Jahabar Sadiq

Jahabar Sadiq runs The Malaysian Insight and has been a journalist since 1988. Follow him on Twitter.

E-mail: jsadiq@themalaysianinsight.com

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Freeing the fourth estate, finally

Freeing the fourth estate, finally

After 45 years of foot-dragging, a pro tem committee has been formed to set up a council to enable the media to regulate itself.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
A tale of two party assemblies

A tale of two party assemblies

PKR’s raucous congress is in stark contrast to Umno’s orderly, though sullen, gathering.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
Same old players, same old stories

Same old players, same old stories

Malays have long enjoyed favourable policies and fortunes; to say that these are now under threat is a huge lie.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
Schooling Malaysia in faith

Schooling Malaysia in faith

Missionary schools have always been a bastion of unity in a divided Malaysia, where education is paramount and faith is secondary.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
Here we go, again

Here we go, again

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Anwar Ibrahim supporters should look at big picture – souring economy, bleak global outlook – instead of fighting over leadership.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
A face-to-face, not a farce in our face

A face-to-face, not a farce in our face

Some Pakatan politicians are showing that they are no different from their BN foes.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
A day for Malaysians to take stock

A day for Malaysians to take stock

We are on a long journey of turning separate ethnicities into one big family, one in which we don't simply tolerate, but respect one another.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
What is your Merdeka?

What is your Merdeka?

We can choose to be the best Malaysians by doing our part to make the nation better.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
Back to the gutter 

Back to the gutter 

Another sex scandal rears its ugly head in PKR, a party closely linked with Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy cases.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
A win to a whine in new Malaysia

A win to a whine in new Malaysia

Pakatan has scored quick wins, but some promises remain unfulfilled, if not broken, particularly on civil liberties and rights.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
Malaysia’s year of a new normal

Malaysia’s year of a new normal

Most of us still not used to witnessing Putrajaya-palace spat, Muslims who believe their rights are being eroded, ex-PM in the dock.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago
This May, may we do better

This May, may we do better

Ahead of Pakatan Harapan’s first anniversary, Malaysians should be reminded that we work together as Malaysians and not as racial or religious silos.

Jahabar Sadiq5 years ago

SRC case is a trial, not a show for all

Former PM Najib should have thought about tranparency and truth when his minions blocked reporting on the 1MDB scandal. 

Jahabar Sadiq6 years ago
Keadilan is 20, still searching for justice

Keadilan is 20, still searching for justice

Party might've begun with a black eye for Anwar Ibrahim, but it must never be a black eye for Malaysia, ever.

Jahabar Sadiq6 years ago
The people won GE14, now deliver, not bicker

The people won GE14, now deliver, not bicker

Pakatan has an obligation to deliver what it promised the people in GE14 instead of wasting time on infighting.

Jahabar Sadiq6 years ago