Category Archives: On the Beat

Controversial policy: A schoolgirl walking home from school in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province. Afghanistan is the only country in the world that does not allow girls and women to attend secondary school and university, and forbids women from […] Continue Reading

UPNM should not tolerate even one incident of bullying, let alone another one in such a short period of time. — The Star IT has happened again. Yet another bullying case has been reported at the National Defence University (UPNM), […] Continue Reading

Big shock?: Election results being broadcast on news tickers in Times Square, New York, last Tuesday night. — ©2024 The New York Times Company IT’S a repeat of what happened in 2016. Then, the United States media predicted – wrongly […] Continue Reading

THE discovery of a MyKad and driver’s license – apparently belonging to a youth from Padang Besar, Perlis – that was found in Levadne, Zaporizhia, a conflict zone in Ukraine, has garnered much interest. The family of the 20-year-old Malaysian […] Continue Reading

It’s raining men: The Great British Circus, which has toured Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam for the past 10 years, has little choice but to adapt to local conditions to stay afloat. — Great British Circus WITH important matters like […] Continue Reading

A ‘royal hustle’: The King of Borneo scam (top) was recently exposed by the MCA Public Service and Complaints Department and Majlis Datuk-Dato Malaysia. — TheStarTV screen capture NOT too long ago, a Mandarin-speaking person was proclaimed the King of […] Continue Reading

Much to love: Visitors taking a boat ride in a scenic lake at Gunung Lang Recreational Park. Its 260-million-year-old limestone hills make Ipoh a gem with beautiful natural surroundings. — Filepic/The Star LET’S face the facts about Ipoh. Perak’s capital […] Continue Reading

All hands on deck: Volunteers Farah Ismail (right) and Christina Yoong joining the Malaysia Clean-Up Day 2024 event in Petaling Jaya last week. However, every day should be a clean-up day, says the writer. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star IT’S […] Continue Reading

Customs legend: The feisty Anis Rizana is known for her strict approach and compliance management. — Bernama DATUK Anis Rizana Mohd Zainudin has become somewhat of a legend among the staff of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM), although it’s […] Continue Reading

REALITY has finally bitten PAS painfully. It cannot hope to form the Federal Government without support from the non-Malay electorate, including those from Sabah and Sarawak. And it knows that even many Muslim voters in the peninsula, especially those in […] Continue Reading