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The recent hiatus in Kampung Buah Pala has prompted the state government to look at comprehensive policies to address the squatter situation.

Both Gerakan Youth and Hindraf are clamouring for a debate with the Penang CM over the village's demolition.

Residents want errors in the Penang Structure Plan to be rectified to avoid further environmental degradation.

Amidst an avalanche of calls for the ISA to be abolished, a lone, shrill voice, screams for it to remain...forever.

‘It's improper and unwarranted for a chief executive of the state government to resort to name calling,' said Gerakan's Teng.

The ‘PAS for All' theme is a mere false impression designed by PAS to camouflage its ultimate objective to create an Islamic state in the country.

'I want all parties to enter into serious negotiations to find an amicable solution on issues of compensation, resettlement and heritage,' said the PKR leader.

Three hours of heavy downpour virtually brings life to a standstill, disrupting traffic, power supply and business for several hours.

Another day, another twist to the Buah Pala fiasco... this time Gerakan says it was the DAP that dealt the final blow to High Chaparral after all.

The Human Rights Party calls on the government to set up a special committee to resolve the stateless status of many Malaysians, mostly Indians, in this country.

Some 300 cows in Buah Pala are on state land but authorities insist that livestock cannot be kept within the city.

Human Rights Party sec-gen says that DAP, PKR and Umno were jointly responsible for the destruction of Kampung Buah Pala.

Eight years have passed, but P Uthayakumar has not forgotten the tragic incident that took five lives. He wants a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The Penang Malays Association is go on signature campaign to preserve an ancient Malay cultural village in in Tanjung Tokong, Penang.

A group of Malay organisations in Penang have today demanded that the delegate, who suggested a ‘slipper garland' for Dr Mahathir Mohamed, to personally apologise to the former premier.

Residents claim that the developer was only supposed to be given vacant possession, not permitted to demolish houses.

Hindraf has accused the Penang state government of aiding, abetting and assisting the Oasis project developer in demolishing the last remaining Indian heritage village of Kampung Buah Pala.

UPDATED 4.20PM It was a heart-wrenching moment for octogenarian Draviam Arul Pillay as he witnessed his home demolished. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 4.10PM As only 17 houses of residents who have agreed to relocate is to be demolished today, the situation at the village is not as tense as it was during the previous round.

It has threatened to launch protests should Malaysiakini is charged for airing the two videos relating to the controversial cow-head demonstration.

A Malay village says it does not want to go the way of the recently demolished Kampung Buah Pala and hopes to get it declared a heritage site before development destroys it too.

Public transport activists want the Penang government to scrap its intention to revive the controversial Penang Outer Ring Road (PORR).

As the final curtain slowly closes in on the Indian traditional village of Kg Buah Pala several artists took the time today to produce some exquisite artworks on the village's few remaining days.

Jemaah Islah Malaysia and a group of other Muslim NGOs want to force Jelutong parliamentarian Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun to resign as the chief minister's chief of staff.