Latest from Penanti : Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim this evening paid tribute to the Pakatan Rakyat election machinery and the voters in Penanti for the victory of PKR candidate Dr. Mansor Othman. “In the past 14 months, the voters have faced an election three times (including his own parliamentary constituency of Permatang Pauh). Despite this, [...]
Archive for May 2009
Penanti: Strong Endorsement for PKR-Pakatan Rakyat
May 31, 2009Polling over, PKR man set to win
May 31, 2009UPDATE Polling over, PKR man set to win Malaysiakini Team in Penanti May 31, 2009 Polling at the Penanti state seat by-election ended at 5pm with a very low voter turnout. The turnout at the end of the polling period stood at only 46.15 percent – meaning only about 7,100 of 15,384 voters had come [...]
Penanti on Polling Day (May 31): Voter turnout improving since 12noon
May 31, 2009May 31, 2009 Almost 30 percent turnout by noon by Malaysiakini Team in Penanti, Penang The Penanti state seat by-election got off to a slow start today at 8am with less than expected voters’ turnout. However the turnout picked up steam as the day progressed. As at 12 noon, the Election Commission secretary Ngah Senik [...]
Dangerous to mention Altantuya and also Perak
May 30, 2009May 30, 2009 Banned: First Altantuya, now Perak by Athi Veeranggan@www.malaysiakini.com It is clear that any mention of a possible link between Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and murdered Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu can land a person into trouble. PKR supreme council member and fiery orator Badrul Hisham Shaharin had to spend nearly five hours [...]
UMNO is a racist party, says PKR’s Azmin Ali
May 30, 2009May 30, 2009 UMNO is a racist party, PKR leader tells Malays Athi Veeranggan @www.malaysiakini.com UMNO is a racist party that had divided and ruled Malaysia for more than 50 years by playing, albeit dangerously, the communal cards, accused a leading PKR leader. Azmin Ali, a former UMNO leader who is now PKR Vice-President, said [...]
PKFZ Scandal–MP Charles Santiago’s Perspective: It’s Institutional Failure
May 30, 2009posted by din merican- May 30, 2009 www.malaysiakini.com May 29, 2009 PKFZ scandal: Freeze their bank accounts by Charles Santiago The PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) audit report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) fiasco has lend greater credibility to claims that have long been reported but swept aside by the government – that serious shortcomings, irregularities [...]
Media Statement from Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Leader of the Opposition
May 29, 200929hb. Mei 2009 KENYATAAN MEDIA Untuk Edaran Segera Pejabat Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim A-3A-09, Merchant Square No. 1 Jalan Tropicana Selatan 1 47410 Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia Sikap Kerajaan Malaysia yang mengabaikan prinsip tadbir urus dan pertanggungjawaban amatlah membimbangkan. Pada ketika rakyat Malaysia terpaksa berjimat cermat dan resah samada pendapatan mereka mampu menanggung sara hidup, [...]
Happy Birthday, Cik Cun
May 29, 2009May 29,2009 Dear Friends, I cannot but feel a little sentimental today. It is for a very special time for me: it is the morning of my cik cun’s birthday (May 30). The songs I have chosen here reflect my feelings for my wife, Dr. Kamsiah (picture). I hope she enjoys them as much as [...]
Husam Musa, Part 3
May 29, 2009May 29, 2009 Cometh the hour, cometh the man, Part 3 by Terence Netto@ www.malaysiakini.com Husam Musa, particularly in the state legislative term 2004-2008, trimmed and streamlined the procedural requirements for starting up in business in Kelantan – a move that benefited small and medium-sized concerns. This raft of measures and the acumen Husam showed [...]
Sodomy II Trial: Najib and Gang are all out to get Anwar Ibrahim
May 29, 2009May 29, 2009 Sodomy Trial II: The knives are out Athi Veeranggan@www.malaysiakini.com The recent efforts to smear the reputation of former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim is to help shore up the attorney-general’s position ahead of July’s sodomy trial, said Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim. The sodomy trial, Anwar’s second in 10 years, [...]
Port Kelang Free Zone: Rm12.25billion? Fix It Najib,if you dare
May 29, 2009May 29, 2009 “We cannot be judgmental. We will wait for the outcome of the MACC investigation before looking to see if the staff have done anything wrong,” says Lee Hwa Beng (picture below). What nonsense !! He has got the cheek to say that. All he has to do to is to appoint a [...]
Ex-CID boss cries ‘black-eye’ conspiracy
May 28, 2009May 28, 2009 www.malaysiakini.com Ex-CID boss cries ‘black-eye’ conspiracy Ex-KL CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim, who was declared a bankrupt, has claimed that several ‘powerful hidden hands’ wanted to destroy his credibility. And their reason for doing so – “to paralyse my capabilities and prevent me from giving evidence against Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail and [...]
Foreign Affairs Minister Anifah Aman faces a rm100million lawsuit
May 27, 2009May 27, 2009 Anwar sues Anifah for RM100 million by Hafiz Yatim@www.malaysiakini.com It was a high-priced baptism of fire for the newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Anifah Aman, whose first international press conference has courted a RM100 million lawsuit. Filing the suit was Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, who is no stranger to exorbitant demands through legal [...]
Articulations on Perak
May 27, 2009May 27, 2009 Articulations on Perak by Art Harun Prologue “To adopt a literal approach would vest a certain level of absolute power in the Ruler where such power does not exist in the first place. Can we imagine a situation where the Ruler may decide mid-term to change a Menteri Besar (MB) because he [...]
Husam Musa: His time come as PAS embraces change with a passion, Part 2
May 27, 2009May 27, 2009 Husam Musa – cometh the hour, cometh the man, Part 2 by Terence Netto @www.malaysiakini.com A bookish Husam Musa had from his days as a boy in Salor, on the outskirts of Kota Baru, argued with his friends after religious classes on questions concerning the physical world and the spiritual. “My friends [...]
The Goofer Aminah Abdullah: “I’m not sure it was bribery”
May 27, 2009I’m not sure it was bribery, Aminah now says Athi Veeranggan@www.malaysiakini.com May 26, 2009 Penanti’s independent candidate Aminah Abdullah today said she did not know the offers she claimed to have received from two PKR leaders amounted to bribery until the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) explained it to her. “The officials told me that the [...]
Husam Musa: His time come as PAS embraces change with a passion
May 27, 2009posted by din merican-May 27, 2009 May 26,2009 Husam Musa – cometh the hour, cometh the man by Terence Netto @ www.malaysiakini.com For almost four months now, one could be forgiven for thinking that the battle over who should rule Perak is the most important issue in Malaysian politics. It’s not. Only federal incumbency lasting [...]
