Archive - 27 July 2009

A series of unfortunate events in Selangor, including the shocking death of a political aide, has led Pakatan Rakyat to believe that a conspiracy is at work. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The outcome of a suit by relatives of the late Sultan Zainal Abidin III, who reigned in the late 1800's could affect wakaf land usage nationwide.

Pakatan Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar and his Rights and Privileges Committee members were denied entry into the State Secretariat today to hold an inquiry into the conduct of BN's R Ganesan.

The Penang Deputy Chief Minister (2) told the MIC president to keep his nose out of the Kampung Buah Pala issue and to just concentrate in solving the woes besieging Maika Holdings.

The DAP veteran leader now hopes that the MCA president will do his bit and provide police with facts and evidence to substantiate his serious allegations. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Accused by his own party of impropriety in the purchase of property, Muar DAP head Gwee Tong Hiang denies wrongdoing and says he will not be pressured into resigning his posts in Johor.

The DAP stalwart's trial has gained wide interest in the region and Law Asia has named a well known Australian jurist to hold a watching brief for the society. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.30PM Youth coordinator T Mohan will campaign on a platform of empowerment and financial stability for the grassroots, as he takes on party president S Samy Vellu’s nephew for the post.

Citizen Journalist Video More than 100 residents in Kuching will be turned out of their homes if a state Housing Development Corporation eviction order is executed soon. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The detained Nobel peace laureate faces five years in jail on charges of violating her house arrest over a bizarre incident in which an American man swam uninvited to her lakeside home in May.

The former MIC deputy president said Koperasi Nesa's injunction against the sale of Maika's insurance company will only be lifted if a better offer was found so that the shareholders are better rewarded.

A leave application by Setev Shaariibuu will be mentioned on Sept 2, as he seeks to compel the attorney-general to appeal against the acquittal of political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda.

BREAKING NEWS MIC Youth Coordinator T Mohan today announced his candidacy for the Youth chief post at the party elections on Aug 16.

The reluctance by the prosecution to hand over evidence in Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial has raised questions by a reader as to why the defence should be excluded in having it as well.

Will Umno be open to PAS’ proposal to move past their long-held political rivalry? Deputy Umno president Muhyiddin Yassin says this will be discussed on Friday.

UPDATED 12.10pm Former Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Department Director Ramli Yussof was acquitted and discharged by the Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court today.

UPDATED 3PM Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announces the key performance indicators (KPIs) and the lead ministers for the six national key results areas (KRAs).

PAS president Hadi Awang's contentious remarks about the 'loincloth' mindset of politics in Sarawak has generated insightful debates

The MIC president says that a planned Pakatan demo against the party will allow it to finally divulge who was responsible for the Maika Holdings debacle.

Sarkozy, 54, collapsed on Sunday while running at his weekend retreat near the Versailles palace west of Paris. He was taken to a military hospital in the capital by helicopter after the incident.

With a challenge to the media and Washington, and a list of her achievements for the state, Sarah Palin stepped down as Alaska governor, but gave few clues about where she is headed.