Archive - 20 June 2008

‘If the two Sapp MPs go ahead to support the no-confidence vote in parliament, they are clearly breaching the BN's code of discipline,' said Najib.

updated 11.45pm ‘Come join us,' he told BN parliamentarians in his speech at a rally to celebrate Pakatan's 100 days in power in Selangor. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The government’s motion could be treated as a no-confidence motion ‘if there are enough numbers in Parliament to defeat it’, says Lim Kit Siang.

updated 10.07pm This ‘mind-boggling’ claim was made by Raja Petra Kamarudin in his statutory declaration, alleging Najib’s wife Rosmah was present when Altantuya Shaariibuu was killed.

A combative Yong fielded numerous questions from the media after his party's supreme council meeting, stressing that Sabahans must be given what's rightfully theirs.

Despite the low turnout, organisers said they have met the objective of informing the crowd about the July 6 mammoth rally.

The latter has allowed logging activities at its water catchments areas, a move Penang claims will endanger water supply to the island state.

updated 7.23pm Serious allegations of abuse have been made against police personnel by four individuals who experienced a lengthy remand experience. [VIDEO INSIDE]

China is not the only player in Africa, and further scrutiny sees other major players in the procuring of resource from the continent.

Officials often turned deportees directly over to human smugglers who extorted fees for smuggling the refugees back into Malaysia or sold them into slavery.

The number of people employed in the manufacturing sector rose 0.9 percent to 1.096 million in April.

updated 4.33pm Mahathir came under fresh fire today when a former top judge claimed the former premier had wanted to rule like a dictator. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Palanivel delivers a stinging rebuke to the former premier by advising Mahathir not to forget 'his own roots' before accusing MIC boss Samy Vellu a racist.

Refugees are ordinary people. Through no fault of their own, they find themselves in extraordinary and dangerous circumstances.

comment It has been 100 days now since the general election of March 8 but high-tension dramas are still abound in Malaysian politics as more changes are likely.

In this final part of the week-long Pakatan Rakyat's 100-days-in-power series, the ‘Bapak MB' for all the Pakatan-led states' heads gives his advice on what should be done.

Sabah Progressive Party and its president Yong Teck Lee were in the news once again for their decision to rock the BN boat.

updated 7.59pm The party supreme council endorses its president's call for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

free 'Has the transport minister taken a bus lately? Is he and the entire ministry still sleeping at the wheel?'

free This was in 1990 when Sabah’s PBS joined Tengku Razaleigh’s then Gagasan Rakyat. The strategy was to catch BN with their pants down in the general elections that year.