Athi Shankar

Bagan Pinang by-election could well be the turning point for the future direction of Indian voters in the country's electoral process.

A USM lecturer points out the damage done to the country’s image by recent incidents involving race and religion.

A health and safety expert says that the demolition of High Chaparral could now expose both workers and residents to asbestos poisoning released from ceilings of destroyed homes.

Double-storey terrace houses will be built on part of the acquired land as compensation to all village toll holders.

District police chief says that outsiders have instigated the villagers to react violently and in the process causing injuries to two policemen.

Hindu Rights Party's P Uthayakumar blames the BN component party and the state DAP for today's violence and demolition.

UPDATED 7.15PM Under the watchful eyes of the police and the residents committee, four houses in Kampung Buah Pala were demolished by the developer. [VIDEOS INSIDE]

Another controversy ala Kg Buah Pala is brewing in Tanjung Tokong, this time involving an ancient traditional village belonging to the Malays.

The Hindu American Foundation called on the Malaysian government to conduct a thorough inquiry into last week's 'cow head' protest and bring the perpetrators to book

Kampung Buah Pala villagers have asked for police protection in the event the developer moves in to demolish their village.

P Uthayakumar said last night that he and the four other ISA detainees from Hindraf were never the movement’s leaders.

A tense midnight drama took place at the Jelutong police station in Georgetown, Penang, when some 30 Kampung Buah Pala residents formed a human barricade to stop a police van. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Leadership crisis in BN component parties and other related problems were the main reasons behind the ruling coalition's string of by-election defeats, says an academician.

A PKR strategist is confident, that with the right strategies and candidates, PKR will be able to wrest control of the Johor state from BN in the next general election.

On the back foot at the last by election, this victory puts the opposition back in the driver's seat with a slight dent in majority.

PKR assemblyperson Sim Tze Tzin claimed that Pakatan Rakyat opponents have indulged yet again in dirty tactics and malicious campaigning to win the Permatang Pasir by-elections.

DPM Muhyiddin Yassin claimed that a wind of change is blowing across the Permatang Pasir constituency on polling day favouring the federal ruling coalition.

UPDATED 5.35PM Campaigning on polling day gets a stern warning as both sides try to win support at the very last minute even as voting gets underway. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It's unprecedented that Umno leaders continue to ignore constant attacks directed at MCA boss Ong, the head of the second largest BN party.

Fatigue from by-elections in their parliamentary constituency is not expected to stop voters to heed the call by their favourite leader to vote for PAS. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 7.16PM Kedah has been rocked with a defection - Lunas state rep Mohd Radzhi Salleh, who is also an executive council member, has quit PKR.

PKR Youth wants Umno Youth to initiate action to remove the EC chief after its own revelation that there were 3,000 phantom voters in Permatang Pasir.

UPDATED 6.20PM The Padang Serai MP claimed that about 30 policemen jumped on him and assaulted him after the Permatang Pasir nomination period.

ANALYSIS Umno candidate Rohaizat Othman could not have imagined that his ‘lawyer licence revoked' case would dominate the by-election campaign.