Archive - 17 April 2013

Police say SMS scaring people that rioting is expected during GE is false and those caught distributing said SMS will be prosecuted.

Among the acts of sabotage reported are burning and ripping of party flags and splashing paints on party posters.

Taking a page out of Pakatan's book, Selangor BN promise to provide 20 cubic metres of free water. [VIDEO]

Kelantan has declared a 'cuti peristiwa' (occasional holiday) for polling day on Sunday May 5, which is a working day in the state.

A large number of big names have been dropped, promoted, and strategically demoted, along with some strange choices as well.

The funeral of Margaret Thatcher, the first female British prime minister, started 11am local time today at St Paul’s Cathedral, reports China’s Xinhua news agency.
 

UPDATED 11.59PM PKR and DAP, both of which have laid claims on the Kapayan and Tawau seats, have compromised by taking a seat each instead.

The senior state BN source says that Selangor BN has been reluctant to accept the decision of the BN central leadership. [VIDEO]

The police are looking for five people in their 20s and 30s who assaulted and seriously injured two men putting up political party flags for the 13th general election along Jalan Perak in George Town yesterday.

A taxi driver was charged in the Sessions Court in Sepang today with raping an American teacher last month.

A Christian body lambasts the GE date by the EC as disrespectful, and urges Saturday or Sunday evening services are held as alternatives.

'The market, the currency, would take a very sharp decline' if the opposition wins, warns the caretaker prime minister.

Hashim Jahaya, a lawyer, says his optimism is based on the voters' mounting desire for change in Kedah.

This could become a four-cornered battle, with Ridzuan Bani battling MIC's M Saravanan, PKR's K Vasantha Kumar and one from Ikatan Muslim Malaysia.

UPDATED 7.05PM The police had taken 'unreasonable measures' in trying to control the crowd, says the Suhakam inquiry report.

UPDATED 7.05PM Anyone involved, including BN supporters, will be hauled up if they breach the law during the GE13 period.

UPDATED 6.25PM Nazri Aziz describes the Perkasa veep as a good speaker, a good politician and a good 'principled' man.

UPDATED 6.40PM ‘It will be announced shortly' was all Lim Kit Siang would say after releasing names of DAP candidates for Johor. [VIDEO]

The DAP supremo says selecting Ghani to ‘bury' him in Johor is part of a clear campaign by Mahathir to revive 'Mahathirism'.

S Dinesh, who resides and works in Britain, claims he was illegally registered to be a voter by an assistant registrar from Umno.

Penang BN chief Teng Chang Yeow says the list will not be reviewed despite discontent among those not selected to contest.

Najib's choice of Perkasa's Zulkifli is a tight slap for MIC and all other Indian leaders in BN, says DAP's Puchong incumbent Gobind Singh.

UPDATED 5.20PM The adverts have been appearing in Chinese dailies in Sabah and Sarawak over the past few days.

Anwar Ibrahim has confirmed attending the debate, but Bersih is awaiting Najib's answer, says Maria Chin Abdullah.

KINIBIZ It's interesting to note that Achi Jaya Plantations is a company linked to Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud's brother, Onn Mahmud.

Rather, Khalid Ibrahim says he has put into effect a strategy learnt from the DAP to secure two seats for PKR in GE13.

The party's publicity bureau head says this is a sure sign Pakatan fears the success of the concept as it has won the rakyat's hearts.

DAP's claim that Umno is sending him to Gelang Patah to end his political career is not true, says the outgoing Johor menteri besar.

It says bookings may be made from today until April 28 for travel from April 18 to Nov 30 this year as part of its GE13 special fares.

R Sri Sanjeevan says that four men on motorbikes had followed him into the car park of a hotel in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday.

Just vote them out already.

Cooler heads seem to have prevailed there, with the SAPP head saying that his party will leave the fight for Sandakan to DAP.

Attendance for degree students is compulsory, according to a memo revealed by Segamat DAP chief Pang Hok Liong.

Uncowed, TM vice-president and former PAS man Mazlan Ismail will take on Anwar Ibrahim in the upcoming GE13.

UPDATED 12.20PM Its election strategist Ong Kian Ming claims the degrees of two parliamentary and three state candidates are from ‘degree mills’.

I'd be happy to see the video, if it exists ... The reason I'm not worried is that I didn't do anything, says Khalid Ibrahim.

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UPDATED 11.50AM The Tanjong Piai parliamentary seat reverts to incumbent Wee Jeck Seng, following protests.

FREE YOURSAY 'It's about voting to cement the two-party system. It's about voting against racism, cronyism, oppression, repression and tyranny.'

UPDATED 5.20PM Meanwhile, PSM sec-gen S Arutchelvam confirms today that the party has agreed to put him in Semenyih. [VIDEO]

From the feedback received, there're some disappointments but all these have been overcome through discussions, says BN sec-gen Tengku Adnan.

FREE YOURSAY 'I don't know what makes MCA chief Chua Soi Lek think that MCA will definitely get back the seats it 'lends to Umno'.'

'Yes, there is an overlap. This is a normal thing in a coalition. The matter is still open to discussion,' admits PKR president Wan Azizah Ismail. 

Upset at not being named as candidates, the trio from Umno and Gerakan plan to run anyway, which could well split BN's votes. [VIDEO]

COMMENT 'PSM has since relented on running under its own logo but Pakatan still needs to meet them half way and give them the seats they ask for.'

KINIBIZ Barisan Nasional’s manifesto talks only about a national trading company to source overseas markets for SMEs.

FREE YOURSAY ‘I have re-read the ‘transformation candidate' statement by Mohd Zin at least five times and I still don't believe...'

Former police chief Musa Hassan urges politicians to stop claiming there could be racial riots should the GE see a change in government.