Updated 5:30pm on 25 Aug 2009 BUKIT MERTAJAM, 25 Aug 2009: Voting in the Permatang Pasir state by-election started off smoothly this morning. At 5pm when polling ended, voter turnout was 73.1% or 14,832 voters, the Election Commission said. There are a total of 20,289 registered voters in the constituency. Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president […]
Muhyiddin Yassin
The truth is out there!
By Zedeck SiewEditor’s note: On 23 Aug 2009, a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Nuri that was en route from Sungai Besi Airbase to Kuala Lumpur International Airport on a routine flight crashed in an oil palm plantation in Sepang. There were no survivors, and military authorities have insisted that recovered remains were “too damaged for identification”. […]
Accusations mount against Rohaizat Othman
By Deborah LohPERMATANG PASIR, 20 Aug 2009: With four days left before polling for the by-election here, Barisan Nasional is still on the defensive and is struggling to fend off fresh revelations about its candidate Rohaizat Othman. Yusri Isahak Rohaizat’s former legal firm partner, Yusri Isahak, today revealed the direct involvement of his once-close friend and university […]
BN’s offer in Permatang Pasir
By Deborah LohRohaizat Othman AT 1am on Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009, Rohaizat Othman finally appears for this interview after a day of campaigning. The Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Permatang Pasir by-election looks terribly exhausted as he walks into the sparse media room at the BN by-election headquarters in Permatang Pasir. The BN command centre is […]
PAS harps on Rohaizat’s disbarment
By Deborah LohPERMATANG PASIR, 18 Aug 2009: Rohaizat Othman‘s disbarment from legal practice will be a millstone around his neck as he runs for the Permatang Pasir state seat as the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s candidate. From the start, at the filing of nomination papers yesterday on 17 Aug, most of the 15 objections received by the Election […]
Demonising demonstrations
By Deborah Loh“Demonstrations are done out of desperation and selfishness. The majority of the people are uneasy with such action …The majority of the people are rational and want important and basic matters to be made a priority by the government.” HOME Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, calling the 1 Aug 2009 anti-Internal Security Act (ISA) protest […]
Muhyiddin: Anti-ISA rally a political ploy
PUTRAJAYA, 4 Aug 2009: The 1 Aug 2009 rally against the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for indefinite detention by the government without trial, was aimed at provoking the police into invoking the Act, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. “The police are now handling the matter. They can take whatever […]
A(H1N1): 14 new cases, no new death
PUTRAJAYA, 4 Aug 2009: No death from Influenza A(H1N1) was reported in the last 24 hours up to 8am today but 14 new cases were detected, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. Of the 14 cases, 13 were from three clusters while the remaining case was sporadic or isolated, the deputy prime minister said. One was […]
Najib announces govt KPIs
PUTRAJAYA, 27 July 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today announced the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the lead ministers for the six national key results areas (NKRA). He named Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the lead minister for widening access to quality and affordable education, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin […]
Is this a Malay column?
Oleh Shanon ShahAhli-ahli kumpulan Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI, yang menentang pengajaran dan pembelajaran sains dan matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris; 31 Jan 2009 MACAM ada yang tidak kena dalam perbincangan tentang isu Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI). Sepanjang tahun yang lepas, dasar ini ditentang dengan hebat oleh parti komponen Pakatan Rakyat dan pembela bahasa […]
