“WAIT till we get to Putrajaya,” Teresa Kok laughs. The three-term Member of Parliament for Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur says even though the Pakatan Rakyat swept into power in 2008 to form the Selangor government, it still faces discrimination. “We are still treated like the opposition,” Kok, who is also state assemblyperson for Bandar Kinrara […]
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A shared history of suffering
By Ding Jo-Ann
ENTERING politics was just a matter of time for Malaysia’s youngest member of Parliament (MP), Teo Nie Ching. As her parents, sister and brother-in-law are all DAP members, discussions on political developments were common in the Teo household. Teo recalls how she was first invited to stand for elections as an MP. “It was just […]
Mujahid Yusof Rawa (Parit Buntar)
By Ding Jo-AnnPARIT Buntar Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa Constituency: Parit Buntar Party: PAS (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Central committee member Penang deputy chief Membership in parliamentary committees or caucuses: […]
Chor Chee Heung (Alor Star)
By Deborah LohALOR Star Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Chor Chee Heung responds to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Three of the questions were selected by readers and three others by The Nut Graph. (Source: Wiki commons) Name: Chor Chee HeungConstituency: Alor Star Party: MCAYears as MP: Since […]
Keep election promises, Suaram tells Guan Eng
By Zedeck SiewLim Guan Eng (Ballot box image by Miguel Angel Salinas / Dreamstime) PETALING JAYA, 9 June 2009: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng needs to make local council elections a priority as promised by his elections manifesto, Suaram Penang said today. “The process in which the Penang state government appoints its local councillors now is […]
Police question politician over lewd VCD
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: Petaling Jaya police today recorded a statement from a politician with regard to a report lodged by an entrepreneur who received an envelope containing a lewd VCD in his post box. Selangor CID Chief SAC II Hasnan Hassan said the entrepreneur, aged 50, lodged a report on 10 Feb, claiming […]
Politician foils ransom ploy
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: Federal Territory Gerakan secretary Dr Wong Ruen Yuan today lodged a police report against an unknown caller who tried to extort RM500,000 as ransom after claiming he had kidnapped his daughter. According to Wong who made the police report at the Jalan Travers Police station, his mother-in-law who was in […]
