BUKIT MERTAJAM, 23 May 2009: Police reminded all candidates for the by-election for the Penanti state seat and their supporters to ensure that the various activities and ceramah carried out during the campaign period adhered to the regulations and law specified. Media Relations officer for the by-election, Supt Shaharon Anuar Abdul Latif said they were [...]

BUKIT MERTAJAM, 23 May 2009: Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s embattled Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said it is the people, not the courts, who will ultimately decide who will form the state government. Nizar said this to reporters at an impromptu press conference outside the nomination centre for the Penanti by-election this morning. [...]

PENANG, 21 May 2009: Several roads will be closed from 6am to 1pm on 23 May, the nomination day for the Penanti state by-election. Penang Traffic staff officer DSP Wari Kiew said the closure was to ensure smooth nominations for the by-election, which would be held at the National Youth Skills Institute in Bukit Mertajam [...]

PASIR PUTEH, 20 May 2009: The Kelantan PPP wants Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to reconsider the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) decision not to field a candidate in the Penanti by-election in Penang. Its chief Datuk Nik Sapeia Nik Yusoff said it was the BN’s responsibility to contest against any opposition candidate in the area [...]

PENANG, 20 May 2009: Food stall operator Che Som is looking forward to the Penanti state by-election next week. He is banking on the anticipated influx of people in the small town of Penanti where he operates to earn a little more. Like Che Som, many people in the town, located in the Permatang Pauh [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 May 2009: Umno will not use dirty tactics by backing any independent candidate in the Penati state assembly by-election after deciding not to contest in the 31 May polls. Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Umno was not a greedy party and said any allegation that it would back [...]