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V Arumugam

Former Kedah exco explains disappearance

April 8, 2009

ALOR SETAR, 8 April 2009: Former Kedah executive council member V Arumugam, who returned from India today, said he had left the country because of threats on his life and that of his family, as well as the pressure on him to leave the party. “I fled to Mumbai alone to seek peace of mind […]

PKR triumphant in Bukit Selambau

By Shanon Shah

April 7, 2009

SUNGAI PETANI, 7 Apr 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s novice candidate S Manikumar trounced the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Datuk S Ganesan with a convincing 2,403-vote majority today in the Bukit Selambau by-election. It was an increased majority compared with the results of the March 2008 general election where, independent-candidate-turned-Parti-Keadilan-Rakyat-member V Arumugam won by a 2,362-vote […]

Main candidates vote in Bkt Selambau

By Shanon Shah

April 7, 2009

SUNGAI PETANI, 7 April 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Datuk S Ganesan and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s S Manikumar both cast their votes at approximately 8.20am here in Bukit Selambau today. Ganesan, from the MIC, arrived at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Ladang Perbadanan polling station at 8.10am, with his wife Datin T Vatsala. They both cast […]

Independents “no ties with PKR”

April 1, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 1 April 2009: Two independents in the Bukit Selambau by-election who were previously connected with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) no longer have any ties with the party, Dr Syed Husin Ali said. The PKR deputy president said that Md Radzi Md Lazim and A Jayagopal, both former PKR division chiefs, are no longer […]

“We don’t want another KT”

By Shanon Shah

March 5, 2009

THE upcoming by-election in Bukit Selambau, Kedah, on 7 April will be tricky. At least in Bukit Gantang and Batang Ai, by-elections were called as a result of the incumbents’ deaths. The Bukit Selambau by-election was called because the incumbent, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s V Arumugam, tendered his resignation after alleging that he was bribed […]

Man responsible for exco’s nude pics not identified (Updated)

By Zedeck Siew

February 16, 2009

(Updated 7:52pm, 16 Feb 2009) Corrected 7:52pm, 16 Feb 2009 PETALING JAYA, 16 Feb 2009: Police have (corrected) yet to identify the person behind the circulation of nude photographs of Selangor executive councillor (exco), Elizabeth Wong. Petaling Jaya OCPD, ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed said police would record statements from a man soon and initial investigations revealed […]

BN components must abide by decision on candidates

February 12, 2009

KUCHING, 12 Feb 2009: All Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties must abide by any decision made the coalition’s top leadership on the candidates chosen to contest under the BN banner at upcoming by-elections, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today. The deputy prime minister and deputy BN head said there would be always be some differences […]

Arumugam healthy and safe, says Azmin

February 11, 2009

SUNGAI PETANI, 11 Feb 2009: The state assemblyperson for Bukit Selambau who was reported to have resigned, V Arumugam, is believed to be in good health and safe although Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leaders themselves do not know of his whereabouts now. PKR vice-president Mohamed Azmin Ali said it had been confirmed that Arumugam had […]

Indian M’sian PKR candidate for Bkt Selambau

February 10, 2009

MALACCA, 10 Feb 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will most likely field an Indian Malaysian candidate in the Bukit Selambau by-election in Kedah following the resignation of incumbent V Arumugam yesterday. PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the party would field a candidate in the state constituency because the seat was allocated to PKR. […]

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