KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Feb 2009: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin has expressed his displeasure over the attitude and behaviour of some members of parliament in the last session of the House. He said the unbecoming behaviour of some MP s had brought disrepute not only to the MPs but also to the country. […]
Archives for February 2009
Man responsible for exco’s nude pics not identified (Updated)
By Zedeck Siew(Updated 7:52pm, 16 Feb 2009) Corrected 7:52pm, 16 Feb 2009 PETALING JAYA, 16 Feb 2009: Police have (corrected) yet to identify the person behind the circulation of nude photographs of Selangor executive councillor (exco), Elizabeth Wong. Petaling Jaya OCPD, ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed said police would record statements from a man soon and initial investigations revealed […]
Respect the federal constitution, says King (Updated 1:46pm)
(Updated 1:46pm) LUMPUR, 16 Feb 2009: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin today reminded the people to respect the federal constitution and expressed the hope that there will be no attempts to create laws that contravene it. He said the history of the country’s independence and the federal constitution must be explained to the […]
King opens second session of 12th parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Feb 2009: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin opened the second session of the 12th Parliament today. Tuanku Mizan and the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah were greeted on arrival at the parliament grounds by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his wife, Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah. Tuanku […]
Former Sabah CM withdraws from Umno MT contest
KOTA KINABALU, 16 Feb 2009: Former Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak today announced that he was withdrawing from contesting for the post of Umno supreme council (Majlis Tertinggi or MT) member during the party’s elections next month. Salleh said he made the decision after considering the fact that many Sabah Umno candidates […]
Umno’s resistance to change
By Jacqueline Ann Surin and Shanon ShahWHO would be envious of Khairy Jamaluddin? Despite his meteoric rise within Umno and the doors that were presumably opened to him as the prime minister’s son-in-law, the changing political tide means the 33-year-old now has to swim against currents. And swim he does. With Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s exit as premier and Umno […]
PPPA bad for business
By Zedeck SiewTHE recent seizures of Suara Keadilan and Harakah have once again highlighted inherent difficulties posed by the Printing and Publications Act (PPPA) and its impact on our publishing industry. One aspect that has fallen by the wayside in the rush to speculate on the seemingly arbitrary confiscation — if they were part of a routine […]
Puisi untuk Perak
Oleh Shanon ShahKEMELUT politik di Perak telah mencetuskan pelbagai reaksi: marah, takut, terhina, tidak percaya, “padan muka”, riak, dan sebagainya. Ada yang sanggup meluahkan perasaan ini dengan cara menyerang pemimpin-pemimpin yang terlibat secara peribadi. Puak yang pro-Barisan Nasional (BN) mengecam Menteri Besar Perak yang asal, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, sebagai pengkhianat dan penderhaka kerana enggan melepaskan […]
PM to brief Rulers on Perak political situation
KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Feb 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will brief the Conference of Rulers on the political situation in Perak at the next meeting of the Conference of Rulers. Abdullah said it would be up to the rulers to make recommendations or decisions on the issue. “The Conference of Rulers meets […]
Don’t dispute by-election date: Muhyiddin
PENANG, 15 Feb 2009: Umno vice president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the opposition should not dispute the date of two by-elections because the Election Commission (EC) decided on it based on legal provisions. The decision, he said, was not wrong because the by-elections were to be held within 60 days after the Bukit Gantang […]
