PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will face its moment of truth tomorrow, 15 April 2009. The party will decide whether it will accept Selangor executive councillor (exco) Elizabeth Wong‘s offer of resignation following the distribution of intimate photos of her. Wong has done the honourable thing by offering her party a choice about whether to retain […]
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Court upholds DAP’s Chong as Bandar Kuching MP
KUCHING, 10 March 2009: The Federal Court today upheld the election of DAP vice-chairperson Chong Chieng Jen as the Bandar Kuching Member of Parliament (MP) after dismissing with costs an appeal by voter Kho Whai Phiaw challenging anearlier election petition ruling. It held that the election judge, Justice Datuk Clement Allan Skinner, was right to […]
Umno Youth CDs on Karpal
SHAH ALAM, 5 March 2009: Selangor Umno Youth today distributed to the media compact discs containing footage of the fracas involving several Umno Youth leaders and DAP chairperson Karpal Singh in Parliament on 26 Feb. Selangor Umno Youth chief Abdul Shukor Idrus said the recording would give a true picture of who had actually started […]
Elderly man charged with hurting Singapore MP
SINGAPORE, 12 Jan 2009: A 70-year-old-man who allegedly torched a Singapore member of parliament (MP) during a community event at his constituency yesterday was taken to a local court here today. Ong Kah Chua was charged with two counts of causing grievous hurt to Seng Han Thong, 59, who is MP for Yio Chu Kang, […]
Singapore MP injured in attack by assailant
SINGAPORE, 11 Jan 2009: A Singapore member of parliament was injured when he was attacked by an unidentified assailant who allegedly threw an inflammable liquid at him during a community event at Yio Chu Kang here today. Seng Han Thong, 58, was sent to the Singapore General Hospital for burns on the face, neck and […]
To quit or not to quit
By The Nut Graph teamUpdated 5 Jan 2008, 4:50pm “I have made up my mind and it’s final. I’m not joking and I’m very serious this time.” Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament for Kapar S Manikavasagam dropped a bombshell when he announced his decision on 27 Dec 2008 to quit the party because he was disappointed with […]
PAS MP Mahfuz Omar wins suit against Utusan
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Dec 2008: PAS Member of Parliament (MP) for Pokok Sena Mahfuz Omar won his defamation suit against Untusan Melayu Berhad and was granted RM120,000 by the High Court here today as damages for libellous words published against him. Judicial Commissioner Mohd Yazid Mustafa, in his decision, held that the words published in […]
Arrested development
By Tony PuaWELL, it was just going to be a sooner-or-later thing. Getting arrested is kinda like a serious occupational hazard for a politician, elected or otherwise, who belongs in the opposition camp in this country. So when I was actually arrested on Sunday, 9 Nov 2008, at the candlelight vigil commemorating the first anniversary of the […]
