Raja Petra Kamarudin

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Raja Petra Kamarudin (born September 27, 1950) is a Malaysian editor known for running the Malaysia Today website and publishing a series of commentary articles on Malaysian politics in the website. He is also known as Peter Kamarudin or the initials RPK.

1 Education
2 Business
3 Political
4 Personal life
5 References

[edit] Education

Born in 1950, Kamarudin was educated at the Alice Smith School. At the age of 13 he went to further his studies at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. He then went on to complete his education at the Victoria Institution.

[edit] Business

Raja Petra Kamarudin used to own a motorcycle dealership and rice distributor. He has been fascinated with motorcycles since he was young.

[edit] Political

Raja Petra Kamarudin started the Malaysia Today website and his blog to facilitate open discussion on Malaysia's political and social scenes. In is online writings, he is often very witty, humorous and sometimes critical of the current political developments in Malaysia. In his Malaysia Today's columns, he advocates for transparency, accountability, justice in the Malaysia's political system. He often denounces money politics, corruption, and ethnic polarisation that is deeply rooted in Malaysian Society.

He was a previous detainee under the Internal Security Act (ISA) on April 11, 2001.

[edit] Personal life

In 1973, at the age of 23 years old, he married to Marina Lee Abdullah who was then 18 years old. Marina Lee Abdullah, of Siamese-Chinese extraction, is a book publisher. Raja Petra and Marina have five children and two grand children