BUKIT MERTAJAM, 25 Aug 2008: Police will not issue permits to any party to hold victory processions after the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election tomorrow. Deputy Home Minister senator Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh said this was to prevent things from getting out of hand and undermining national security. “Both Barisan Nasional (BN) and Parti […]
Only mufti can decide on Saiful’s swearing, says Najib
PUTRAJAYA, 25 Aug 2008: Only the mufti can decide whether the swearing by Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan that he had been sodomised by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was in line with Islam, not the imam who was present during the ceremony, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today. He said apart from Saiful, the mufti was […]
Perak excos file RM100 million suit against ACA and three others
IPOH, 25 Aug 2008: Two Perak state executive councillors today filed a RM100 million suit against the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) and three others over their arrest in connection with a corruption case involving a RM180 million Seri Iskandar housing project near here. Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, 57, and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, 52, filed the suit […]
PPPIM sends memo on Sepang pig project to Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Aug 2008: The Malaysian Muslim Solidarity Movement (PPPIM) today handed a protest memorandum on the integrated pig farming project in Sepang to the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club in Parliament. PPPIM chairman Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad said the memorandum was submitted to the Backbenchers Club deputy chairman Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin following the Selangor […]
Voices from the heartland
By Danny LimA girl hurries away with a goodie-bag filled with toiletries from the Umno bilik gerakan in Kampung Penanti EVERY morning I wake up at six in Mengkuang Titi, Permatang Pauh, travel the 2-3km to the coffeeshops near the Kubang Semang police station by seven to count the increasing number of police officers dozing off in […]
Permatang Pauh: The Malay vote
By Danny Lim
[gallery-link=”file”] THE battle for votes from the Malay heartland of Permatang Pauh heats up as the by-election on 26 Aug 2008 draws nearer. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is marshalling the resources of Parti Keadilan Rakyat and its Pakatan Rakyat partner PAS in countering Umno’s efforts to play up the sodomy allegations against him. The Barisan […]
Along the path of apathy
By KW MakWHEN I worked as a reporter not too long ago covering issues affecting communities, one of the attitudes I frequently encountered from the public was apathy: so long as their personal lives were unaffected, people rarely cared about what was around them. Take, for example, middle-income urbanites who turn an unthinking blind eye to the […]
Is Anwar “The One”?
By Wong Chin HuatFOR some, the Permatang Pauh by-election is a “presidential” by-election. Granted, you can’t have a president unless Malaysia were a republic; but what is meant by this is, the battle will decide not only the parliamentarian for the constituency in Penang, but also the Prime Minister of Malaysia. In other words, this is a national […]
Pointless chin-wagging
By Rom NainDESPITE the results of the 8 March 2008 general election, the mainstream Malaysian media still generally loathes crediting non-Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians, i.e. those from the Pakatan Rakyat. Hence the inaugural televised live debate on 15 July 2008 between opposition icon Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Information Minister Datuk Shabery Cheek, which was won by […]
MCA: MIA
By Ng Boon HooiUpdated on 22 Aug at 7.40pm MCA booths, such as this one in Kampung Sungai Semambu, are few and far between in Permatang Pauh IN the week since the start of the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign on 16 Aug 2008, various Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians have dropped by to endorse candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar […]
