Category Archives: Royalty

Mustapa feeler to Ku Li: Overture or ploy?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

By Terence Netto COMMENT Umno dissident Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has shadowed his party like a solitary Red Indian on the surrounding hills tracking a posse of cowboys in the valley below as in a western movie. From time to time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Royalty, UMNO

Selangor upset over ‘royal’ intervention

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

By Patrick Lee PETALING JAYA: Selangor state assemblymen are seeing red with what appears to be royal intervention in the running of the State Legislative Assembly. In July, every state assemblyman allegedy received a letter from Sultan Sharafudin Idris Shah, … Continue reading →

Posted in Pakatan Rakyat, Royalty

A message from the Sultanah of Johore

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Season of goodwill MIND MATTER  by RAJA ZARITH IDRIS (Sultanah of Johore) If Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Isa (Jesus), a prophet respected and revered in Islam, is it so wrong to wish a blessed day for … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, Royalty | 4 Comments

Hey, who’s ‘kurang ajar’?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Law professor Aziz Bari, who was suspended indefinitely by the International Islamic Univesity, has demanded apologies from former premier Mahathir Mohamad, Kulim Bandar Baru MP Zulkifli Nordin and Umno-owned newspaper Utusan Malaysia. All 3 parties had made various allegations against … Continue reading →

Posted in Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Education, Royalty

The reason Malays don’t respect Sultans

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

The federal Islamic development agency claimed today that many Muslim do not respect the authority of the Malay Rulers who are heads of religions for their respective states. On the eve of a planned gathering of a million Muslims to … Continue reading →

Posted in Royalty

Professor: I’m not a football to be kicked around by Umno

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Law professor Abdul Aziz Bari is shocked at the virulence of the attacks made against him by Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia newspaper and will sue the paper for defamation. “Today has been a week I’ve been attacked by that newspaper. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Royalty, UMNO

Uni student, 21, becomes Bhutan’s queen

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck took to the throne in 2008 at the start of democracy in the inward-looking country famed for its invention of “Gross National Happiness” and its ban on foreign television until 1999. In three years, the young … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign News, Royalty

Academic: Malay Rulers can be criticised

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari says the Malay Rulers, like public institutions, are subject to public scrutiny and this does not amount to being disrespectful to them. Ratepayers have every right to evaluate the ruler’s performance and the exercising … Continue reading →

Posted in Royalty | 1 Comment

‘You mess with the Sultan at your own peril’

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

A letter addressed to Raja Petra in Malaysia Today Dear Pete, After reading my piece in your website about Rosmah’s presence in the closed door meeting between Najib and his aides in the Ministry of Finance prior to the presentation … Continue reading →

Posted in Royalty

Ku Li: Sultan cannot remove MB

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

TAIPING – Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said that Perak Sultan, Azlan Shah, did not have the power to remove former Pakatan menteri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin from his post in February 2009. “The sultan can only appoint the menteri … Continue reading →

Posted in PAS, Royalty