PETALING JAYA, 24 April 2009: Former Penang Deputy Chief Minister Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin has repeated that he wants to resign as Penanti state assemblyperson. “I also declare my full support to the leadership of Parti Keadilan Rakyat spearheaded by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,” he said in a press statement today. This announcement came hours after […]
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Eli Wong resumes duties today
SHAH ALAM, 16 April 2009: Bukit Lanjan state assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong stepped into her office today to resume her duties as the chairperson of the state’s Permanent Committee on Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment. Wong who had offered to vacate both the posts on 17 Feb, after semi-nude pictures of her appeared on the Internet, […]
Eli Wong to stay (Updated 8.05pm)
By Deborah LohUpdated on 15 April 2009 at 8.05pm PETALING JAYA, 15 April 2009: Elizabeth Wong will remain as a Selangor executive councillor and Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson. “This is the hardest decision that I have [had] to make in my life and it is with the greatest humility that I accept the Selangor state’s offer to remain […]
PKR’s moment of truth
By Wong Chin HuatPARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will face its moment of truth tomorrow, 15 April 2009. The party will decide whether it will accept Selangor executive councillor (exco) Elizabeth Wong‘s offer of resignation following the distribution of intimate photos of her. Wong has done the honourable thing by offering her party a choice about whether to retain […]
Guan Eng wants Anwar to nominate dep CM in a week
PENANG, 9 April 2009: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said he hoped Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim can nominate a candidate from the party for the post of Deputy Chief Minister 1 (DCM1) within a week. The candidate would replace Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin who resigned effective yesterday. Lim said although […]
Sluggish in Bukit Selambau
By Shanon ShahManikumar speaking to journalists after the announcement of his victory on 7 April BY the end of campaigning in the Bukit Selambau by-election, even novice reporters sensed that the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) had an edge over the Barisan Nasional (BN). It is not that the PR has not had its own set of problems. For […]
The meaning of Bukit Selambau
By Shanon ShahIT appears that not even the return of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to Umno’s fold could help the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s chances in Bukit Selambau and Bukit Gantang. And naturally, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leaders are claiming that the party’s victory in the 7 April polls in Bukit Selambau is a clear referendum against new […]
Lull in Bukit Selambau
By Regina WilliamSUNGAI PETANI, 5 April 2009: With about 48 hours left before the 35,125 voters in the N25 Bukit Selambau constituency go to the polls to elect their new state assembly[person], an air of lull seems to have descended here. This being the weekend before the by-election on Tuesday, though a working day here on a […]
PPP vice-president Nadarajan joins PKR
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 4 April 2009: People’s Progressive Party (PPP) vice-president Datuk V Nadarajan has quit the party to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who announced this tonight at ceramah at Hock Teik Soo Chinese Hall in Sungai Lalang here, also said Kampung Jerai Umno deputy chief Marzuki Md Akib […]
Chaos and confidence in Bukit Selambau
By Shanon Shah(Corrected at 3.34pm on 1 April 2009) OF the three simultaneous and upcoming by-elections on 7 April, the Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah appears to be the most fascinating. On 12 March 2009, The Star reported that the Kedah police force had identified three “hot spots” in Bukit Selambau. Then on 19 March 2009, […]
