• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • RSS
  • Archives
  • Subscribe
The Nut Graph

The Nut Graph

Making Sense of Politics & Pop Culture

  • Projects
    • MP Watch
    • Found in Conversation
  • Current Issues
    • 6 Words
    • Commentary
    • Features
    • Found in Quotation
    • News
  • Columns
  • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • Found in Malaysia
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Pictures
    • Videos
  • Corrections
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Vault
    • Found in Translation

contest

Four quizzed over threatening note

May 13, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 May 2009: Police have quizzed four people over the threatening note sent with two bullet casings to Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Datuk T Murugiah on 11 May.  City CID chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah, however, declined to say when the four were interviewed by police. “We are conducting […]

Rajagopalu to contest MIC veep post

May 11, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 May 2009: Negeri Sembilan MIC chief Datuk T Rajagopalu today confirmed that he would contest the party vice-presidency at the party elections in September. “I have served in the party’s central working committee (CWC) over the last 10 years, been the state MIC chairperson and also a state executive councillor. I think […]

Murugiah receives death threat

May 11, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 May 2009: Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T Murugiah has received two bullet casings and a note which warned him against contesting for any posts in the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) elections. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Wira Muhammad Sabtu Osman said the 9mm bullet casings were recovered from […]

PAS disallows contest against PKR in Penanti

May 5, 2009

BUTTERWORTH, 5 May 2009: PAS will maintain its stand of not allowing its members to contest in the Penanti by-election against a counterpart in the opposition pact in the spirit of camaraderie. Its director of elections, Datuk Mustafa Ali, said PAS would therefore not field its candidate for the state seat even on an independent […]

Contest for 1Malaysia song

April 27, 2009

KUALA KLAWANG, 27 April 2009: The Information, Communication and Culture Ministry will launch a contest to identify the best composer for the 1Malaysia song.  Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said just like other songs that inculcate patriotism in their composition, especially songs like Budi Bahasa Budaya Kita and those that promote reading, the ministry […]

Najib: Ali still chief minister

March 17, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 17 March 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam will remain as the Malacca chief minister. He said Ali was only prohibited from contesting in the upcoming Umno elections. “This is the decision of the Umno disciplinary board. We should respect the decision. “I believe […]

Healthy contest in Umno, says Ali

March 12, 2009

MALACCA, 12 March 2009: Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said there have been no elements of slander and pitting against each other ahead of the Umno elections at the end of the month. The contest for top party posts so far was healthy and conducted in the spirit of being part of a […]

Threats used to influence MIC nominations, says Muthu

March 2, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 MARCH 2009: MIC presidential aspirant Datuk M Muthupalaniappan claimed today that certain quarters in the party were using threats and underhanded tactics to ensure that he did not obtain the 50 nominations needed to contest the MIC top post. He said some leaders in the party were threatening the branch chairpersons not […]

Former Sabah CM withdraws from Umno MT contest

February 16, 2009

KOTA KINABALU, 16 Feb 2009: Former Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak today announced that he was withdrawing from contesting for the post of Umno supreme council (Majlis Tertinggi or MT) member during the party’s elections next month. Salleh said he made the decision after considering the fact that many Sabah Umno candidates […]

“Sungai Siput is a PKR seat”

By Elizabeth Looi

December 3, 2008

Corrected on 2 Dec 2008 at 11.30am PETALING JAYA, 3 Dec 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is staking its claim on the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat in Perak and the Kota Damansara state seat in Selangor although the elected representatives are from Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM). Dr Syed Husin AliPKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin […]

Primary Sidebar

Search

Twitter

My Tweets

Recent Comments

  • Wave33 on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Adam on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • PSTan on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • PSTan on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Andre Lai on The Nut Graph stops publication

Recent News

  • The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Nasihat tentang sepupu yang mengganggu perasaan
  • Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: The Sunni-Shia split and the answer to Muslim unity
  • Why Malaysia needs the national unity bills
  • Challenging government in the digital age: Lessons from Kidex
  • Najib’s failure
  • Babi, anjing, pondan: Jijik orang Islam Malaysia
  • Kidex and the law – What the government’s not telling you
  • Beyond Dyana Sofya
  • Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: Does Malaysia need hate speech laws?

Tags

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Anwar Ibrahim Barisan Nasional BN Bukit Selambau by-election dap Deborah Loh Ding Jo-Ann Election Commission elections Found in Malaysia Found in Quotation Gan Pei Ling government high court Hishammuddin Hussein ISA islam Jacqueline Ann Surin Khairy Jamaluddin KW Mak Lim Guan Eng Malaysia MCA Menteri Besar MP Watch Muhyiddin Yassin muslim Najib Razak Pakatan Rakyat Parliament Parti Keadilan Rakyat pas Penang Perak PKR police politics prime minister Selangor Shanon Shah Umno Wong Chin Huat Zedeck Siew

Footer

  • About The Nut Graph
  • Who Are We?
  • Our Contributors
  • Past Contributors
  • Guest Contributors
  • Editorial Policy
  • Comments & Columns
  • Copyright Policy
  • Web Accessibility Policy
  • Privacy Policy
The Nut Graph

© 2023 The Nut Graph