SHAH ALAM, 5 May 2009: Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has launched a signature campaign to demand for the immediate release of Kota Alam Shah assemblyperson M Manoharan and other Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees. Selangor executive councillor and Kinrara assemblyperson Teresa Kok said Selangor PR has also formed a committee called the Release Manoharan & […]
Current Issues
Mazu case: PM hopes for amicable settlement
KOTA KINABALU, 5 May 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today expressed the hope that the ongoing civil suit over the construction of the aborted Goddess of the Sea (Mazu) statue in Kudat will be settled out of court. “I always hope for settlement out of court,” he told a news conference here. He […]
Nizar removed due to loss of confidence
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 May 2009: Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin was not sacked as Perak menteri besar by Sultan Azlan Shah, as his removal from office was lawfully made under Article 16(6) of the state constitution due to loss of confidence of the majority in the state assembly. Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail submitted […]
Rais mum over debate with Zaid
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 5 May 2009: After challenging former de facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim to a debate, Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim is now keeping mum. Repeated attempts by The Nut Graph to contact Rais’s office for comment on the possibility of a televised debate have been met with […]
BN supreme council to decide on Penanti
KOTA KINABALU, 5 May 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) supreme council will decide whether the party should contest the Penanti State seat in Penang on 31 May, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said. “I don’t think it (Penanti) is only an Umno issue because when we contest, we do so on the Barisan Nasional […]
Penang to pay RM14 mil over land scam
PENANG, 5 May 2009: The Penang Government will deposit RM14 million to the High Court here, in relation to a 4.3ha land scam to avoid contempt of court. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the court had ordered the state government to deposit the amount, failing which, the applicant (landowner Tan Hak Ju) could hold […]
National education system to be evaluated (Updated)
Updated 4.48pm, 5 May 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 5 May 2009: The Education Ministry will conduct a study to evaluate the national education system and at the same time identify the deficiencies so that quality can be enhanced. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the comprehensive study would involve views of experts including from overseas […]
PAS disallows contest against PKR in Penanti
BUTTERWORTH, 5 May 2009: PAS will maintain its stand of not allowing its members to contest in the Penanti by-election against a counterpart in the opposition pact in the spirit of camaraderie. Its director of elections, Datuk Mustafa Ali, said PAS would therefore not field its candidate for the state seat even on an independent […]
Dengue in Malaysia worse than swine flu
By Gan Pei LingPETALING JAYA, 5 May 2009: Dengue is a more pressing threat in Malaysia right now than the influenza A (H1N1), said prominent virologist Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Lam Sai Kit. “Though the influenza has a potential of spreading far and wide because of its pandemic nature, it hasn’t entered the country yet. The dengue threat […]
1BLACKMalaysia campaign for Perak
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 5 May 2009: The Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih) has urged all Malaysians to wear black on 7 May to protest the “ongoing Perak coup” by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. “It will be a peaceful but powerful message of civil disobedience: that we, the people, are the politicians’ bosses and […]
