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Taipei Times, 4 January 2011 When computer engineer Wan Jon Yew left Malaysia in 2005 for a job in Singapore, all he wanted was to work in the city state for a few years before going home. Now, he says, he will never return. With a family, a home and a car, he now plans to settle in Singapore for good — one of many Malaysians... 

Those familiar with Singapore's political history will remember the role played by student activists in the '50s and early '60s. But that ended when schools were depoliticised after independence. For better or worse, schools have been neutral and independent institutions of learning for the past few decades. So I was surprised... 

Mariam Mokhtar, The Malaysia Chronicle Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is running scared. Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad did not mince his words when he accused the federal government of manoeuvring to dissolve the Selangor state legislative assembly by appointing Mohd Khusrin Munawi as the state secretary. Khalid said, “This...