HULU TERENGGANU, 27 April 2009: Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said today only the people could make an assessment of his success or failure in administrating the state because their evaluation reflected their sentiments. “If I fail, replace me. But in the near term, give me a chance to prove my sincerity and commitment […]
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Appointment can resolve T’ganu crisis
KUALA TERENGGANU, 25 April 2009: The appointment of Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein as the new Terengganu Umno liaison committee chief is good to resolve the crisis of confidence in Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said. Former Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said the appointment would also resolve the matter of appointing a Barisan […]
Clerk detained over threatening SMS (Updated)
Updated 9:31pm, 22 April 2009 KUALA TERENGGANU, 22 April 2009: A clerk with a private company was detained two days ago for sending a threatening SMS text to three Terengganu assemblypersons. State CID chief ACP Fauzi Abduri said the 31-year-old man was arrested at his house in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor at about 9.30am on […]
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 […]
Resolve problem amicably, T’ganu reps told
BENTONG, 16 April 2009: Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has advised party leaders in Terengganu to resolve their differences amicably without the interference of national leaders. “If they fail to resolve the problem at the state and division level, national Umno leaders will have to interfere,” he told reporters after attending the ground breaking […]
T’ganu receives RM650 mln in oil royalty
KUALA TERENGGANU, 15 April 2009: The Terengganu state government has received in the last six months RM650 million of the RM1.4-billion oil royalty it had claimed from the federal government, the state assembly was told today. Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the federal government payment was garnered from the money expended by Syarikat Perumahan […]
All assemblypersons attend T’ganu sitting (Updated)
Updated 4:01pm, 15 April 2009 KUALA TERENGGANU, 15 April: Today’s sitting of the Terengganu state assembly had a full attendance, with the members including the 10 Barisan Nasional (BN) state assemblyperson who were absent at yesterday’s meeting. All the 32 state assemblypersons, 24 from the BN and eight from the opposition PAS, were present when […]
Tensions run high in Terengganu
By Sharon TanKUALA LUMPUR, 14 April 2009: Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said may be one of the state’s shortest-serving MBs yet as his own backbenchers are plotting to boot him from the government. According to Umno sources, Ahmad has not been doing his job as expected. “He has not done anything for Terengganu. There is nothing […]
Police on trail of SMS threats claim
KUALA TERENGGANU, 14 April 2009: Police have started a probe to trace the sender of death threats through the short messaging service (SMS) received by three Barisan Nasional assemblypersons last night. Terengganu police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said the case would be given priority as it involved the state leadership and assemblypersons. “It is […]
Terengganu BN in turmoil (Updated 6.40pm)
By Deborah LohUpdated 6:40pm, 14 April 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 14 April 2009: As Barisan Nasional (BN) puzzles over its losses in two recent by-elections, it now has to deal with a fresh political crisis brewing in Terengganu, where attempts to oust the BN menteri besar have been launched by his own state assemblypersons. Today, 10 BN assemblypersons boycotted […]
