
Nizar: No need for me to quit
updated 1.04am
He said that he was still the head of the government until the state assembly was dissolved by the sultan.




The state constitution is very clear - the MB must step down when he loses majority support in the assembly or convince the sultan to pave the way for a snap election.




Mahathir blasted the Umno leadership for 'stooping low' in accepting two former PKR assemblypersons who have been charged with corruption.











updated 6pm
Bota state assemblyperson Nasarudin Hashim, who joined PKR on Jan 25, is now back with Umno.
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comment In rejecting the resignation letters of the two defecting assemblymen in Perak, has the country’s much-criticised Election Commission overstepped its powers?

BREAKING NEWS!
updated 4.55pm
After playing a game of hide and seek for several days, DAP's Jelapang state rep Hee Yit Foong has resigned from her party.

Suspended Penang Umno division leader Ahmad Ismail asks why Gerakan Wanita chief Tan Lian Hoe remains unpunished when he has been penalised for racist comments.





updated 5.50pm
BN has at 5pm claimed control over Perak after the defection of four Pakatan reps. Follow the drama as it unfolded in Malaysiakini.
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Ironically, it was not the Arabs or Persians who brought Islam into the region. In the second century, all Arabs would have either been Christian, Judaic, Animistic Pagans or Hindu. Prophet Muhammad was only born 500 years later. And Mohenjo Daro and Harrapa were just next door.

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'Fauzi's accusation of being offered RM50million by Najib is intriguing. But Zainal Abidin Zin has denied that such an offer had been discussed. Who is telling a lie?'




