Archive - 13 April 2013

Najib declares that Ops Daulat, created since March 5 to tackle intruders from southern Philippines, will end in a few days' time.

The opposition is expected to field two new candidates in northern Sarawak, Bian Baru and Dr Bob Baru Langub.  

He asks the public not to quickly blame Syabas for the current water supply disruption affecting 500,000 residents in KL.

Terengganu police say he was attacked by a group of youths with machetes because of a territorial dispute concerning party flags in the area.

Among them, he says Malaysia must have a more comprehensive coastal surveillance and control, as well as implement stricter enforcement.

Police say the case is being investigated together with 74 other investigation papers, since the dissolution of parliament on April 3.

The victim says that he had lodged a police report for fear that the incident might recur and was not coerced into doing so.

The fact the video was circulated by pro-Umno blogs can solidify the view that Umno is responsible, says the UM researcher.

UPDATED 6.20PM The ex-Hindraf activist suspects the reason is to keep negotiations between Hindraf and BN secret from the public.

Mahathir is given 24 hours to apologise for claiming in his blog that the DAP supremo wants to incite racial hatred in Gelang Patah.

MP Charles Santiago believes collusion among the authorities concerned could be the cause of such incidents.

He said Pakatan component parties should ensure there were no three-cornered fights in their constituencies.

Salahuddin Ayub says the party is loathe to waste time discussing the alleged sex video linked to secretary-general Mustafa Ali.

The incumbent S'gor MB and Ijok rep has been picked for the Port Klang state seat and will test the ground tomorrow.

COMMENT The party will rue the loss of one of its more passionate exponents, a casualty of the machinations of state barons.  

Sabah Pakatan appears to be trapped in a struggle on sharing out seats as GE13 draws ever closer.

Negotiations are ongoing with Pakatan and BN, but if Hindraf fails to get any endorsement for its blueprint, it will call on Indians not to vote.

Karpal says it will be ‘blatantly weird’ if DAP is deregistered before nomination day as ROS needs time to review...

‘In the coming years, we plan to do more for the rakyat... more will be done for the greater benefit of all Malaysians,’ says Najib.

UPDATED 2.25PM PAS supporters congress chief Hu Pang Chow will take the battle to Wee Ka Siong's constituency.

They feel that the EC has forgotten that Malaysia is a multi-religious nation where about 10 percent of the 28mil population is Christian.

COMMENT To what extent have Najib and the BN embraced new media technologies as a form of greater openness?

COMMENT It will be a mockery that no MCA strongman has the courage to face Kit Siang, but gets an Umno man to defend its own fortress.

FREE YOURSAY 'MCA is openly admitting that it has lost all hope and is not even in a position to repel the Umno onslaught.'

Checks by Malaysiakini on Media Selangorku found that it carried reports on Pakatan politicians almost exclusively.

PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali alleged that Umno was desperate enough to lie in order to force him out of the country's political arena.

FREE YOURSAY 'MCA borrows seat from MIC and years later returns the seat to Umno. This is Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor's logic.'

Pointing out its commitment to peaceful elections, it urged Tunku Aziz to look elsewhere for political violence instead.

FREE YOURSAY 'Can PSM and Pakatan have this talk behind closed doors? Is it necessary to wash your dirty linen in public?'

At Sg Siput functions, Samy Vellu gets top billing. At some events, he is even introduced as the BN candidate.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Even if this is real, it won't have any impact because they've already used up their ‘cry wolf' quota.'

GE13 SPECIAL In this first of her GE13 analyses, Bridget Welsh argues that gains for the opposition are difficult but not entirely impossible.