PETALING JAYA, 23 April 2009: The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) slammed the Election Commission (EC) chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof for his pro-Barisan Nasional (BN) behaviour recently. Abdul Aziz (Source: mycio.mampu.gov.my) Bersih said Abdul Aziz should resign if he continues to act like a “BN election agent” in a press […]
Lim Kit Siang
Focus on reforms, Kit Siang tells EC (Updated 8.10pm)
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 21 April 2009: DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang today slammed the Election Commission (EC) for being the “mouthpiece” of the Barisan Nasional (BN) by echoing the ruling coalition’s view that by-elections were costly and burdened the people. “It is no business of the EC to echo the view that by-elections are a waste […]
State policy on unilateral conversions
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 21 April 2009: The DAP wants the cabinet to discuss the issue of unilateral conversion of children to Islam by one parent, and for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to issue a policy statement about it. DAP national adviser Lim Kit Siang said the issue was an old one, and the failure […]
Kit Siang: Fed Court decision defective, null and void
By Elaine CheeKUALA LUMPUR, 17 April 2009: DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang wrote in his blog today that because Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and the six executive councillors sued the wrong party, yesterday’s Federal Court order is rendered “defective, null and void”. Lim pointed out the suspension was issued by the Perak […]
Release of ISA detainees “a political ploy” (Updated)
By Deborah Loh(Updated 5:11pm, 4 April 2009) TAIPING, 4 April 2009: Pakatan Rakyat leaders in Bukit Gantang are calling the release of 13 Internal Security Act detainees a political ploy, and say it will not swing votes away from the PAS candidate. PAS national elections director Datuk Mustaffa Ali said voters would know that the release, promised […]
Kit Siang ejected from Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 March 2009: Ipoh Timur Member of Parliament Lim Kit Siang was ejected from the Dewan Rakyat today for calling Umno “power crazy”. Deputy Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee made the decision after the DAP stalwart refused to retract the words despite repeated requests. Lim argued that he was not breaking any rules as […]
Karpal pleads not guilty to sedition (Updated 3:51pm)
(Updated 3:51pm, 17 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 17 March 2009: DAP chairperson Karpal Singh pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to sedition. The senior lawyer is alleged to have uttered seditious words during a media conference relating to the Sultan of Perak at his office at Messrs Karpal Singh and Co in […]
PR still hopes to meet Perak Sultan
By Yong Min WeiKUALA LUMPUR, 10 March 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leadership council still harbours the hope for an audience with Perak’s Sultan Azlan Shah on the political crisis in the state, despite the ruler having endorsed Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir as the Menteri Besar. DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang said PR has not received […]
Trees to be planted near “assembly tree”
IPOH, 6 March 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition in Perak will plant five trees near the tree under which the emergency sitting of the state legislative assembly was held on 3 March. Pantai Remis assemblyperson Nga Kor Ming said the tree-planting ceremony would be held at 11am to commemorate the first anniversary of the […]
Perak Sultan’s writing may be misconstrued
By Zedeck SiewA QUOTE by the Perak sultan, cited by many political commentators and legal minds to illustrate the ruler’s contradiction in his decision not to dissolve the state assembly, may have been taken out of context. “Under normal circumstances, it is taken for granted that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong would not withhold his consent to a […]
