NIBONG TEBAL, 21 April 2009: The Jawi Magistrate Court today cancelled an arrest warrant issued against PAS vice president, Mohamad Sabu (Mat Sabu) and his nine supporters for failing to appear in the same court yesterday. Magistrate Nur Ashikin Mokhtar made the decision after lawyer Yusnita Yusoff, representing the defendant’s, appeared in court today, together […]
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Arrest warrant issued for Mohamad Sabu
NIBONG TEBAL, 20 April 2009: The Jawi Magistrate’s Court has issued a warrant of arrest on PAS vice-president, Mohamad Sabu, and nine of his followers for failing to attend a hearing today regarding a charge of obstructing a public servant from performing his duty last year. The court had fixed hearing for three days beginning […]
Terengganu may not be all bad for Najib
By Abd Ghani HamatPETALING JAYA, 20 April 2009: The leadership crisis in Umno Terengganu has surfaced at the wrong time for new party president and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Or has it? Think again. With reform on his mind and PAS party polls around the corner, the timing of the “crisis” cannot be all that bad […]
IGP warns Harakah Daily
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 April 2009: The police will not compromise with any group that goes against the law by creating upheaval or issuing statements which can disrupt public order. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan said such statements could cause confusion and threaten national security and public order. He was commenting on a […]
Beyond a shadow of doubt
By Zedeck SiewTHE Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s plan to set up special panels to “shadow” each of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s cabinet ministries has stirred up debate over whether such a move would serve a real purpose. This arrangement appears superficially similar to the idea of an opposition shadow government that certain quarters have been clamouring for the […]
DCM issue: PR falling into BN-style politics
By Deborah LohTHE prolonged vacancy of the Penang Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) 1 post shows the pitfalls of Barisan Nasional (BN)-style politics and governance that the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government there appears to have fallen into, a political analyst said. The DAP-led state government, helmed by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, should not have to depend on […]
MCA: Don’t blame Chinese M’sians for BN’s loss
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 13 April 2009: Don’t blame Chinese Malaysians for the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s loss in the Bukit Gantang by-election — that’s MCA’s response to Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who called the community there “unappreciative”. MCA Information and Communication Bureau head Lee Wei Kiat was referring to Muhyiddin’s remarks in an interview […]
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 […]
From Gantang Hill to mountain
By Wong Chin HuatCorrected on 9 April 2009 at 12.05pm IT is furthest from the truth to declare that the results of the triple by-elections on 7 April 2009 are about the status quo being maintained. Such an analysis, which focuses only on the number of seats each political party has, would fail to see the forest 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 […]
