SHAH ALAM, 11 May 2009: Umno will harness the power of the new media to attract the young towards the party but not in the way the opposition has been using them to undermine leaders of other parties. Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan said the strategy would be among the steps he would take in […]
Archives for May 2009
Public warned not gather near state secretariat
IPOH, 11 May 2009: The public has been advised not to gather near the state secretariat here to prevent any untoward incident. Perak police chief Datuk Zulkefli Abdulah said police would take action against those who defy the order. The police including the Federal Reserve Unit have have been stationed at the building, he said […]
Raja Nazrin Shah can decide on dissolution
By Jacqueline Ann SurinPETALING JAYA, 11 May 2009: The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Nazrin Shah, is empowered by the Perak constitution to decide on a request by the menteri besar to dissolve the state assembly. Tommy Thomas Constitutional lawyer Tommy Thomas said that Article 15 under Part II of the state constitution stipulated that the regent could […]
High court declares Nizar rightful MB (Updated 8.32pm)
By Deborah Loh and Shanon ShahCorrected at 10.45pm, 14 May 2009Corrected at 12.30pm, 12 May 2009 Updated 8.32pm, 11 May 2009 Nizar hugs his wife Datin Seri Fatimah Taat after the court decision today KUALA LUMPUR, 11 May 2009: The Kuala Lumpur High Court today ruled that Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin is the rightful menteri besar of Perak, providing […]
Trial of Ying Ying’s mum postponed
PENANG, 11 May 2009: The trial of Teh Hooi Wen, the mother of murdered three-year-old Shearwel Ooi Ying Ying, has been postponed to 14 Aug because the prosecuting officer did not turn up in court here today. Magistrate Ainul Bashiirah Dona Don Buyajid fixed the new trial date after she was told that the prosecuting […]
More warded for suspected meningitis
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 May 2009: The number of Road Transport Department (JPJ) trainees admitted to the isolation ward of the Melaka Hospital for suspected meningitis has increased to 29 while another two trainees still remained in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said today that there were 11 new […]
Five M’sian unis among top 100 in Asia
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 May 2009: Universiti Malaya (UM) led four other Malaysian universities into the Top 100 Asian Universities list, the first regional ranking issued by The Times Higher Education (THE)-Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). UM clinched 39th spot while four other universities on the list were Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (51st), Universiti Sains Malaysia (69th), Universiti Teknologi […]
Waytha Moorthy: I shall return
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 11 May 2009: Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairperson P Waytha Moorthy will brave the possibility of arrest and return to Malaysia immediately following the release of all five Hindraf lawyers from detention without trial. In a press statement today, Waytha Moorthy, who has been living in self-imposed exile in the UK, said […]
Spinning Perak
By Gan Pei Ling“What do you mean? It is a democratic process. Do you understand the democratic process? Do you understand the political philosophy of democracy? I’m asking you back. Why are you not asking them (Pakatan Rakyat) [this] when they were talking about party-hopping? When they started everything[?]” BARISAN Nasional (BN)-installed Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr […]
Najib’s Penanti strategy?
By Shanon ShahDATUK Seri Najib Razak’s assertion that by-elections are wasteful and his insinuation that the Barisan Nasional (BN) may boycott the Penanti by-election are not new ideas. Back in August 2008, then Kelantan Umno chief Tan Sri Annuar Musa called for the BN to boycott the Permatang Pauh by-election for similar reasons. Of course, the BN […]
