Updated on 17 Feb 2009 at 8.27pm PETALING JAYA, 17 Feb 2009:Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has asked Selangor state executive councillor Elizabeth Wong, who has offered to resign following the release of her nude photographs, to go on leave. “I told Eli (Elizabeth) that we are prepared to defend her […]
Archives for February 2009
EC: Three simultaneous by-elections not a problem
JOHOR BARU, 17 Feb 2009: Holding three by-elections on the same day is not a problem for the Election Commission (EC), said its chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusoff. With the date for the by-elections in Bukit Selambau, Kedah and Bukit Gantang, Perak already set for 7 April, there is now the possibility a […]
BN Youth to launch campaign to support Rulers
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth will launch a signature campaign on 19 Feb in support of the Rulers’ Institution. BN Youth secretary Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the campaign would be launched at a gathering in Putra World Trade Centre at 8pm and was expected to be attended by about 5,000 […]
Wong’s offer to quit a moral act, says Husam
KOTA BARU, 17 Feb 2009: PAS believes that the offer by Elizabeth Wong to resign from her post as Selangor state executive councillor and vacate the Bukit Lanjan state assembly seat following the posting of her nude photograph on the internet as an act of a highly principled person. PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa said […]
Raja Petra fails to recuse judge
PUTRAJAYA, 17 Feb 2009: The Federal Court here today dismissed the application by Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin to recuse Justice Datuk Augustine Paul from hearing his habeas corpus appeal. Justices Datuk Nik Hashim Nik Ab Rahman and Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin in their decision said they were satisfied that the application to […]
PR blames BN over nude photos
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 17 Feb 2009: Riding on its scandalised assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has started stumping for the 7 April by-elections in Bukit Gantang, Perak, and Bukit Selambau, Kedah. At Wong’s press conference today where she announced her resignation as the Bukit Lanjan elected representative and as a Selangor executive councillor, PR […]
Scholar: Don’t restrict “Allah”
By Shanon ShahPETALING JAYA, 17 Feb 2009: Use of the word “Allah” among Catholic churches should not be restricted unreasonably, said leading Islamic scholar Prof Dr Mohammad Hashim Kamali today. Hashim Kamali“In Islam, there is one God for all humanity. Therefore, one should not monopolise or personalise ‘Allah’ as belonging to only one sector of humanity,” he […]
Political crises and by-elections
By The Nut Graph and BFM 89.9FROM 9 Feb to 15 Feb 2009, the Chinese and Malay press focused on the ongoing political crisis in Perak and the upcoming Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau by-elections. Additionally, the Chinese press also focused on assemblyperson Hee Yit Foong’s resignation from the DAP, while the Malay press commented on the need to respect and […]
9 April D-day in Altantuya murder case (Updated)
(Updated 7.11pm) SHAH ALAM, 17 Feb 2009: The fate of two Special Action Force (UTK) police officers accused of murdering Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu will be known on 9 April. Shah Alam High Court judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin set the date after hearing submissions from all the parties at the end of the […]
Manoharan remains under ISA detention
PUTRAJAYA, 17 Feb 2009: Kota Alam Shah assemblyperson M Manoharan remains under Internal Security Act (ISA) detention after the Federal Court here today dismissed his appeal. Federal Court judges Datuk Nik Hashim Nik Ab Rahman, Datuk Augustine Paul and Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin said he had failed to convince them that his detention was illegal. […]
