1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (931+ words) US sanctions drive global ‘overcompliance’, forcing institutions to cut ties with sanctioned nations to protect dollar access. The fear of unilateral coercive measures, or sanctions, is not unfounded. For example, since 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (750+ words) Project Stability and Accountability for Malaysia (Projek Sama) urges all MPs, across party lines, to ensure that the Constitution (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 2026 establishes a transparent and meaningful parliamentary process for vetting candidates for the office of public prosecutor. The strength…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (848+ words) On 22 June, a parliamentary special select committee report was released detailing proposed amendments to the bill to separate the offices of the attorney general and the public prosecutor. This followed a review of the Constitution (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 2026 tabled in…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (316+ words) Making cover optional for Malaysians while keeping it compulsory for migrants is hard to defend. For decades, trade unions, civil society groups and workers had pushed for wider Social Security Organisation (Socso) protection. They wanted cover extended to a full…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (101+ words) aliran.com Lawyer Tan Poh Lai talks about her father Tan Sri Dr Tan Chee Khoon who despite growing up in abject poverty and not having the use of one eye became a famous doctor and leading opposition figure in…...

2+ day, 48+ min ago  (1104+ words) “I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place. With these words, Nato secretary general Mark Rutte described the state of the alliance’s nuclear strategy at the pre-summit press conference in Ankara on 6 July. The…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1023+ words) Malaysia's new gig law protects platforms more than the people who ride and drive for them. Malaysia champions its Gig Workers Act 2025 as a progressive safety net. But the reality is different. The law cements gig workers’ second-class status. It…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (385+ words) The Malaysian Bar welcomes the robust discussions at the recently concluded Forum on Freedom of Information, held on 29 June at the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers, Kuala Lumpur. Jointly organised by the Bar Council’s constitutional law and human rights committee…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (804+ words) Attorney General Dusuki Mokhtar posted pictures from a meeting of the National Anti-Financial Crime Centre (NFCC) advisory board that featured former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Azam Baki. Azam’s presence at this meeting raised serious concerns about his role…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (814+ words) Malaysia must move past restraint and rethink how we see autism. A video has been circulating on social media of an autistic teenage girl chained on one leg at a care centre. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Nancy Shukri…...