KUALA 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 […]
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Bullying Malaysians
Translation by Shanon ShahBULLYING in schools, the continuing crisis in Perak, and the teaching of science and mathematics in English were some issues that occupied the Malay-language press from 2 to 8 March 2009. On 5 March, Utusan Malaysia frontpaged the issue of gangsterism and bullying in schools. In the headline story, Hapus konsep senior-junior, the paper listed […]
Sivakumar sues Perak legal adviser (Updated 6.15pm)
By Deborah Loh(Source pic courtesy of Merdeka Review) KUALA LUMPUR, 6 March 2009: Perak Speaker V Sivakumar has filed a suit against the state’s legal adviser for falsely representing him in an application to prevent him as Speaker from convening any state assembly sitting. He is also asking the court to set aside the injunction that was […]
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 […]
Federal Court to decide on Nizar’s case (Updated 5.05pm)
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 March 2009: The High Court here today referred the suit by Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin challenging the legitimacy of Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir’s appointment as Perak menteri besar to the Federal Court for determination of constitutional issues. Justice Lau Bee Lan issued the referral order, saying that there were constitutional […]
Sivakumar’s lawyers file appeal
Corrected on 13 March 2009 at 12.30am cSpeaker V Sivakumar (File pic courtesy of Merdeka Review) IPOH, 6 March 2009: Lawyers representing Perak legislative assembly Speaker V Sivakumar today filed an appeal against the Ipoh High Court decision declaring the Speaker’s own lawyers as having no locus standi to represent him. One of them, Leong […]
Perak today, Malaysia tomorrow?
By Wong Chin HuatCorrected on 6 March 2009 at 3.50pm (Corrected) PERAK was one of the biggest surprises after 8 March 2008. After some early difficulty in appointing the menteri besar (MB), the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government went on to perform well beyond expectations. The PR government has not only increased the state’s revenue by RM97 million or […]
More complications in Perak
IPOH, 5 March 2009: Newly appointed Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir did not attend the Perak Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting held at the state treasury’s meeting room in the Perak Darul Ridzuan building here at 4pm today. Instead, only embattled Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin turned up for the […]
Sivakumar cannot have own lawyers (Updated 6.30pm)
Corrected on 13 March 2009 at 12.30am IPOH, 5 March 2009: The High Court has ruled that Perak state legislative assembly Speaker V Sivakumar can only be represented by the state legal adviser in the suits brought by 10 members of the assembly including newly appointed Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. Zambry […]
What’s shady about the tree?
By Clive KesslerON 3 March, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said ridiculed the idea of meeting for serious deliberation beneath a tree. Yesterday, on 4 March, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar followed in her dubious footsteps. The Perak representatives’ decision to hold an emergency assembly sitting under a tree on 3 March, he said, had made […]
