IT was a hot, humid morning in Penanti on nomination day, 23 May 2009. It could have been the heat, or the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s absence, that made proceedings a tad more subdued compared to the tri-elections of 7 April. Nevertheless, a 1,000-strong crowd turned up to support the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s candidate, Dr Mansor […]
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Come clean on PKFZ, Ong urged (Updated)
By Zedeck Siew and Gan Pei LingUpdated 7.50pm, 20 May 2009 PETALING JAYA, 20 May 2009: DAP has repeated its call for all details on the contentious Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project to be made public. “Malaysians are tired of the 14-month procrastination by Ong to fulfill his public pledge to ‘tell all’ about the PKFZ scandal,” said DAP adviser […]
“Najib should demand for Suu Kyi’s release”
By Gan Pei LingPETALING JAYA, 15 May 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak should lead the way in demanding for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Malaysian Parliamentary Caucus on Myanmar and the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) said today. Their spokesperson, Lim Kit Siang, said Najib should lead Malaysia and Asean to pressure the […]
PR willing to meet Najib over Perak (Updated 7.06pm)
By Deborah LohUpdated 14 May 2009, 7.06pm KUALA LUMPUR, 14 May 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) today expressed willingness to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on the Perak political crisis, but danced around the question of what both sides would discuss given their opposing views on calling for a snap election. While claiming they were […]
PR to decide today on Najib offer
By Gan Pei Ling and Shanon ShahPETALING JAYA, 14 May 2009: DAP parliamentary chief and advisor Lim Kit Siang said Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will meet today to decide whether to negotiate with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on ending the Perak impasse. “We cannot let the Perak constitutional crisis continue, and the time has come for Najib and the Barisan […]
DAP wants to meet Hishammuddin
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 12 May 2009: DAP has requested for a meeting with Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein to ask him to revoke the conditions that have been imposed on recently released Hindraf leaders. “If [the Hindraf leaders] are ‘no more a threat to the country’ in the eyes of the home minister, then why […]
Kit Siang drops suit against cops, govt
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 May 2009: Lim Kit Siang today withdrew his civil suit against the police and the government to declare as invalid a court order obtained by the police disallowing the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) activists from assembling at the Parliament grounds. Deputy Registrar Norazlin Othman struck out the suit in […]
Cabinet’s conversion decision opposed (Updated 12.35am)
By Shanon Shah(Updated 30 April 2009, 12.35am) KUALA LUMPUR, 29 April 2009: The coalition of Muslim non-governmental organisations known as Pembela has described the cabinet decision against unilateral conversion of minors as “knee-jerk” and “lacking in sense”. “The decision only temporarily alleviates the anxieties of one party, but creates more anxieties and questions for other parties,” Pembela […]
Amending laws will resolve conversion issue (Updated 7.36pm)
By Deborah Loh(Updated 28 April 2009, 7.36pm) PETALING JAYA, 28 April 2009: Amending laws to stop the unilateral conversion of children to Islam will pave the way to resolving other thorny issues when a family member converts, the Bar Council said today. Urging the government to move swiftly on amending laws to enforce the cabinet’s recent directive […]
Not without my baby
Translation by Sharmila Valli NarayananFOR the week of 20 to 26 April 2009, Tamil papers highlighted M Indira Gandhi’s continued struggle to get back her 11-month-old baby from her Muslim-convert husband. The papers also reported on the shares offered to Indian Malaysians by Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), and the anger of Indian Malaysians, particularly Tamil Malaysians against India’s support […]
