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By Debra Chong from The Malaysian Insider Ong Boon Hua, once the country’s “Public Enemy No 1” for leading a bloody communist insurgency before laying down arms 20 years ago, says he only wishes to die a Malaysian and be buried next to his grandfather and father in Sitiawan, Perak. “Call me Uncle Ong,” the frail-looking... 

Associated Press, 13 October 2009 Russia and China looked to steady their close but increasingly imbalanced relationship on Tuesday when visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ushered through trade deals said to be worth US$3.5 billion (HK$27 billion). Putin’s talks in Beijing with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are also... 

By Clara Chooi from The Malaysian Insider With the strong probability that the MCA president’s post will be vacated in two days’ time, tension is brewing in the higher echelons of the party’s leadership over who would head the party. The two most obvious choices are vice-presidents Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha and Datuk Seri...