Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | yesterday
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was being most frivolous and irresponsible when he adopted lock, stock and barrel the line that the biggest police challenge is not to fight crime but the perception that crime is serious in Malaysia! He trotted out the argument that statistics indicate that crime rate in Malaysia is [...]
Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was interviewed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation this morning on the recent BBC interview of Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak who said that he will do more to address the grievances of minority groups when he becomes Prime Minister in March. Najib acknowledged that Malaysian voters would want to see changes when he took [...]
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) — A total of 2,681 people have been put under restraining order until last month for committing various offences under the country’s preventive law, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
SHAH ALAM, 30 Nov 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today asked party leaders to make weekly trips to Sarawak in the party’s bid to unseat the Barisan Nasional (BN) state government. He stated this when explaining why the Pakatan Rakyat, comprising PKR, DAP and PAS, could not meet its 16 Sept [...]
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
The Sun SHAH ALAM (Nov 30, 2008): Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today dismissed talks by cynics that his talk of taking over the government was just rhetoric, saying: “Insyallah, not long, we will be in Putrajaya.” Speaking at the closing of the 5th PKR national congress at the Malawati Stadium here, [...]
Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
On November 11, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid had promised that the PAC report on its inquiry into the RM1.6 billion Eurocopter deal would be tabled in Parliament “in two or three days”. How can Azmi’s interpretation of “two or three days” be so elastic as to stretch to three weeks, and [...]
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
The term ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ would give rise to a tuan and hamba (master and slave) situation so let us use the proper term as provided for in the Federal Constitution. The Malaysian Insider Sometime in June, when cries for him to resign had dropped by a decibel or two and when he harboured hopes of staying on till 2010, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi started making plans for...
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail today likened the incoming administration of Datuk Seri Najib Razak to something “which is no different from the old regime” of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Wan Azizah wants members to go back to the basics of ‘justice for all’. — [...]
All About Mobile Phone (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
While Celcom sees MNP as an appropriate tool to attract customers from the business segment, it does not plan on investing significantly to promote the service. CEO Datuk Seri Shazalli Ramly said the company's MNP campaign had so far registered "very few subscribers"
3540 Jalan Sudin (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
MIC has welcomed and thanked Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for his statement on the yoga ruling by the National Fatwa Council. MIC secretary-general Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said Abdullah's statement was an explanation acceptable to all parties. "I hope with the explanation, there will no longer be disagreements or conflicting statements on yoga practice," he said...
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... petrol royalties and greater East Malaysian participation in federal participation.PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail told the party’s national congress today, “PKR is actively restructuring our operations and forging strong ties with the new generation of Sabahans and Sarawakians to ensure a better victory in the future.” Wan Azizah: We promise an interesting performance...
3540 Jalan Sudin (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
DAP chairman Karpal Singh has demanded the resignation of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz for misleading the Dewan Rakyat and the people. He said Nazri had maintained that information on the pension received by the judges sacked during the 1988 crisis had never been disclosed to the public. "It is indeed difficult to comprehend how Nazri could...
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 MI- Dr Munawar Anees declared today that he will pursue the overturning of his sodomy conviction to the bitter end. Munawar, who was a speechwriter for de facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim when he was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) and then [...]
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 Parti Keadilan Rakyat has no plans to carry out a leadership transition between president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and party advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at the party”s annual congress this weekend. PKR secretary-general Datuk Salehuddin Hashim said the matter did not arise even though Dr Wan Azizah had [...]
BlogCkChew (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
by Chan Kok Leong, The EdgeYou can be forgiven for believing that you have walked into someone’s fan club instead of a political party headquarters on arriving at Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) head office near the Tropicana Golf & Country Resort here.The moment you step into the elevator, you are greeted by two photos of a grinning Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. On one side is Anwar flashing...
