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Reports lodged against Ipoh OCPD

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 3, 2009 Leave a Comment

IPOH, 3 March 2009: Two Pakatan Rakyat assemblypersons have lodged police reports against the Ipoh OCPD for stopping 28 assemblypersons from entering the Perak Darul Ridzuan Building this morning. The two assemblypersons, Khalil Idham Lim (Titi Serong) and Nga Kor Ming (Pantai Remis), also lodged a similar police report against the state secretary. Both assemblypersons […]

Convoluted Perak crisis

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 3, 2009 4 Comments

ON 3 March 2009, the Perak state assembly convened an “emergency sitting” under a tree about 100m away from the state secretariat building. The sitting, called by assembly Speaker V Sivakumar, was held at 10.20am in an open car park after police blocked assemblypersons from the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) from entering the Perak Darul Ridzuan […]

Zambry wants court to stop unlawful sittings

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 3, 2009 Leave a Comment

IPOH, 3 March 2009: Newly-appointed Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and the six state executive councillors (excos) have sought an injunction from the High Court to prevent any unlawful sittings of the state legislative assembly. They filed the application at 8.30am through counsel Firoz Hussien Ahmad Jamaluddin, Datuk Hafarizam Harun, Badrul Hishah […]

Perak state assembly approves motions

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 3, 2009 3 Comments

Corrected on 3 March 2009 at 4.05pm IPOH, 3 March 2009: The Perak state assembly which held an “emergency sitting” under a tree about 100m from the Perak Darul Ridzuan building today approved three motions. The first two motions were to express support for Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as the Menteri Besar and to […]

Perak crisis deepens (Updated 1pm)

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 3, 2009 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Perak state assembly secretary suspended

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 2, 2009 2 Comments

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

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 2, 2009 1 Comment

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

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 2, 2009 1 Comment

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

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 2, 2009 12 Comments

THE 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

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 27, 2009 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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