Updated 2:17pm, 8 April 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 8 April 2009: As the people eagerly await the announcement on the new cabinet line-up, which was rumoured would be made today, more Barisan Nasional (BN) component leaders were seen calling at the prime minister’s office here. The first leader seen leaving the office at Bangunan Perdana Putra at […]
Monorail operator liable for injury (Updated 4:33pm)
Updated 4:33pm, 8 April 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 8 April 2009: After seven years of pain and suffering caused by a monorail safety wheel falling on him, a Bernama journalist was pleased with the High Court decision today holding the monorail operator liable for the incident. Judicial Commissioner Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal ruled that David Chelliah @ […]
BN wins Batang Ai by-election (Updated 10:42pm)
Updated 10:42pm, 7 April 2009 Malcolm Mussen (Source: umnojb.com.my) LUBOK ANTU, 7 April 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Batang Ai state seat after its candidate, Malcolm Mussen Lamoh, won the by-election today with a 1,854-vote majority. Newcomer Malcolm Mussen, a former engineer with the Sarawak Agriculture Department, garnered 3,907 votes to defeat veteran […]
Bukit Gantang by-election results (Updated 10:12pm)
By Deborah LohUpdated 10:12pm, 7 April 2009 BN and PAS supporters out and about on polling day (Pic by Raj Kumar, courtesy of theSun) 7:11pm The Election Commission (EC) says turnout for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary by-election is 75.1%. Ballot boxes have begun arriving at the vote tallying centre at Taiping Municipal Hall. 7:15pm Unofficial results put […]
ISA will not be used arbitrarily: Najib (Updated)
(Updated 7:32pm, 7 April 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 7 April 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today his administration would not use the Internal Security Act (ISA) arbitrarily but would give importance to the principles of human rights and civil liberties. He said the ISA was undergoing a review to ensure that it incorporated several […]
Polling in all three by-elections closes
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 April 2009: Polling in the Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai by-elections closed at 5pm today. In Sarawak’s Batang Ai state constituency, which has 8,006 voters, the vote counting began at the Lubok Antu Sports Complex Hall at 3.04pm. The vote-tallying centre for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary constituency, Perak, is at […]
Nga: Reports for reciting Quranic verse baseless
IPOH, 7 April 2009: Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming regards the police reports lodged against him for reciting a verse from the Quran at a ceramah in Bukit Gantang last Saturday, as baseless. “Islam is Malaysia’s official religion while the Quran contains invaluable knowledge. The Quran teaches mankind to be fair and compassionate,” he […]
“The choice is mine now,” says Abdullah
PUTRAJAYA, 7 April 2009: Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today his retirement will enable him to do the things that he did not have the chance to do previously. “The choice is mine now,” said the former prime minister, adding that he did not have any problem adapting to his new lifestyle. “I have fun […]
Two stop busload of BN polls canvassers
GURUN, 7 April 2009: The police are conducting an investigation on two men who had stopped a bus carrying polls canvassers in Kampung Bukit Lembu near here on the excuse that they are phantom voters of today’s Bukit Selambau state by-election. Bukit Selambau state by-election police media relations officer Supt Hamzan Darus said the men, […]
No plan to limit number of election candidates
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 April 2009: The number of election candidates will not be limited as such a move is not in line with the country’s democratic practice, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz. He said that the number of candidates was not important as anyone could contest so […]
