Archive - 30 April 2013

'This is the transformation I am bringing to Air Putih, Air Itam, Paya Terubong and Padang Tembak,' says the caretaker PM.

PENANG It was a carnival-like celebration as the 3,000 crowd in blue 1Malaysia BN T-shirts greeted the arrival of Najib in Juru today. [VIDEO]

'I was only asked to give security advice, if needed, and am not officially involved in their security council,' says the former IGP.

The EC chief says 8,756 people were eligible and of the number, 6,092 turned up at the missions to hand in the envelopes with the ballot slips.

Felda filed the application against Saifuddin on April 5 after he failed  to enter a memorandum of appearance in court in a defamation suit.

UPDATED 9PM Students protesting against the BN function on their campus compels the school head to make a public apology. [VIDEO]

He announces approval of SMJK (C) Confucian's request to relocate and Foon Yew High School’s request to establish a second branch.

GE13 WATCH SARAWAK The duo pour fuel into an already heated battle shaping up between BN's William and PKR's Ali.

UPDATED 5.17PM JOHOR 'If it happened, please report to the police ... the allegation may not be true,’ he says. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 7.20PM Security personnel are finding it a simple matter to clean off the 'indelible ink', with anything from water to hand sanitiser gel.

Bukit Aman CID director Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin says the statements from the 35 were aimed at identifying the motive behind the killing.

However, the Meteorological Department says in the evening, heavy rains and thunderstorms are forecast to occur in most places.

The court set June 14 to hear Mohd Safuan’s defence after his lawyer said that his client would testify under oath from the dock.

UPDATED 4.35PM PERAK The BN gov't can't take any more flak over 112,000 acres it distributed to its cronies, say Pakatan leaders.

UPDATED 4.40PM The findings show that the Indian community bucks the trend of increasing Pakatan support prevalent among Malays and Chinese. [VIDEO]

N SEMBILAN Such views were shared by army personnel when met by Malaysiakini during an army gathering in Port Dickson.

UPDATED 3.47PM A Universiti Selangor study finds that Khalid Ibrahim's leadership is admired by 63.1 percent of respondents.

UPDATED 2.20PM SELANGOR The S'gor BN deputy election director says this involved the sale of 1,960ha of land to Dijaya Corporation for RM1.3bil.

UPDATED 2.15PM SELANGOR It is a ‘desperado claim’, says Selangor BN deputy polls director Mohd Zin Mohamad.

COMMENT I feel the guilt of not having voted in 2008, and am now here to add just one vote more to dilute the extent of electoral fraud.

GE13 WATCH JOHOR Muar's urbanisation means that its incumbent MP Razali Ibrahim is facing a serious challenge from Pakatan this time round.

SABAH ‘He was our biggest stumbling block' in the bid to solve the illegal immigration problem, says Pairin Kitingan of PBS.

KINIBIZ A probability tree is used to analyse different scenarios under which Najib, Muhyiddin, Anwar or Hadi, can become PM.

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang were herded away at separate functions in Penang and Johor last night.

FREE YOURSAY 'As citizens, we expect Mahathir to come up with better arguments than homosexuality, and young cute boys and girls.'

FREE YOURSAY 'You have lost all credibility. You have lost all integrity. You have lost all respect. You have lost all dignity.'

DAY 11 Quotable quotes, planned events and unplanned incidents as they take place in the run-up to GE13. [PHOTO GALLERY]

SABAH The BN’s Penampang candidate Bernard Dompok reiterates his call to re-issue ICs only to genuine citizens in the state.

Reject racism in any form.

UPDATED 12.05PM The Election Commission’s assurance is proven as advance voters mark their ballots without incident this morning.

ANTIDOTE 'We must all change, open our eyes now,' says a Sarawak NCR land activist savagely attacked by encroachers into native land.

FREE YOURSAY 'The sireh analogy used by Perkasa veep Zulkifli Noordin is spot on, because after you chew the sireh, you spit it out.'

UPDATED 11.25AM Abdul Aziz queries a Pakatan claim that voters are to be ferried into S'gor on flights from Sabah and S'wak.

The four men will be charged separately at the Alor Setar, Gerik and Bukit Mertajam courts. The offences include burning political flags and assault.

JOHOR Tamrin Abdul Ghafar says Umno leaders including Dr Mahathir Mohamad had orchestrated the riots - not the DAP or Lim Kit Siang.

NRD says based on the status of a temporary resident, and not a citizen, holder of MyKas does not have the right to vote.

GE13 WATCH SELANGOR Khalid Samad says the Chinese are set to accept PAS - it's the Malay mindset that needs changing.

INTERVIEW She speak out after getting anonymous calls offering money to say that PKR had paid Bala. [VIDEOS]

JOHOR This is the complaint by two 'etiquette angels' on duty to assist caretaker PM Najib, to sign a plaque at their campus. [VIDEO]

GE13 WATCH PERAK If this remains, Pakatan could take the state with a simple majority, while BN will keep its parliamentary seats.

Their numbers make young Malaysians a crucial, possibly decisive, source of support in an election that promises to be the closest since independence.

'I will still repeat my statement that Lim Kit Siang is a racist and he is indeed a racist,' emphasises the ex-PM.

GE13 SPECIAL In what has been part of a no-holds-barred strategy, the use of fear has come to the fore, especially with BN.

'We don't blindly follow... we get our information from everywhere. So, those in power know that we can be a very dangerous crowd.'