Archive - 26 January 2013

The Workers' Party took almost 54 percent of the votes cast over PAP's 43 percent in the four-cornered contest in Punggol East.

'People are not going to give their votes to you based on how much you've done in the past,’ he tells CNN in an interview in Davos.

Perak mufti Harussani Zakaria today reminded Muslims in the country that they will become infidels if they allow non-Muslims to use the word 'Allah'.

UPDATED 8.50PM More than four years after being outlawed, the gov't has lifted its ban on Hindu Rights Action Force.

UPDATED 9.22PM German think-tank Oeko Institute says Lynas’ suggestion is technically unsound and should be discarded.

But he admits that the situation is very challenging and he would not want to overestimate the people's support for BN.

Dr Lucas Umbul said witnesses who had testified thus far have given evidence and statements with ease and without fear or favour.

To garner two-third majority, BN needs to draw at least 30 percent votes from Chinese, and 65 percent from Malay and Indian voters.

‘His writing unravels the stories spun by the mainstream media; lays every thread on the table, leaving you to draw your own conclusion.'

The by-election will test the public mood two years after the ruling party suffered its worst ever poll performance in the 2011 GE.

It also brushed aside the alleged screening failure report as the process was still ongoing, according to a daily.

'Approved or not approved, we have already offered tenders for contract to build Langat 2... In a month or two, we will go ahead.'

‘As an MP and Umno division chief, I will meet and persuade them. We'll meet, quietly,' says Pasir Gudang's Khaled Nordin.

UPDATED 3.34PM Faced with Perkasa's tit-for-tat police reports, human rights lawyer Siti Zabedah Kasim hits back.

The second Malaysian reported missing in the Algerian hostage crisis at the gas facility complex in In Amenas, Algeria, has been confirmed dead.

If the present administration lacks the political will to do justice to the bench means another reason for change in the coming 13GE.

Their lawyer says they hope to get a second opinion on the security guard’s death quickly, if possible by today.

He quotes Ibn Khaldun: 'Governments as a rule are unjust', adding he will vote for the least unjust government.

COMMENT The more he works himself up into a frenzy over race and religion, the more divided will be the Malay vote bank.

COMMENT Like so many who died in mysterious circumstances, Teoh can easily slip out of the public psyche.

FREE YOURSAY 'The victim may have died of a heart attack, which may well be given the circumstances. But what brought on the heart attack?'

FREE YOURSAY 'If the Bible-burning remark is considered not serious enough for the police to charge him, I do not know what is.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Unlike BN, he doesn't need to blackmail the Indians to support Pakatan in GE13 to discontinue the project.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The EC is just like the police force - useless and unreliable. It should win an award for data inaccuracy.'

The EC chief says an applicant must personally sign his or her application form and attach a copy of the identity card.