posted by din merican–january 16, 2009 The Malaysian Insider KUALA TERENGGANU, January 15 – The returning officer for the Kuala Terengganu by-election Datuk Mat Razali Kassim today tendered his resignation effective immediately. According to a statement issued by the Election Commission secretary Datuk Ngah Senik, a special meeting was convened after the Kuala Terengganu mayor [...]
Archive for January 2009
P-36 Returning Officer forced to quit
January 16, 2009UMNO-BN’s Blue Ocean Strategy: Vote Buying!!
January 16, 2009posted by din merican–January 16, 2009 www.malaysiakini.com Anwar accuses government of vote-buying M Jegathesan | January 15, 2009 Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim today accused the government of vote-buying and coercion as campaigning for a critical weekend by-election intensified. The vote in Terengganu state, which pundits say is too close to call, is seen as a [...]
Vote Buying cannot be ruled out in P-36 Kuala Terengganu
January 15, 2009www.malaysiakini.com by Sim Kwang Yang Thanks to the pack of fearless Pakatan Rakyat bloggers led by RPK, I have been able to follow quite closely the on-going electoral battle at Kuala Terengganu. RPK had predicted a victory of five thousand votes for PAS even before the KT by-election began. He has a better than even [...]
More Pictures of Ocean Restuarant Ceramah (January 14, 2009) by Raja Petra
January 15, 2009The Blogging team The Mamas…….. …….and the ceramah at the Ocean Restaurant on Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Haris Ibrahim reports: The Sons of Adam
January 15, 2009posted by din merican in Kuala Terengganu–January 15, 2009 Haris Ibrahim reports on DAP Ceramah at Ocean Restuarant, Kuala Terengganu: DAP hosted some 600 Chinese to dinner again last night (January 14, 2009) at the Ocean Restaurant. Diners in the hall Diners on the beachside Non-diners on the roadside Well DAP hosted, but the diners [...]
Jadual Kempen Anwar Ibrahim di Kuala Terengganu: Turun ramai ramai untuk PAS/Pakatan Rakyat
January 15, 2009Khamis, 15 Januari 2009 10.30-11.00 pg: Majlis penyerahan Memorandum oleh NGO membantah PPSMI (Bilik Gerakan utama KeADILan) 11.30-12.30 tgh: Sidang Media (Bilik Gerakan utama KeADILan) 12.30-1.00 ptg: Bersama PAS , Pelancaran stiker kereta di Perkarangan Pasaraya Mydin 2.30-3.00 ptg: Mesyuarat bersama AMK 2.00-4.00 ptg: mesyuarat bersama Perhubungan Negeri 4.00-5.00 ptg: Mesyuarat bersama EXCO 5.00-6.00 ptg: [...]
PR Government in Putrajaya is still possible, hints Anwar Ibrahim
January 15, 2009posted by din merican in Kuala Terengganu–January 15, 2009 www.malaysiakini.com Anwar hints at defections, again Andrew Ong | January 15, 2009 After a three-month lull, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has again raised the possibility of Barisan Nasional MPs defecting to the fledgling Pakatan Rakyat coalition. The opposition leader has avoided the topic since [...]
DM’s Despatch (Nr.2):Anwar enthralls Voters of P-36 Kuala Terengganu
January 15, 2009Kuala Terengganu January 15, 2009 at 1.30 am After dinner, Rashid, Masrum and I went to the Barisan Rakyat Ops Room at the Ming Star to meet Raja Petra , Haris Ibrahim, and others. We then proceeded to the Ocean Restuarant to listen the DAP sponsored dinner and ceramah. The place was full of Chinese [...]
RPK’s No Holds Barred: The Hudud Thing
January 14, 2009posted by din merican in Kuala Terengganu-January 14, 2009 NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin A RELIGIOUS court has sentenced a Muslim woman to six strokes of the cane for drinking alcohol, possibly for the first time in Malaysia. The Syariah High Court in Pahang also handed the same sentence to a man on Monday, [...]
UMNO-BN “Corrupt Practices” in P-36 Kuala Terengganu
January 14, 2009posted by din merican in Kuala Terengganu–January 14. 2009 By Art Harun There is no better time for any government of the day to announce the launching of development projects in any particular constituency than the time immediately preceding a by-election in that constituency and during the ensuing campaigning period. The people of Kuala Terengganu [...]
DM’s Despatch (Nr. 1) from P-36 Kuala Terengganu
January 14, 2009Kuala Terengganu January 14, 2009 I arrived in Kuala Terengganu with Rashid Azad Khan and Masrum about 75 minutes ago. Driving into the city,we noticed the strong presence of Police personnel (s0me 8,000 of them, 500 each from Sabah and Sarawak) and everywhere we looked we saw roadblocks and air conditioned tents to house them. [...]
UMNO-BN Bribing P-36 Voters won’t work
January 13, 2009www.malaysiakini.com Will the KT electorate vote for change? Kim Quek | January 13, 2009 In the most daring act to ‘bribe’ the electorate of Kuala Terengganu (KT) to date, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak dished out 583 government contracts in a “lucky draw” fashion to each and every Class F contractor present at the [...]
Haris Ibrahim’s Report (No.4): A Tale of Two Jetties
January 13, 2009January 13, 2009 Few friends and I will travel by road and will be joining the Barisan Rakyat Bloggers starting from January 14, 2009 in Kuala Terengganu. We will return to Kuala Lumpur on January 18, 2009. I look forward to touch base with them and will report on my impressions to you. In the [...]
Gaza: Go Regional, Anwar urges Malaysian Government
January 12, 2009www. malaysiakini.com Take Regional stance against Israel, Anwar tells Government Fauwaz Abdul Aziz | January 12, 2009 Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim urged the government to work together with its neighbours, Indonesia and Brunei, in taking “pro-active” measures in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue instead of waiting for the Arab governments and others to act. This would [...]
Zorro reports from Kuala Terengganu
January 12, 2009posted by din merican-january 12, 2009 From Zorro in Kuala Terengganu I was awakened by an SMS: Keep Pete safe……somebody is going to sue him big time….like suing his pants off. Can’t be this quartet again, can it? I hurriedly sourced my sources and they assured me that the quartet has got more worries than [...]
Raja Petra from Kuala Terengganu:Hudud is a Non-Issue
January 12, 2009posted by din merican- january 12, 2009 “If any problems occur, we will resolve it through musyawarah, that is through discussions. All three parties must hold discussions. And if a consensus is not reached, it must be discussed again. This means, should PKR and PAS agree to implement hudud and DAP disagrees, then it cannot [...]
From RPK to the Voters of Kuala Terengganu
January 11, 2009January 11, 2009 Today, Raja Petra Kamarudin writes an open letter to the Kuala Terengganu voters to explain to them why they need to vote for Pakatan Rakyat in the 17 January 2009 by-election. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin Dear Voter, I trust this letter finds you in good health. You probably already know [...]
