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Sepang Umno chief

Sincerity, accountability and the need to tread carefully on matters of race and religion – Xavier Jayakumar

As Malaysia marks Malaysia Day, the controversy over Umno leader Datuk Noorazli Said’s religious joke shows why sacred texts are never political props—and why true accountability requires genuine humility, not defensive clapbacks

Sepang Umno chief makes qualified apology over clergy joke, says just an analogy

Datuk Noorazli Said says he never intended to cause insult, takes backlash as lesson when expressing views

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Petronas staff to be shown the door to make up losses from Petros deal?

Source claims national O&G firm is expected to see 30% revenue loss once agreed formula for natural gas distribution in Sarawak is implemented

What will we call for next? A ban on cheap cigarettes, tuak and kapcais? – Rocky Bru

While concerns over drug-laced vapes grow, a blanket ban could backfire by wiping out businesses, threatening jobs, pushing trade underground amid weak enforcement and open tank loopholes

Stop pampering the two-wheeled road ruffians! – Ravindran Raman Kutty

For too long, politics pampered road ruffians. Now their menace has matured into road terrorism — and leaders must stop stroking the tiger