Archive - 26 April 2010

ANALYSIS A closer look at the Hulu Selangor by-election results shows that BN cannot claim a convincing victory.

The British doctor’s report is the source of argument over various findings put forward regarding the circumstances of Teoh’s fall form the 14 ^th floor of Plaza Masalam.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad predicts a better showing for the BN in the coming general election owing to the leadership of Najib Abdul Razak.

Below are the excerpts of the UK pathologist's 14-page report entitled 'Medical Report and Opinion Concerning the Death of Teoh Beng Hock' which was submitted to the court on Monday.

BN secretary-general says the Chinese voters in Hulu Selangor won't be neglected just because the majority voted for the opposition. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Talk-show celebrity Martha Stewart will be among a high-profile group from the United States visiting Malaysia for about a week from May 19, according to a Tourism Malaysia official.

The actor's counsel Amer Hamzah Arshad said arresting officer had admitted that there was lack of evidence to charge Benjy for drug trafficking.

Candidates are almost confirmed, both SUPP and DAP are expected to make their announcements tomorrow.

Ibrahim Ali's demand that allocations be halted to the Chinese for lack of support in Hulu Selangor by-election draw indignant responses from its leaders.

"The ministry is always sensitive and considers current need when dealing  with this issue," says Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

The trends revealed by the by-election should make BN worried, very worried.

While the ringgit is appreciating, exports are also very strong, assures international trade and industry deputy minister Muhkriz Mahathir.

A heated argument erupted in the Kedah state assembly today over questions posed on the extent of the sultan's jurisdiction in Islamic matters, resulting in the questions being eventually withdrawn.

For the town's Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) branch leaders, last week could be described as nothing less than agonising.

How dare we use education, the only means for social and economic progress for all races to bribe voters.

DAP senator Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim likens the alleged political intervention in ntv7 to tactics used by third-world dictators to shackle the people.

PKR de facto leader claims over RM100 million plus questionable tactics took BN to win in Hulu Selangor.

DAP's Lim Guan Eng claims that the BN would promise a larger amount for Sibu than the RM160 mill allocation for Hulu Selangor.

Labour Day will be marked with a protest against the Goods and Services Tax plan.

However, the defendant Hamzah Zainuddin was ordered to pay costs to Anwar for the delay in giving certain particulars in his defence statement.

The PM dismisses claims that BN was involved in the buying of votes to win the Hulu Selangor by-election.

Malaysian police Monday said they have detained 75 Sri Lankan migrants who refused to get off a fishing trawler, after three days of talks to persuade them to leave the vessel broke down.

The BN candidate for the Sibu by-election will be officially named tomorrow, Sarawak Chief Minister said today.

The headlines of major dailies were dominated with Barisan Nasional winning the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election yesterday.

UPDATED 4PM British forensic pathologist Prof Peter Vanezis also says Teoh Beng Hock’s injuries were consistent with a fall from height. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It claims the judge was in error when he decided in favour of the 29 human rights activists and journalists, and awarded them RM30,000 each.

BN leaders claimed their respective parties had a lot to do in order to win the hearts and minds of the people after by-election victory.

The prosecution runs out of steam, failing to make a prima facie case against Wong Chuan How for the third time. [VIDEO INSIDE]

COMMENT The drift of the Indian vote back to BN makes a Pakatan-Hindraf accommodation more than ever necessary.

free ‘Pakatan will have to live and fight another day. For the Malays, Chinese and Indians, they’ve made their choice. They will also have no cause to complain from now on.’

The leader of likely kingmakers in the May 6 election, the Liberal Democrats, warned Sunday he would not prop up a wounded Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as polls point to a hung parliament.

Thailand's embattled prime minister vowed to clear Bangkok's commercial heart of anti-government Red Shirt protesters as he appeared on television Sunday in a show of unity with his army chief.

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Sunday fired five shore-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles, ending four days of war games in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf, state media reported.