Updated at 7.20pm, 15 July 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 15 July 2009: MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu has endorsed incumbent deputy president Datuk G Palanivel to defend the party’s No 2 post at the MIC elections in September. Speaking to Bernama in a telephone interview today, Samy Vellu said he has also endorsed Human Resource […]
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Khir Toyo suspended from S’gor assembly, 17 BN reps walked out (Updated 7.05pm)
Updated with correction at 7.05pm on 15 July 2009 [Corrected] SHAH ALAM, 15 July 2009: Seventeen opposition assemblypersons from Barisan Nasional (BN) led by Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo walked out of the state assembly sitting here today. The walk-out was in protest against the motion to pass the penalty agreed upon by the […]
PAS’s slim victory in Manik Urai
By Zedeck SiewMohd Fauzi Abdullah (with pink tag) and other PAS leaders celebrating their narrow win TALKING to reporters after PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah was officially announced as the victor in the Manik Urai by-election, PAS treasurer and Kuala Krai Member of Parliament Dr Hatta Ramli quoted former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “As Mahathir […]
PAS scrapes through in Manik Urai (Updated 9.40pm)
By Zedeck SiewUpdated 9.40pm on 14 July 2009 Manik Urai CANDIDATE PARTY VOTES Mohd Fauzi Abdullah PAS 5,348 Tuan Aziz Tuan Mat BN 5,283 KUALA KRAI, 14 July 2009: Voting for the Manik Urai by-election officially ended at 5pm today. Counting is now underway at the […]
Polling closes in Manik Urai (Updated 5.55pm)
Updated 11.50am on 14 July 2009 KUALA KRAI, 14 July 2009: Some 87.33% or 10,736 out of 12,293 voters cast their votes in the Manik Urai state by-election, polling of which closed at 5pm today. Election Commission (EC) chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the turnout was higher than the EC’s target of […]
Status quo in Manik Urai
By Zedeck SiewThe bridge connecting Manik Urai Lama with Manik Urai Baru. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin would promise on 12 July to build a new bridge — on the condition that the Barisan Nasional was voted in ON 12 July 2009, after a final rally for the Manik Urai by-election campaign, PAS spiritual leader […]
MACC report lodged over sale of Kg Buah Pala land
PENANG, 13 July 2009: The Penang government today lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), urging the commission to investigate the sale of a piece of land in Kampung Buah Pala, Bukit Gelugor, here. The report was lodged by the two deputy chief ministers, Mansor Othman and P Ramasamy, at the Penang MACC […]
Influenza A(H1N1) outbreak in M’sia “under control”
KOTA BARU, 13 July 2009: Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the Influenza A(H1N1) outbreak in the country was under control although the number of positive cases has reached more than 700. Most of the positive cases reported in the country are imported cases while a number of them are locally transmitted cases. […]
Kelantan declares 14 July public holiday
KOTA BARU, 13 July 2009: Kelantan has declared tomorrow a public holiday for all state government staff and federal government employees working in the state. Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said the public holiday was regarded as an occasion holiday under the constitution and law. At a press conference at his office […]
“Pick right MIC candidates,” says Denison
PUTRAJAYA, 13 July 2009: The 1,400 delegates at the MIC general assembly in September must pick leaders who can win back the country’s 1.8 million Indian Malaysians into the Barisan Nasional (BN), said political analyst Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria. “This is most important. MIC politics is not just politics involving the MIC delegates. It is […]
