was no need for any public outrage.

libra : The actions are evil and there is no legality. The fact that they are willing to lie, not to live in Honesty says, they are even greater sinners than the wrong doers. What a shame.

Exile : I thank Thayaparan for keeping the issue of deaths in police custody alive in the public consciousness. Without persistent journalism and public discussion, these cases risk becoming mere statistics, soon forgotten until the next tragedy occurs. 

As James Joyce wrote of the artist's role, it is to "forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race." In a similar spirit, writers who continue to highlight these cases help forge the nation's conscience by refusing to allow uncomfortable questions to disappear from public view. 

One of the most disturbing perceptions among many Malaysians, particularly within the Tamil community, is that a disproportionate number of those who die while in police custody are young Tamil men. Whether this perception is fully supported by official statistics or not, it is sufficiently widespread that it deserves serious attention. 

It calls for transparency, independent investigation, and public accountability. If a community comes to believe that its members are being targeted because of their ethnicity, every custodial death becomes more than an isolated tragedy. It becomes part of a broader narrative of injustice. 

That perception, whether ultimately borne out or dispelled by evidence, can only be addressed through credible investigations and equal application of the law. For the sake of justice and national unity, these deaths must never be ignored or normalized. 

Keeping the issue alive is not about inflaming racial sentiment; it is about ensuring that every Malaysian can have confidence that the law protects all citizens equally.