PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament (MP) Zulkifli Noordin recently tried to move a series of constitutional amendments that would elevate the status of Islam in the country’s administration. We know what he is asking for, but do we actually know why he is doing it? The Nut Graph spoke exclusively to Zulkifli via […]
Archives for March 2009
Cuti-Cuti Malaysia revised!
By Zedeck Siew(Pic by Flydime / Flickr) PLANNING a weekend holiday recently caused me to correspond with a travel agency. (The agency shall remain nameless, just in case.) At their request, I sent my bank details to them via the antiquated method of facsimile. When their faxed reply came in, I found myself reading a Ministry of […]
IGP’s defence
Translation by Sharmila Valli NarayananFOR the week of 16 to 22 March 2009, the Tamil press gave wide coverage to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan’s interview in the Tamil dailies. The Tamil press also highlighted the displeasure of some Indian Malaysians over the nomination of S Manikumar as the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate for […]
Upholding Umno
Translation by Zedeck SiewWITH Umno elections around the corner, much of the traditional Malay-language press spent time ruminating on the party general assembly that will be held from 24 to 28 March 2009. From 16 to 22 March 2009, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam’s inability to contest in the party polls dominated the news; interviewers quizzed Datuk Seri […]
Trouble in run-up to polls
Translation by Leong Lai MingFOR the week of 9 to 15 March 2009, the Chinese media highlighted Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam being barred from the Umno party polls; trouble brewing within the Chinese education movement in the run-up to its annual general assembly; and the EPF declaring a 4.5% dividend for 2008. Ali RustamTurmoil within Umno was spotlighted in […]
PAS picks Nizar as candidate for Bukit Gantang (Updated)
(Updated 11:55pm, 23 March 2009) IPOH, 23 March 2009: Former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin has been chosen as the PAS candidate for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary by-election on 7 April. PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang made the announcement this evening at a ceramah in Simpang, near Taiping. Mohammad Nizar, […]
Fairus wants to focus on post-graduate studies
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 March 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin, who will resign as Penang Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) I on 8 April, wanted to focus on post-graduate studies. “This is what he told me when he came to see me in my house. He said he […]
Harakah, Suara Keadilan suspended three months
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 March 2009: The Home Ministry has suspended the publishing permits of Harakah and Suara Keadilan, the party organs for PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) with immediate effect. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the action was taken because they had violated the conditions of their permits. He said they […]
Make MIC succession plan public, Samy told
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 March 2009: Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, who retained the MIC presidency for the 11th consecutive term yesterday, has been asked to make public his succession plan for the party top leadership. MIC Youth advisor S Ramis said making public the plan would ensure the clear direction to be taken by the […]
Cops to get arrest warrant against Wong’s ex-boyfriend
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 March 2009: Police will apply to the court to issue a warrant of arrest against Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong’s ex-boyfriend following his failure to give a statement over the posting of semi-nude pictures of her on the Internet. Police had given him until 19 March to give a statement on the […]
