Archive - 27 December 2008

updated 7.15pm Once considered an outsider in Umno politics, Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik today obtained his 20th nomination to qualify for the contest.

He said Immigration officers at the Kuching International Airport had told him that the directive to ban him came from the state secretary.

He is confident that Chinese voters will swing behind the party in next month’s Kuala Terengganu by-election as they had previously benefitted from four years of PAS rule.

Kapar MP S Manikavasagam has vowed to quit the opposition PKR. Yes, again. But will he carry through his threat this time?

The MIC president warns the opposition leader that if he continues to keep silent on the issue, there could be a massive protest from the Indian community.

KT by-election With memories of the March 8 general election still fresh, PAS does not intend to take potential independent candidates in the by-election for granted.

updated 3.40pm Negeri Sembilan ruler Tuanku Ja'afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman died at about 11.45 this morning. He was 86.

It should not be scared to tell all-powerful CM about the plight of the Dayak community, especially the vast tracts of natives’ land being given to oil palm companies.

CIA agents are offering the potency drug to win over Afghan chieftains in the war against the Taliban.

‘There are Kadazans in Sabah and there are Dusuns. But not KadazanDusun which is not an ethnic indigenous term (recognised) in Sabah.’

comment As a result of federal intervention, the leaders from the minority Malay and Melanau communities have been able to enjoy political dominance in Sarawak, defying the logic of the politics of race in Malaysia.

A Mexican beauty queen was arrested with an alleged Ciudad Juarez drug cartel leader and a group of heavily armed men. [PHOTOS INSIDE]

Pakistan has redeployed thousands of troops to the border with India, officials said Friday, in a dramatic escalation of tensions with New Delhi in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.