Archive - 1 April 2008

But this is only if Najib Abdul Razak decides to challenge Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the post, said the Youth exco member. [VIDEO INSIDE]

DAP leader Lim Guan Eng says he will look into the grouses of DAP Perak state assemblyperson A Sivasubramaniam who threatened to quit yesterday.

For the first time ever, the party secures a venue of this size for a rally in Selangor.

Whether Umno is only a ‘weary frog’ or a party that needs reinvention, a forum left no one in doubt about the frustrations that now run deep in the party. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Why all the fuss about his open-tender policy? A perplexed Lim Guan Eng is asking why the state government is being criticised for adhering to the guidelines set by the Finance Ministry.

He fired his most scathing salvo yet against Abdullah today by pinning the blame for Umno’s electoral thrashing on the PM and his son-in-law. [VIDEO INSIDE]

But in a marked departure from common practice, TI suggests that assets accumulated by politicians before they are elected be excluded from the declarations.

'Anyone else would have already resigned but (PM Abdullah) has no shame,' Mahathir told a cheering crowd today in Petaling Jaya. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Looking at Malaysia and Britain, I think there is a common thread weaving through many of the different religious and ethnic-based organisations.

The MIC president clarifies that he never said S Pushpaneela had met him. It was the wife of another detainee, R Kengadharan, who had a meeting with him.

The burden of victory on the Islamist party is heavier than the burden of defeat faced by the wounded BN in the recent elections.

The movement's chairperson P Waythamoorthy says the call by MIC president S Samy Vellu to free the Hindraf five is appalling. He accuses the veteran politician of trying to gain popularity.

Buntong state assemblyman A Siva Subramaniam of DAP Perak hogged all the headlines when he quit the party yesterday, but then retracted his decision.

Lawyer M Puravalen said it was 'grave and frightening' that statements from witnesses in the 12-year Irene Fernandez trial are among the 1,700 pages missing.

updated 4.20pm PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said top opposition leaders will now take the proposal back to their respective parties for approval.

Sexy lingerie sets have reportedly become a hit among Malaysia's Chinese, who buy them to offer to their dead relatives on the Ching Ming festival this Friday.

Under whitewater conditions of extreme turbulence, what we need is a newer model of leadership, not that of a calm captain of an ocean-going vessel.

MIC No 2 G Palanivel and info chief M Saravanan take the Malacca chief minister to task for accusing their party boss of trying to exploit the Hindraf issue for publicity.

The PAS leader told a 25,000-strong crowd in Shah Alam yesterday that the new coalition will open its arms to ‘colleagues’ in the ruling BN coalition.

It called for a boycott of Dutch products in protest at an anti-Islamic film and will tagged them with red labels to warn its customers.

free updated 5.16pm ‘His act clearly shows that he is an immature candidate for any political post and betrays the mandate and trust given to him by the people.’