BUKIT MERTAJAM, 26 Aug 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election by a majority of 15,671 votes. Anwar secured 31,195 votes while Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah obtained 15,524 votes. Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia’s Hanafi Mamat secured only 92 votes and lost his RM15,000 deposit. […]
Archives for August 2008
Countdown to the by-election
By Danny Lim
MORE than 58,000 registered voters are eligible to vote in the Permatang Pauh by-election on 26 Aug 2008. As polling day approaches, banners flurry in the warm air, and campaigning intensifies with the presence of some Barisan Nasional (BN) big-wigs who have turned up to support their candidate, Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah. The underdog […]
Chasing the vote
By Danny Lim and Ng Boon Hooi
CREATIVE banner messages surround an atmosphere of increasing urgency in Permatang Pauh as the 26 Aug 2008 polling day approaches. Lending further controversy to the campaigning is the announcement by imam Ramlang Porigi that he was instructed by his superiors to witness Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan’s swearing on the Quran that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim […]
Swearing should take place after legal process, says National Fatwa Council
KUALA TERENGGANU, 26 Aug 2008: The National Fatwa Council is of the opinion that Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan should have sworn the Islamic way that he was sodomised by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim only after the legal process had taken place. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr […]
Socso paid out RM1 billion for industrial accidents in 2007
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Aug 2008: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) paid more than RM1 billion in compensation for industrial accidents and occupational diseases last year, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said. This is an increase over the 2006 figure, when Socso paid about RM889 million in […]
Regular transfers to prevent corruption in Immigration Dept
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Aug 2008: Immigration officers who have served more than three years in a division or unit of the department will be transferred to another division or unit in an effort to prevent corruption, misappropriation and abuse of power. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said all Immigration Department officers were also […]
Robbers fire shots at Bayan Lepas airport, money changer wounded
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 26 Aug 2008: Three masked robbers fired several shots at a money changer at Bayan Lepas International Airport, but made off only with a clothing bag today. “One of the bullets hit the victim’s abdomen and the other the right thigh. His ear was also hurt but we are not sure what was […]
Sabah PKR welcomes former PBS division head
KOTA KINABALU, 26 Aug 2008: Sabah Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) liaison chief Ansari Abdullah welcomed the move by former Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Kiulu division head Sindin Ranggangon to join PKR. "I welcome Sindin’s move to join PKR as such a decision contributes to the struggle for a change for the benefit of the people […]
Police detain four PKR supporters, including MP
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 26 Aug 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is leading the vote count in the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election as of 9pm tonight. The preliminary vote count showed that at 9pm, Anwar was leading by 12,912 votes after securing 23,674 votes compared to Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Datuk Arif Shah […]
Permatang Pauh: Over 26,000 cast their votes by noon
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 26 Aug 2008: Nearly half of the 58,459 constituents in Permatang Pauh have cast their votes in the parliamentary by-election as of noon today. Election Commission secretary Datuk Kamaruzaman Mohd Noor said 26,914 or 42.98 percent of the voters had exercised their rights as of noon but the figure, though inspiring, was slow […]
