Archive - 30 March 2013

DAP sec-gen Lim Guan Eng confirms Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong will move from Penang to contest the Kluang parliamentary seat.

There are irresponsible groups who are trying to influence the undergraduates to do negative things and go against the government.

'They should have taken the opportunity, but due to their arrogant attitude, they refuse to take it,' he says.

According to Shahrizat, the provocation was being planned by irresponsible parties as they were uneasy with the rising support for BN.

'I am confident that the BN can win a two-thirds majority for we have worked very hard,' says the former prime minister.

The Hindraf chairperson insists he alone will decide when to call off the hunger strike in his struggle for the betterment of the Indian poor.

'All state police chiefs have been called to ensure that (should the chaos happen) it will be handled properly,' says the home minister.

The move follows the failure of the anti-graft commission and other concerned parties to fulfill the terms of an out-of-court settlement .

An on-the-ground survey shows that Segamat is a winnable seat if Chua were to be a candidate there, according to Johor PKR.

The former three-term MP says she will not be contesting in the next GE and will help on the ground to ensure a win.

The demo against Teo Nie Ching backfires as she gives in to the MCA demand; and turns the tables by daring them to do the same.

UPDATED 3.55PM We will not be bound by these agreements because these are done after March 8, when the PM has lost legitimacy, says Kit Siang.

Sabah CM Musa Aman clarifies that Semporna is included in the Eastern Sabah Security Command from the outset.

This is confirmed by PKR deputy secretary-general Steven Choong, who is seen as an ally of the state party chief.

COMMENT In Penang, if one has an idea and shares it, family and community will shoot it down; later these ideas become more robust.

UPDATED 1.35PM PKR needs to be vigilant as Umno is bent on taking Gombak, Pandan and Lembah Pantai, warns the PKR de facto leader.

UPDATED 12.20PM The Penang BN chief accepts Lim’s challenge to face off in GE13 but lays two conditions if the clash is to take place.

FREE YOURSAY 'Lahad Datu suggests we don't need a sledgehammer to kill ants. So why spend on subs and fighter jets?'

FREE YOURSAY ‘I cannot believe an experienced lawyer could be so ‘bodoh' as to leave incriminating evidence around for...'

FREE YOURSAY 'The question whether Papagomo had voted twice must be answered and he can be charged with fraud.'

FREE YOURSAY 'While Umno's Perkasa insults the Hindu religion big time, a Hindu rights group begs Umno to support them.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Teng was a three-term state representative of Padang Kota. He definitely has the advantage because he is not an unknown there.'

Hindu Sangam says Zulkifli had allegedly made anti-Hindu remarks in 2011 but authorities have chosen to do nothing.

He is said to have set his eyes on the Johor Jaya seat to help boost Pakatan's bid to break BN's iron grip on the southern state.