KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Datuk Zulkifli Noordin raised the spectre of May 13 last night when he accused the DAP and Lim Kit Siang of being behind Malaysia’s worst race riots even as Umno leaders…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/litee/malaysia/article/zul-noordin-fans-chinse-tsunami-row-says-dap-behind-may-13

PETALING JAYA, May 10 — Malaysia Airlines (MAS) ferried 6,553 passengers in 57 commercial chartered flights between May 2 and May 4, and from May 6 to May 8, as the carrier pooh-poohed claims it…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/mas-denies-flew-phantom-voters-for-polls/

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 - Malaysians have complained to the White House’s online petition site about election fraud in Election 2013, drawing more than 222,000 signatures within a week to become…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/frustrated-malaysians-flood-white-house-site-to-complain-of-polls-fraud/

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — The results of Election 2013 reflects the divide between the urban and rural areas rather than a racial separation, Umno’s Tan Sri Shahrir Samad told the Chinese media…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/no-chinese-tsunami-shahrir-tells-chinese-press/

SINGAPORE, May 12 — The protest in Singapore is illegal and those who knowingly organised and participated in such an illegal activity should face the consequences, says Malaysia High Commissioner…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/high-commissioner-merlion-park-protestors-should-face-consequences/

LONDON, May 12 — British Education Minister Michael Gove criticised the use of the popular “Mr Men” cartoon figures to teach 16-year olds about Adolf Hitler, saying such play-based learning…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/books/article_book/uk-education-minister-lashes-out-over-mr-men-history-lessons/

Science

MADRID, May 12 — Far from losing their cutting edge after Pep Guardiola’s exit, Barcelona eased to one of their most straightforward La Liga titles as new coach Tito Vilanova fought off cancer…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/sports/article/tito-picks-up-at-barca-where-pep-left-off/

Sports

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Several Chinese associations say they are not worried about the possibility of a Barisan Nasional (BN) Cabinet without a single Chinese face because in the country’s…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/lack-of-chinese-faces-in-cabinet-a-non-issue-say-groups/

SINGAPORE, May 12 — A week after Malaysians voted in their 13th General Election, the political fires are still raging, reports the Straits Times. “Was it a Chinese or a wider Malaysian tsunami…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/race-politics-all-over-again/

Politics

MAY 12 — When I think about chicken chop, memories of eating out at the hawker store with my parents when I was much younger living in Kuching come flooding back. It was like a little treat for me…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/food/article/make-your-own-chicken-chop/

MAY 12 — I guess we should have seen it coming. Sigh. The homo sapiens species is notoriously difficult to satisfy and very easily agitated when things don’t swing our way (and I am not talking…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/fight-the-good-fight-christine-sk-lai/

MAY 11 – There seems to be a lack of understanding what consensus means in Selangor. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim appeared today to have backed his confidant Azmin Ali in calling for a consultation process…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/the-selangor-consensus-the-malaysian-insider/

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Islam is borderless and Muslims who incite racism are going against the creed’s teachings, popular Islamic scholar Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said today, on the…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/racism-is-haram-says-ex-mufti/

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Malay power will diminish if Umno becomes weak and this may lead to national political instability, the party-owned Utusan Malaysia warned today in an op-ed piece to mark the…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malay-power-will-weaken-if-umno-is-weak-warns-utusan/

MAY 11 — A word of caution to the newly-minted Barisan Nasional (BN) government: Malaysians will not be duped by cosmetic change and toddler steps. Another piece of advice: double-speak will cost…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/bn-needs-to-go-beyond-form-fluff-to-real-work/

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — A majority of Selangor PKR lawmakers and division chiefs want Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to be reappointed as the state’s mentri besar, party sources have said, amid…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/most-pkr-state-reps-want-khalid-as-selangor-mb-say-sources/

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 ― The Opposition Leader’s position should equal to that of a minister, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang said today when proposing a series of reforms to Parliament just days after…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/give-opposition-leader-minister-status-moots-kit-siang-as-parliamentary-reform/

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 ― National reconciliation appears a distant dream post-Election 2013 for a country scarred by the “nasty, divisive” electoral campaign led by Umno and Barisan Nasional…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/rapprochement-tough-after-bns-divisive-campaign-says-the-economist/

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Muslims in Malaysia were told today that they were on the threshold of becoming a people who are scorned in their own country following the results of Election 2013, according…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/friday-sermon-warns-muslims-they-face-scorn-after-split-votes-in-ge13/

MAY 10 ― Nothing is more nauseating than hypocrisy. After weeks and months of driving a wedge between races in Malaysia and contributing to the “Chinese tsunami” myth in its coverage, The…

www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/the-star-and-being-malaysian-the-malaysian-insider/