IPOH, 3 March 2009: Despite being blocked from entering the state secretariat building by police this morning, the Perak state assembly was able to hold its sitting in a car park. Bernama reports that state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar and 27 Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblypersons convened an “emergency sitting” under a tree, about 100m from […]
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Police need authorisation to enter Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 March 2009: The police will only enter the Parliament House compound if they are authorised to do so and are summoned by the Speaker, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said today. “As has been the practice, the police do not intervene in anything that happens in the Parliament compound and […]
Perak state assembly secretary suspended
IPOH, 2 March 2009: Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar today announced that he was suspending the assembly’s secretary Abdullah Antong Sabri with immediate effect. Sivakumar also declared that the emergency sitting of the assembly, scheduled for tomorrow, would go ahead as planned. Speaking at a press conference at his law office here, Sivakumar said […]
Perak Darul Ridzuan building closed tomorrow
IPOH, 2 March 2009: The main gate of the Perak Darul Ridzuan building which houses the Perak Menteri Besar’s office, State Secretariat and Perak legislative assembly will be kept closed tomorrow, according to a notice put up at the complex. The notice, issued by the management service division of the office of the State Secretariat, […]
Zambry challenges suspensions in court
IPOH, 2 March 2009: Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six state executive councillors (excos) today applied to the High Court here to declare the decision by Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar to suspend them as null and void. In the originating summons filed this afternoon, Zambry and the excos […]
Perak’s political drama heightens
By Deborah LohTHE political drama in Perak, which has escalated from one height to another, is set to spike tomorrow with an emergency state assembly sitting to vote on two motions related to the state’s constitutional crisis. However, even if the emergency sitting is successful, it would not immediately solve the impasse. It would, in fact, be […]
Perak speaker calls for emergency sitting on 3 March
IPOH, 27 Feb 2009: Perak state assembly speaker V Sivakumar has called for an emergency sitting on 3 March to table two motions on the takeover of the state government. He said the first motion — to reaffirm the support for Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as the rightful menteri besar — would be tabled […]
Lawless system breeds lawless culture: Raja Nazrin
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Feb 2009: To propagate a culture of peace, there is a need to uphold the rule of law and respect institutions established through and in accordance with the law, said Raja Dr Nazrin Shah. The Raja Muda Perak said the law governed our interactions with one another and with the state. “A […]
Nizar returns keys to MB’s residence, keeps the Camry
IPOH, 27 Feb 2009: Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today returned the keys to the menteri besar’s official residence to the Perak government but refused to hand over the Toyota Camry car that is used for official duties. Mohammad Nizar and his family had moved out of the menteri besar’s official residence on Jalan Raja […]
Bar Council tells MACC to stop the harassment
By the Bar CouncilPETALING JAYA, 26 Feb 2009: The Bar Council has come out to question the recent conduct of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), particularly in the way it handled cases related to the Perak political crisis and Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. In the statement issued today, Malaysian Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan […]
