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CM hits back at 'wireless' critics

Calling on critics to be more realistic, Lim Guan Eng says they should stand in the state government's way of transforming Penang into a technologically vibrant, progressive and dynamic state.

17y ago

Ex-legislator's wife murdered

Penang updated 7.15pm The wife of former Gerakan state assemblyperson Lai Chew Hock was stabbed twice during a robbery last night.

17y ago

Penang to take loan defaulters to court

Fed up with study loan defaulters who don’t pay up, the Penang state government plans to take court action.

17y ago

Penang Umno sticks by Abdullah

The Penang liaison committee has come out fully in support of their boss' stay in power until 2010, in accordance with the plan agreed by both Abdullah and Najib.

17y ago

Guan Eng: Don't review ISA, bin it!

The Penang chief minister feels that the dustbin is the best place for the tough security law that has been much misused and abused.

18y ago

Pakatan's next stop: Istana Negara

mujahid rawa PAS leader Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa told a Penang forum that opposition Pakatan Rakyat has sent an official letter to the king a few days ago seeking an audience.

18y ago

Group lodges police report against Anwar

A group of ‘concerned citizens’ in Penang want the police to investigate Anwar Ibrahim for sedition and causing public disorder.

18y ago

Pak Lah, be first PM to abolish ISA

Penang By doing that, he will go down in history as the first Malaysian prime minister to get rid of the draconian security law.

18y ago

Penang deputy chief minister to sue tabloid

The PKR leader plans to sue weekly tabloid Siasah for suggesting that ‘he was too lazy to do work on the ground’.

18y ago

Guan Eng dares BN Chinese leaders to quit

The Penang CM dared MCA and Gerakan leaders to follow de facto law minister Zaid's example and quit in protest of the ISA.

18y ago

BN dynasty crumbling, says Bukit Bendera MP

DAP parliamentarian Liew Chin Tong sees ‘the beginning of end’ for Barisan Nasional after last week’s arrests under the Internal Security Act.

18y ago

PM rejects meeting with Anwar

Calling the opposition leader a liar, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says he is not interesting in a meeting to discuss the transition of power.

18y ago

Second bridge offer: UEM has 2 weeks to decide

UEM has been given a two-week period until Sept 29 to accept or reject the government's RM1.35 billion contract offer to build the over-the-sea stretch of the Second Penang Bridge.

18y ago

Perak excos' graft case fixed for next year

updated 8.20pm Ipoh Sessions Court today fixed Feb 10 next year to hear the 16 corruption charges against two Perak government executive councillors and three others.

17y ago

Penangites light candles against ISA

Some 500 people from different racial, religious and political backgrounds held a peaceful candlelight vigil in Georgetown to protest the ISA arrests.

18y ago

Guan Eng: Sheer insult to intelligence

The Penang chief minister says that Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar’s justification of the detention of a Chinese-language journalist is ‘ludicrous’.

18y ago

ISA blitz signals Umno in turmoil

news analysis Many believe that the crackdown is linked to Umno's infighting over the 2010 transition plan and the much-touted Anwar Ibrahim's Sept 16 political coup.

18y ago

Karpal to sue Utusan for defamation

karpal singh The veteran DAP parliamentarian says the Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia must be stopped in its tracks for frequently stirring racial and religious sentiments.