Archive - 16 September 2008

Muhyiddin: Anwar uses my name to woo MPs

As the Umno vice-president lashed out at Anwar Ibrahim for continuing his psy-war against the government, he also revealed that the oppostion leader has used his name to woo BN MPs.

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PM rejects meeting with Anwar

Calling the opposition leader a liar, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says he is not interesting in a meeting to discuss the transition of power.

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Q&A: I have failed to convince them

'I have failed to convince those in authority to effect changes about how this government should move forward. I failed to convince them.'

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Suhakam plans to visit ISA duo

The human rights watchdog is planing to visit Selangor exco Teresa Kok and Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin on Friday.

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Sept 16: What BN leaders say

Goverment reps are irked by the ‘collateral damage’ wrought by the Sept 16 build-up, when BN was supposed to be removed from power.

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Hindraf backs Anwar for PM

if the Pakatan Rakyat supremo becomes premier, he would implement certain action plans to revive public and investor confidence, says the movement.

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ISA a 'smudge' on democratic role of M'sia

When Malaysia is working to restore democracy in Burma, why does it act in an undemocratic way at home?

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Q&A: Cabinet ministers among defectors

Anwar Ibrahim's responses to questions posed by journalists at a press conference where he had spoken of having enough defectors to form a government.

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Outgoing minister paints damning portrait of embattled gov't

As far as his cabinet colleagues are concerned, Zaid Ibrahim laments that they failed to even grasp the basics and this impeded his initiatives for reform.

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Bar worried judicial, legal reforms will be stalled

updated 5.30pm The Bar Council is left wondering who will pick up the agenda, now that de facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim has confirmed his resignation from the cabinet.

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The past

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The moral dilemma of political crossovers

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ISA, the scourge of our modern society

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Sept 16: are we missing the point?

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Politics of fear should stop

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Pakatan's next stop - the Istana

'As much as possible, however, we will try to avoid dragging the king into this (transition of power),' said PKR information chief Tian Chua.

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The rantings of a disgusted citizen

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The phoenix awakens

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Back to the bad old days

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Candles a threat to national security

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Show cause

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Sept 16 press statement in full

The following is the statement given by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim at a 2pm press conference at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya today.

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Anwar: We've more than 31 defectors

updated 5.11pm There's no new government today. BN is still in power. But Anwar insists he has in excess of 31 defectors and called on PM not to impose emergency rule to thwart the takeover. [VIDEO INSIDE]

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Countdown to September 16

Here is a chronology of recent political events that have led to Anwar's statement today that he has secured the support of enough government lawmakers to form a new administration.

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Second bridge offer: UEM has 2 weeks to decide

UEM has been given a two-week period until Sept 29 to accept or reject the government's RM1.35 billion contract offer to build the over-the-sea stretch of the Second Penang Bridge.

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PAS picks up another state seat in Perlis

The Federal Court unanimously ruled that PAS' Hashim Jasin was the rightful winner of the state seat and automatically made him the elected representative.

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Pakatan supporters not fixated on 916

Whether it's '9-16' or '10-16' or '11-16' or even '12-16', we believe in him, said a Pakatan Rakyat supporter at the Malaysia Day rally in Kelana Jaya stadium last night.

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Deciphering the Muslim call to prayer

comment Muslims have a duty to correct the wrong messages sent about azan, that inseparable characteristic of their societies around the world.

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Court frees Iban activist of arson charge

Jacob Emang, a controversial Iban social activist in defending native customary rights (NCR) land in Sarawak’s Sri Aman Division, is acquitted of an arson charge.

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Najib: No doubts about BN keeping power

najib tun razak 040808 updated 1.55pm With doses of wit and sarcasm, the deputy premier tells reporters this is why he chose Sept 16 to launch a high-speed broadband project.

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Time for a just Malaysia

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The wrong DNA

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'Syed Hamid, please accept responsibility'

free Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar is either incompetent in his role as a minister or economical with the truth, says one irate reader of Malaysiakini.

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Takeover a 'political lie', says Pak Lah

updated 4.45pm Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi scoffed at the opposition coalition’s claims that it has the numbers to topple the Barisan Nasional government.

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Raja Petra gets family visit

raja petra and marina updated 3.45pm H is wife Marina and two daughters took along chocolates and fizzy drinks for the meeting held at federal police headquarters in KL.

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Zaid sticks to 'quit' decision, open to joining PKR

updated 4.30pm Barely six months after being appointed as a minister, a disappointed Zaid Ibrahim has reached the point of no return. [VIDEO INSIDE]

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Your Say: Police must work for us, not politicians

free 'Only in Malaysia we have police fighting for injustise, where innocent people are rounded up to safeguard the guilty.'

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Headlines online: Sept 16, 2008

The fallout from the Internal Security Act detentions claims a prominent politician - de facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim who feels compelled to quit his cabinet post.

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