IPOH, 5 March 2009: Police are looking for six men identified to have taken part in an illegal assembly in front of the Perak Darul Ridzuan building here on Tuesday. Perak police chief Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah said the six were identified from photographs obtained from the media when police cordoned the area to prevent the […]
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Court injunction against unlawful sittings (Updated 7.45pm)
IPOH, 3 March 2009: The High Court here today issued an order restraining Perak state legislative assembly Speaker V Sivakumar from convening any unlawful sittings. The order was issued by Judicial Commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim after hearing arguments in chambers from a team of seven lawyers representing newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and […]
Convoluted Perak crisis
Pictures by Wong Shu Qi
ON 3 March 2009, the Perak state assembly convened an “emergency sitting” under a tree about 100m away from the state secretariat building. The sitting, called by assembly Speaker V Sivakumar, was held at 10.20am in an open car park after police blocked assemblypersons from the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) from entering the Perak Darul Ridzuan […]
Police will trace users of abusive words
IPOH, 3 March 2009: Police will trace several individuals who threw abusive words at them while they were preventing a group of state assemblypersons from the Pakatan Rakyat from entering the Perak Darul Ridzuan building this morning. Ipoh OCPD ACP Azisman Alias said more than 200 people held a gathering outside the building since early […]
Tommy Thomas’s full statement
IPOH, 3 March 2009: This morning, the Ipoh High Court ruled that the lawyers engaged by Perak Speaker V Sivakumar had no locus standi to represent him. Tommy Thomas and several other lawyers were engaged by Sivakumar to represent him in a case filed by newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and six […]
Perak crisis deepens (Updated 1pm)
IPOH, 3 March 2009: Despite being blocked from entering the state secretariat building by police this morning, the Perak state assembly was able to hold its sitting in a car park. Bernama reports that state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar and 27 Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblypersons convened an “emergency sitting” under a tree, about 100m from […]
Khairy, the reformer?
By Zedeck Siew“(Umno’s reform) means getting rid of the power and control mindset…It means empowering the rakyat and not feeling scared that this empowerment will come back and haunt you because if you govern well, the rakyat will not punish you.” Khairy Jamaluddin, Umno Youth chief aspirant and Rembau Member of Parliament. He talked about the need […]
Man watching ‘kavadi’ procession killed
IPOH, 10 Feb 2009: A man watching a ‘kavadi’ procession with his two young boys was slashed to death in Medan Kidd early this morning. Ipoh police district chief, ACP Azisman Alias, said S Savarimuthu, 37, from Taman Desa Pakatan here had serious head and chest injuries and died on the way to the Raja […]
Former Perak exco corruption case postponed (Updated)
(Updated 3:52pm; 10 Feb 2009) IPOH, 10 Feb 2009:The hearing of the corruption case involving two former Perak executive council (exco) members and three others scheduled for three days from today was postponed to 15 June. It had to be postponed as Sessions Court judge Tan Hooi Leng who is to hear the case, is […]
Anguish in Perak
By Deborah Loh and Zedeck Siew
ANGER. Shock. Sadness. Defiance. These were the emotions that permeated the atmosphere of the 8,000 to 10,000-strong gathering of Pakatan Rakyat supporters inside and outside the official residence of the Perak Menteri Besar in Ipoh on the night of 5 Feb 2009. The public started trickling in through the gates of the residence as early […]
