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Its residents recall that the Permatang Pauh town was once a remote rural village filled with mango trees until the advent of rapid urbanisation.

The PKR leader is not surprised by attacks from Umno leaders, however attacks from locals have hurt the former Permatang Pauh division chief.

Muhammad Shafee Abdullah had hurt the sentiments of the Indian community by using the word ‘pariah' in a news conference.

Permatang Pauh ‘What wrong has my husband done to the Malays, non-Malays and the country that he must be slandered and slaughtered with such scornful lies?'

Permatang Pauh The opposition icon threatens to expose the deputy prime minister's dark secret if the latter continued to wage personal attacks against him.

CM Lim slammed his predecessor for attempting to ‘pass the buck’ by blaming former DPM Anwar Ibrahim on PDC’s financial loss “when it was his own blunder”.

Police helicopters fill the northern night skies as the countdown begins for the Permatang Pauh by-election. The cops say this is routine surveillance but some claim it's a fear tactic.

Even bookies are getting into the act, taking bets on a 10,000 to 15,000 majority win for the Pakatan de facto leader. Reliable intelligence places the lead at 18,000-vote majority. [VIDEO INSIDE]

‘The boy seeks justice in the sodomy case because he was a victim... One should question the accused instead, not the accuser,' says the prime minister on his campaign visit to Permatang Pauh.

Party leaders are openly questioning the wisdom of being in a coalition led by Umno and its persistent racial politics.

Permatang Pauh by-election He denied claims that Barisan Nasional was paying voters not to vote for Anwar Ibrahim.

Former chief minister Koh comes under fire for making excuses and preparing a pre-debate defence to save face if wrongdoings in his administration were exposed.

The soft spoken Kelantan-based leader of a little known Islamic party plans to introduce his brand of politics and share his vision with Permatang Pauh voters

updated 10.20pm The opposition leader describes his accuser's swearing on the Quran today as a 'dirty trick' by a desperate Umno.

With Mandarin-speaking Arif Shah as the Umno candidate, it is expect that he will give Anwar a run for his money.

UiTM students are angry with the Selangor Menteri Besar for ‘compromising on Malay privileges in their own motherland'.

He has picked 'Merdeka' as the theme for his Permatang Pauh campaign, urging voters there to put him on the road to Putrajaya and save the country from tyranny.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said today another sour land deal, this time costing the state treasury RM500,000 in losses, has been discovered by his administration.

BN may start out as the underdog in the by-election, but it plans to give the opposition icon the fight of his political life once campaigning officially begins on Saturday.

PKR leaders take the MCA Youth chief to task over the latter's stinging comments about Anwar Ibrahim.

He celebrates his 61st birthday today. His wish - a big win to send a clear message to the nation that it's time to change Malaysia's political landscape.