From thestar.com.my: KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh stands by his comments on the powers of the Sultan of Perak despite the increasing number of police reports lodged against him.

He also said he would meet with the police at his Penang law office today.

From malaysiakini.com: In a constitutional monarchy, it is said that the sovereignty officially lies with the crown but that Parliament (in its role of the peoples’ representative) holds the true political power except in extraordinary circumstances in which the former might be looked upon for a more active participatory role.

From thestar.com.my: KUCHING: Pakatan Rakyat will not form the next federal government if it does not have a comfortable majority of MPs on its side, said Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Since the recent general election, voices have risen up in a shrill warning cry that the Malays are now ‘under threat’. But perhaps the real threat is the threat to Umno hegemony.

AND so it begins. Race-based rhetoric has raised its ugly little head in response to a democratic process. Over 49% of the people of Malaysia have voted for parties that have rejected race-based affirmative action in favour of a needs-based platform.

It did not take very long for voices, both common and royal, to rise up in a shrill warning cry that the Malays are now “under threat”.

 © thestar.com.my

I refer to the Malaysiakini report Tengku Faris: Non-Malays should not seek equality.

Even though my childhood memories are very blurred now, I can still remember that from the time I was conscious of my surroundings, I had been taught one simple fact of life - that all men are equal in this world. My parents, being both intellectuals in the teaching profession, had always stressed to me that every son and daughter of theirs were equal in their eyes.

 © malaysiakini.com