Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Tomorrow when Parliament reconvenes to start the 2009 Budget debate is the first parliamentary test of Datuk Seri Najib Razak as Finance Minister – whether he has a revised 2009 Budget to take corrective measures to shield the country from the world’s worst economic crisis in 80 years so as to enhance competitiveness, boost growth [...]
Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | yesterday
... action.Last night, at the DAP Rasah dinner, I had called on Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who has become the Finance Minister, to present a revised 2009 Budget when Parliament reconvenes on Monday, as the 2009 Budget presented by Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on August 29 had been overtaken by economic events in the past six weeks – in particular the looming financial...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Najib Razak, who is poised to become Malaysia's sixth prime minister, comes from a family of political aristocrats that produced two of the country's last five leaders.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, under political pressure since his ruling party's poor election showing, says he will step down next March. Abdullah's decision may allow his deputy Najib Razak to succeed him, the Financial Times reported. The report said that Abdullah's efforts at economic reforms and set up anti-corruption measures met...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, under political pressure since his ruling party's poor election showing, says he will step down next March.Abdullah's decision may allow his deputy Najib Razak to succeed him, the Financial Times reported.The report said that Abdullah's efforts at economic reforms and set up anti-corruption measures met with opposition within his own United Malays...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Najib Razak, who is poised to become Malaysia's sixth prime minister, comes from a family of political aristocrats that produced two of the country's last five leaders.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Najib Razak, who is poised to become Malaysia's sixth prime minister, comes from a family of political aristocrats that produced two of the country's last five leaders.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
... this week he will not stand in a party election next year, effectively handing over to his deputy Najib Razak."We have built our base to go forward, if it (taking power) does not happen this week or next week, it can possibly happen before Eid al-Adha festival," Anwar said late on Friday in comments reported by the mass-selling Berita Harian newspaper"On the way it will be done, I...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Najib Razak, who is poised to become Malaysia's sixth prime minister, comes from a family of political aristocrats that produced two of the country's last five leaders.
The Sensintrovert (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
How Malaysia's PM fell from grace By Robin Brant BBC News, Kuala Lumpur Abdullah Badawi said he had not been forced out. Mr Badawi (standing) is due to step down in March When I asked him if he regretted being pushed, he gestured to the man sitting beside him, his deputy and heir Najib Razak, and to the other politicians around him from the ruling coalition. He said: "Ask them if they...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
MALAYSIAN PRIME minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced yesterday that he will step down in March, paving the way for his deputy, Najib Razak, to take over the premiership, but falling short of resolving a growing political crisis in the southeast Asian country.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says he would resign in March, paving the way for his hand-picked successor, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is to step down in March next year and on Wednesday endorsed his deputy, Najib Razak, as his successor
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... was charged on May 6 after his article allegedly contained nine paragraphs linking deputy premier Najib Razak to the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shariibuu two years ago. The case of the 28-year-old Altantuya's murder grabbed the headlines after police arrested and charged prominent political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda - who has close ties with Najib - with her...
O.B.E. (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... the party presidency and contesting but handing over the premiership to his deputy, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, in March. Another Brick in the Wall and Big Dog’s The Thirteen Million Plus Guy Rambles reported that Abdullah was going to defend his post based on information they received on meetings held at the prime minister’s official residence prior to the BN supreme council meeting....
