JOHOR BARU, 27 Aug 2008: The result of the Permatang Pauh by-election, which was won by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, cannot be interpreted as a trend that can happen in other constituencies, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today. The prime minister said the Barisan Nasional (BN) which won 140 […]
Gerakan Wanita chief denies supporting calls for party to leave the BN
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: Gerakan Wanita chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe has denied that she supported Perak Gerakan delegates’ call for the party to leave the Barisan Nasional (BN) if racial and religious issues could not be resolved by the coalition, saying that she was merely voicing out the concerns of the grassroots. […]
PKR’s Zulkifli Noordin denies barging into Bar Council forum
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: Zulkifli Noordin, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kulim Bandar Baharu, has denied that he had barged into the Bar Council’s forum on Conversion to Islam on 9 Aug. “I do not deny that I was in front of the Bar Council building on that day […]
Police to deploy more personnel to maintain law and order in Permatang Pauh
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: The police will soon deploy more police personnel to Permatang Pauh to be on duty during the by-election, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said. According to a Bernama report, he said the move was meant to maintain law and order during the campaign period, right up […]
Police: No ceramah permit applications from Pakatan Rakyat so far
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 18 Aug 2008: The police said they have not received any application for ceramah permits from Pakatan Rakyat for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election. Penang police chief Datuk Ayub Yaakob said the Barisan Nasional (BN) had made seven applications for permits to hold ceramah and the police had approved them. The […]
Students protest cosmetic amendment to AUKU, want it to be abolished
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: Some 100 students from public institutions of higher learning staged a peaceful protest at the entrance of Parliament building, calling for the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU) to be abolished. Clad in black, the students who called themselves the Student Movement for the Abolishment of AUKU (GMMA) walked […]
Home and the Malaysian epic
By Farish A NoorTHAT great meandering epic otherwise known as the Malaysian story is and can only be a narrative without a full stop; it is and will be a story that is complex as it is long, trailing away in a plethora of diverse directions, and including in its cast the biographies of millions. We are, each […]
Seni vs hiburan: siapa juri?
Oleh Fared Ayam dan Zahiril AdzimCorrected on 18 Aug 2008 at 3.00pm ARTIS, orang seni, selebriti, karyawan, seniman atau apa saja gelaran yang seangkatan dengannya di Malaysia ini, secara kasarnya terbahagi kepada dua. Pertama, yang menjadikan seni sebagai komentar dan medium untuk menyampaikan atau menyebarkan perjuangan mereka; kedua, yang menjadikan seni sekadar tempat untuk mencari keselesaan dan populariti. Percaya atau […]
Ceramah Perdana: PAS muktamar day two
By Khairil Anhar and Shanon Shah
AFTER a long and tense day of debating the party president’s keynote address in the PAS muktamar, delegates and supporters gathered at Stadium Negeri Perak for the Ceramah Perdana on the night of 16 Aug 2008. By 9.30pm, more than 3,000 people had entered the stadium gates. Within an hour, the crowd grew to almost […]
V for Anwar?
By Danny Lim and Ng Boon HooiThe three contenders for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat, from left: Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah (BN),Hanafi Hamat (Akim) and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PKR) “WHERE are we heading to?” asked a puzzled-looking Pakatan Rakyat supporter as he nudged his way through the crowd outside the nomination centre in Permatang Pauh. Supporters of his stripe […]
