Archive - 12 April 2013

Send them to the Suara Generasiku (Voice of my generation) Facebook page, Najib Abdul Razak tells the young crowd at Bukit Jalil.

Sosma will only be used when security and public order are threatened, otherwise all cases will be investigated under the Penal Code.

Newly-minted candidate for Johor Baru wins over those party faithful who may have earlier regarded him as a parachutist. 

Cameron Highlands MCA Wanita chairperson Tan Choo Kuan says the grassroots were unsatisfied with the central leadership’s decision.

He says he will offer himself for the post if the opposition pact wins more than the 36 state seats it won in the 2008 general election.

If only it had held out.

The media entities' management is blaming the Malaysian government for the attacks launched from Russia and East Europe.

Reproductions of videos have appeared with different subtitles, voice-overs or doctored footage, to spread a completely different message. [VIDEO]

But we have tested the ink many, many times, says EC chair Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, turning down a request by Bersih for a public demonstration.

The Jakim-prepared sermon also praises the 'gov't of the day' for carrying out its responsibilities while defending Islam and the people's interests.

Twelve state leaders of the Malaysian Malay Chamber of Commerce (DPMM) today failed in their bid to get an order for a declaration that the DPMM’s annual general meeting held in 2010 was null and void.

The dinner in Klang on nomination day can accommodate 55,000 people and it will be entered into the Malaysia Book of Records.

Could the lukewarm response given to Khalid Ibrahim during a function in Bandar Tun Razak be an indicator of dwindling support for him?

Many of the rally participants wore yellow T-shirts and were seen clapping and cheering at the anti-BN anecdotes shared by various speakers.

Asmuni Awi, a lawyer representing PAS sec-gen Mustafa Ali, denies that the person in the sex video is his client. [VIDEO]

Twenty M'sians who 'did not feel right' about doing nothing will carry placards urging countrymen to come home for the GE. [VIDEO]

The party also has yet to finish the job of picking candidates and it will likely last up to the eve of nomination on April 20, says Karpal Singh.

It has become our home, now people want to grab it, so of course the members will protest, says Ketari rep Dr Ng Keong Chye.

Has the country come of age?

Counsel say the number of such cases taken against the opposition is overwhelming while the same does seem to apply to the other side.

KINIBIZ Whether or not the caretaker Penang CM's bold move on the traffic alleviation project pays off for him, remains to be seen.

UPDATED 5.40PM The seats of Semenyih and Kota Damansara are in question if the logo squabble is not resolved by Sunday.

The Kebun Bunga rep has been accused of alleged forgery and criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving one of his legal cases.

UPDATED 4.15PM The caretaker gov’t merely implemented decisions made earlier, states Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

UPDATED 4.55PM Will Najib be able to bear the burden of not allowing Pornthip to perform the second post-mortem on C Sugumar, asks the PKR veep.

COMMENT What bothers M'sians is that, in sowing these far-from-truth promises, how is BN going to finance this expenditure?

N Surendran describes suggestions made by several bloggers linking its members to the release of the sex video as absurd.

UPDATED 5.20PM Putrajaya is not about this town, bridges and roads. It's about the federal capital, says the PAS veep. [VIDEO]

FREE YOURSAY 'Pang, you deserve all the kudos. It takes a big man with a big heart to do what you have done.'

'This is expected, there could be significant dilution to the share base,' says Sharifah Farah, an analyst with Affin Investment Bank.

FREE YOURSAY 'I think it's not manifesto vs manifesto, but BN's track record vs Pakatan's possibilities. Fifty-six years of BN...'

The heavy rain and strong wind at about 5pm blew off the roofs of many houses along the coast, with Pengkalan Kundor being the worst hit.

UPDATED 1.40PM The Australian senator claims that his deportation on Feb 16 from KLIA was for political reasons.

Regardless of post or position, I will continue to fight the evils of Anwar Ibrahim and Azmin Ali, she vowed.

FREE VOXPOP 'Sarawak CM Taib has publicly said he does not want to cooperate with MACC, isn't that against the law?'

The High Court decision shows that NCR land is not confined to only farmland, according to the party's state chief Baru Bian.

FREE YOURSAY 'MCA deserves the bullying. After all, they have been bending over backwards to please their Umno master.'

GE13 WATCH This time, the two are arguing over several key seats in Perak, each submitting his own list for consideration.

UPDATED 4.55PM The ex-Perak MB has failed in his attempt to sue TV3 for painting him as anti-sultan in the WWW1 issue.

Despite losing the right to contest the Kuantan parliamentary seat, the MCA division vowed to back whichever candidate the BN fields, which is most likely to be from Umno.

FREE YOURSAY 'This will be the day we, the voters, rid this country of corruption, cronyism, nepotism, bigotry and utter lawlessness.'

The topic was mentioned by Khalid when the media asked him on his exco's performance, says Elizabeth Wong.

UPDATED 1.40PM PAS' Husam Musa says if they can fake videos to smear Anwar Ibrahim, then they can do it to just about anyone. [VIDEO]

Having taken the plunge into politics, the PKR veep has parlayed his human rights advocacy to issues further up the rights' alley.

GE13 WATCH PKR workers are likely to stay away if the candidates the grassroots chose aren't named, warn party officials.

Eight days before nomination day, a video allegedly of a senior PAS leader having sex with an unknown woman emerges. [VIDEO]

GE13 WATCH Samy Vellu, who represented this constituency for three decades, is confident he can help BN win back the seat.