Archive - 9 May 2013

Koh Boon Heng's agents were shocked to find that some ballot boxes were tampered with and one box was empty.

The former Kedah MB will undergo surgery to prevent the infection in his legs from spreading to other parts of his body.

It is imperative that MCA undergoes serious soul-searching in response to their poor showing in the general election, says Dong Zong.

Pahang Barisan Nasional (BN) chairperson Adnan Yaakob took the oath of office as Pahang Menteri Besar for the fourth term before the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah this afternoon.

PKR insiders say the party strongman is believed to be on the verge of leaving the opposition, and taking 11 newly-elected MPs with him.

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has confirmed the delay in the opening of the new low-cost air terminal, KLIA2, scheduled for June 28, after taking into account several key quality and safety issues.

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim says those who turned up at Kelana Jaya stadium last night had shown courage and conviction.

The Kelantan state government today announced the portfolios of 11 new state executive council members after PAS formed the state gov't.

Negri Sembilan BN chief Mohamad, who defended his Rantau state seat in Sunday’s general election, is scheduled to be sworn in on Saturday.

The party’s secretary-general Kong Cho Ha says party members should not use the election results to launch attacks on individual leaders.

For those on the go, finding a clean toilet in Singapore and giving feedback on the best and worst commodes is now in hand with a new app for mobile phones and tablet computers.

Their rep Shamsut Tabrej Ismail says it is wrong to protest because the people had voted for their government.

'During my time reporting from that very hall between 7pm and 2am covering election results, there had been no blackout or faulty lights at all.'

According to the Ipoh Barat MCA division chairperson, those who called for Chua's head were probably annoyed at not being selected as candidates.

UPDATED 4.14PM Lim Kit Siang says ex-MB is a 'classic Malay gentleman', who contributed to both Johor and Malaysia.

DAP has not met to consider proposals to join the BN gov’t, but he clarifies that he himself is not considering any of them.

UPDATED 6.25PM The Universiti Sains Malaysia students allege that the thugs also let off pepper spray on them to disupt their protest.

‘We urge the PM to be a model for all the citizens of the country and refrain from uttering racist remarks,’ says Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia.

UPDATED 3.55PM The Malay Chambers of Commerce Malaysia say their business community is receiving ‘very little. [VIDEO]

The party is in a dither over whether or not to withdraw its decision to quit government posts after heavy collateral damage in GE13.

KINIBIZ The top gainers of the market rally are government-linked companies UEM Land Holdings Bhd and CIMB Group Holdings Bhd.

Its deputy president Chang Ko Youn says this was because the party believed in the policies and ideologies of BN.

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng slams threats of BN leaders to close their service centres, saying this amounts to ‘childish tantrum’.

Its chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof says any mark is acceptable as long as it was made within a candidate’s column.

Penang PKR chief Mansor Othman says party deputy state chief Law Choo Kiang is named to the role, and will no longer be part of the state exco line-up.

UPDATED 1.55PM Kluang PAS chief Khairul Faizi Ahmad Kamil says a PAS counting agent at Mahkota made the discovery.

They still believe in a change of gov't, and eager to listen to their leaders telling them how that would still be possible. [VIDEOS]

Najib was quick to blame the outcome on the swing by Chinese voters to Pakatan, putting a racial take on the result.

FREE YOURSAY 'Keep our beloved Khalid or this will be the next state to be lost in GE14. Be warned. Don't think we are bluffing.'

UPDATED 5.55PM The Selangor CPO says speakers at last night's mega rally had breached the Act and will be hauled up.

COMMENT If BN does not recognise it and refuses to be magnanimous about levelling the playing field, it will lose even more in future polls.

ANALYSIS It would be as mischievous as it is stupid to conclude that the GE13 signals a great Chinese vs Malay political landscape.

COMMENT The train to rectify GE13's suspected fraud-riddled results will barrel forth from its turbo charged start last night.

Washington pleased to see Malaysians across the political spectrum engaged in the electoral process with unprecedented enthusiasm.

'If they didn’t lose, of course they won’t protest. This is difficult, trying to pressure the government ...,' says the ex-PM.

COMMENT Najib could well be shoring up support among Malays following his poor GE13 showing, in order to defend his Umno post.

He is replacing former deputy chief minister I and state PKR chief Mansor Othman, who has gone on to become the Nibong Tebal MP.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Instead of vigorously pursuing the matter, the Ideas chief suggests acceptance of election results. Perhaps he should be the Idle chief.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Reforming the system? If I may so kind as to ask, how? It is already a common knowledge that Umno is hell-bent...'

The delay in naming Selangor’s MB is being tied to the finalising of the entire state exco that may see new faces replacing incumbents.

ANALYSIS They played a key role in breaching the BN fortress to the extent that Umno lost its birthplace. Perhaps an omen?

FREE YOURSAY 'Mahathir has now fired the first salvo at Najib and expect the reaction to snowball until Najib is down and Muhyiddin moves up.'

FREE YOURSAY 'He is setting Najib up to fail. How can Najib do any better when Dr M is constantly contradicting Najib's policies.'

COMMENT Will he propose a national unity government? As far-fetched as that may sound, it might be the only thing left for BN to do.

COMMENT We must make an effort to have a fairer electoral system to ensure equitable representation in Parliament.