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Khairy only speaks up loudly when he has no power, but remains silent when he was a minister under Najib, Muhyiddin and Ismail Sabri

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" Khairy Jamaluddin says Malaysia’s historians are cowards. He should read a journal sometimes. "   The Charge In a recent episode of his podcast Keluar Sekejap , Encik Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, former Minister of Health, former UMNO Youth chief, and current political brand in reconstruction, called Malaysia’s publicly funded history professors cowards. Ivory tower inhabitants. Silent while misinformation spreads. He said his history podcast, Sejarah Kita, cannot find willing academic guests, which is why an Associate Professor of Arabic language from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) named Dr Solehah Yaacob, who claimed ancient Romans learned shipbuilding techniques from Malay seafarers, has become, by his  telling, Malaysia’s de facto number one history expert. Here is what he got wrong. The Media-Illiteracy Charge Malaysian historians are not silent. They publish in peer-reviewed journals, write monographs, present at regional and international co...

There's a possibility PAS will kick Bersatu out of PN in one or two days!

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“Patience has its limits”, says Hadi PAS told reporters openly  after attending Gerakan’s 58th annual national convention, that the party  will hold a meeting within the next “one or two days” to decide on its relationship with Bersatu after recent remarks by party president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang questioning their alliance. PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said the party leadership would first reach a decision internally before referring it to Perikatan Nasional (PN). “We will have a meeting, and after that, we will make a decision. The meeting will be in one or two days’ time. After the PAS meeting, we will bring it to PN,” FMT quoted  Takiyuddin as saying. Takiyuddin was asked whether Hadi’s remarks signalled a shift in the party’s stance on Bersatu. Hadi had said PAS was reviewing its relationship with Bersatu, including the possibility of contesting the next general election without the Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin-led party, in response to a series ...

Bersatu kurang senang PAS mesra dengan kumpulan Hamzah yang dipecat

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Bersatu kelihatan kurang diperlukan dalam PN? Salah satu faktor yang menyebabkan Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) tidak berpuas hati kepada Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM), lebih dikenali sebagai Bersatu – seperti yang dinyatakan Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang semalam – ialah kegagalan parti baharu diterima menjadi komponen Perikatan Nasional (PN). Berdasarkan kenyataan dibuat Presiden PAS itu, difahami bahawa Bersatu menjadi penghalang kemasukan parti tersebut dan dipercayai ia juga melibatkan kemasukan kumpulan Ahli Parlimen Larut, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. Malam tadi seorang pemimpin Bersatu menyentuh isu itu dengan mengaitkannya dengan pembahagian kerusi semasa pilihan raya, kata Malaysiakini hari ini. Ketua Penerangan Bersatu Encik Tun Faisal Ismal Aziz membangkitkan persoalan kesungguhan mahu membawa parti baharu menyertai PN ketika parti lain sudah lama menunggu untuk diterima sebagai ahli komponen gabungan tersebut. Jika kumpulan Hamzah itu diterima menyertai PN, kata Tun Faisa...