
Arif eyes a slim win
Permatang Pauh
The Barisan Nasional candidate is unperturbed by his underdog tag, and is quietly moving about garnering support.
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Permatang Pauh
The Barisan Nasional candidate is unperturbed by his underdog tag, and is quietly moving about garnering support.
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While Anwar might take pole position in the popularity contest, the 51-year-old BN candidate is no pushover. He is liked and respected by both friends and foes.


The move by a blogger to fly the national flag upside down as a sign of protest has irked Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Long ago, when Gerakan was considered the ‘conscience’ of Malaysia, the party had leaders who spoke up on issues that were regarded fundamental to democratic life in Malaysia.
Party leaders like Dr Lim Chong Eu, the late Dr Tan Chee Koon and the late Professor Syed Hussien Alatas did not bat an eyelid when raising the party flag against the ISA or when speaking up against race politics.













The initial mystery over Zulkifli's whereabouts and by-election exigencies have 'unavoidably contributed' to the delay in PKR’s action against its errant MP.



comment Any electoral success is no justification for everlasting jubilance. DAP leaders should know by now that the voting support its party obtained could be attributed to many 'other' reasons.

updated 5.50pm A PKR division leader was arrested this afternoon in connection with the assault of two press photographers in Permatang Pauh last Saturday.




Permatang Pauh
The opposition icon threatens to expose the deputy prime minister's dark secret if the latter continued to wage personal attacks against him.

updated 9.39pm
Two Perak PKR state executive councillors and a former PKR state assemblyperson were among six people detained in an ACA sting.





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'The police used the same strategy during the anti-fuel price hike rally in the Kelana Jaya Stadium. The helicopters kept people away in droves...'.
