
MTUC polls: Syed Shahir retains post, rivals win big
Despite facing the formidable Shafie-Rajasekaran combo, the incumbent president manages to retain his post.

Despite facing the formidable Shafie-Rajasekaran combo, the incumbent president manages to retain his post.

The Federal Constitution has been amended 40 times in 50 years - but it is the latest change that has made the polls reform coalition Bersih see red.

Forecasters have raised the alert level for Johor and Pahang to red, its highest.










updated version The government made a last-minute postponement to allow MPs and NGOs time to study the bill after severe criticisms that it was being rushed through Parliament.


People will make their protests known in whatever way they deem fit, says a Bersih committee member, if the government extends the tenure of the EC chief.

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The Selangor menteri besar says he prefers to remain at the state level and adds that he is not interested in running for the Umno Youth chief post.

Polls reform group Bersih says that Suhakam should not be sending the wrong message to the police by calling off its Batu Burok inquiry.

Lingam tape The royal commission of inquiry will steer clear of an issue that is deemed to have eroded judicial independence.

The Special Complaints Commission Bill is a far cry from an independent police watchdog proposed by the Royal Commission on the Police, he said.

According to the opposition leader, the prime minister has already disappointed the people who voted for him.

Oh Malaysia, Malaysia, Malaysia, where art thou headed? Corruption and cronyism of the close one eye culture overwhelms us and yet we talk about the rule of law, when we mean the rule by law.

The right to assemble peacefully and make representations when injustice is seen should have been upheld even if it means possible incarceration, says a reader.

All newspapers today carried the decision by the attorney general to drop the attempted murder charge against 31 Hindraf supporters.

The House speaker has disallowed an urgent motion by Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh to debate the Internal Security Act.

Malaysian Indian Business Association president P Sivakumar delivers a hard-hitting speech after seeking permission from the PM to tell him the truth on the plight of Indian Malaysians during a special meeting.

Three labs in Johor capable of churning out four million pirated discs a year were raided by the authorities last week, says an industry official.

updated version The 17, arrested for breaching a ban to gather at the Parliament, were expected to be charged this morning but were instead given a one-week bail extension.

new PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim’s conception is one of growth, development and flowering of Asian societies based on a certain vision of perfection.