KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Dec 2008: The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) today expelled former party president SI Rajah for making a statement calling on Datuk M Kayveas to step down as PPP president. The PPP Disciplinary Board, which met today, took the decision to expel the veteran as he had no right to issue the statement […]
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PPP will not leave BN
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Dec 2008: People’s Progressive Party (PPP) advisor S I Rajah said today the party would not leave the Barisan Nasional (BN). “I met the BN chairperson and the secretary-general at the Parliament House today, and gave them an assurance that PPP would not leave the BN coalition,” he said in a statement. […]
Why Malaysia needs the ISA
By Wong Chin HuatCorrected on 10 Dec 2008 at 10.00am Police negotiating with protester wearing “Mansuhkan ISA” headband outside Masjid Negara, 13 Sept 2008 (pic by Lainie Yeoh) NO, your eyes do not fool you. Nor have I been visited by Special Branch officers and “turned over”. I was at the Petaling Jaya Civic Centre car park Sunday […]
PPP free to leave BN, says Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Dec 2008: The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is free to leave Barisan Nasional (BN) if it chooses to do so, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. “If that is their choice, what can we do?” he told reporters after chairing the BN supreme council meeting at Menara Dato’ Onn, here, […]
Soi Lek says statement was exploited
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Dec 2008: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek today defended his statement over Malay supremacy and said certain parties were deliberately twisting the issue. He said certain parties had intentionally exploited his speech by focusing on the term Malay supremacy without reading the whole text to the extent of […]
BN confident of retaining KT seat
KERTIH, 2 Dec 2008: The Barisan Nasional (BN) is confident of retaining the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat in a coming by-election as it won the seat in the last general election, said BN chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The prime minister said there was no reason for BN not to be able to retain […]
Soi Lek’s remarks on Malay supremacy not MCA’s stand
JOHOR BARU, 29 Nov 2008: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek’s remarks that the concept of Malay supremacy was no longer relevant, is not the party’s stand, said party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. “It is his personal view. The MCA’s stand will be based on a resolution made by its […]
MCA committed to BN, says Ong
SUBANG JAYA, 29 Nov 2008: MCA, the second biggest party in the Barisan Nasional (BN), is fully committed to the coalition and hopes it will hold more programmes involving all component parties to strengthen it further. Its president Datuk Ong Tee Keat said the BN should not be dispirited that it lost five states and […]
BN reforms unconvincing thus far
By Tricia YeohDEPUTY Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak recently announced that companies seeking listing on Bursa Malaysia (Malaysian stock exchange) can offer the shares to the public should efforts to get the originally required 30% bumiputera equity participation fail. Subsequently, he stated that the race-based affirmative action policy would be gradually liberalised, but “at a pace Malaysia […]
Anwar confident of uniting Sabah, S’wak opposition
KOTA KINABALU, 21 Nov 2008: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is confident of uniting the main opposition political parties in Sabah and Sarawak to field a single candidate against the Barisan Nasional (BN) in all constituencies in the next general election. The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor said such a formula, mooted by the PKR, DAP […]
