RECENTLY I had a wonderful time sharing my thoughts on “Why not live together as human beings?” with a group of higher secondary and university students.

I cannot confidently say that the whole of Malaysia was shocked by the allegations in Court of Appeal judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer’s affidavit. Sure, there are serious allegations made against some members of the Judiciary and this ought to be of concern to every citizen who wants our key institutions’ integrity to be protected.

May 13 is a constant reminder of the danger of allowing politicians to proceed on ethnic lines in politics, so the people need to lead the way in creating a truly Malaysian nation.

Racism and tribalism is inhibitive of progress.

The better our understanding of democracy, political government and people power, the more we can contribute to nation building.

Without tangible mechanisms, the concepts of good governance, accountability and transparency will remain as political slogans and topics for academic discussions.

It should never be the state’s role to merely punish the offender or their innocent families, when the state itself is in some way responsible for the crime occurring.

Asean youth will have to identify the common and universal values found in the diverse religions practised in the region.

FOR decades, the rakyat has blamed politics for everything that has gone wrong in the country. That blame came only after the rakyat had, since independence, trusted the political leaders totally and had subsequently been disappointed.

WHAT does merdeka mean?

WHAT is so special about the Malaysian soil?

According to the law, a man is innocent until proven guilty, and our justice system is bound by the principle that it is safer to let ten criminals off then to wrongly convict an innocent man.