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MMSP, formed by a breakaway group of Hindu Rights Action Force, will not be doing what Hindraf is best at.

Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi also warned the eight defiant PKR councillors of stern disciplinary action if they failed to resign within the next 24 hours for their open rebellion.

Penang Utusan assistant bureau chief Haszrul Mohamed was asked to leave the PC given an existing Pakatan ban on the Umno-owned newspaper.

updated 1.25pm Peeved with the appointment of a civil servant to head the Seberang Perai Municipal Council, the majority of PKR councillors refuse to attend his swearing-in ceremony.

The newly appointed deputy chief minister will have to prove that he is a capable PKR leader who can deliver the party's promises to protect the interest of all.

Talks are supposedly underway between the PKR leadership and Huan Cheng Guan. And if a deal is struck, it will spell disaster for the already weak Gerakan.

updated 6.15pm Although the chief minister declines to say when, a source claims that this will happen only when Najib's crew in Putrajaya does so.

The collapse of the roof of one-year-old KT stadium and an old supermarket in PJ have raised questions on the role of building professionals.

comment As hollow as it was, the win nonetheless spells success for a candidate who had lost three times in the past to Barisan Nasional opponents.

updated 3.54pm As at 2pm, the party's election director said that feedback from the ground indicated that Mansor had garnered almost 4,500 of the 5,900 votes cast.

updated 1.57pm The polls watchdog said PKR party workers were carrying out tacit campaigning on the polling day. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Lim had accused Najib of engineering the Perak power grab at a 3,000-strong by-election campaign rally in Penanti last Sunday.

updated with Ong's reactions DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang said the RM12.5 billion scandal equals to five Bumiputra Malaysia Finance scandal that happened 25 years ago.

Azmin called on Malay Malaysians to reject Malay leaders who are corrupt, such as former Selangor MB Khir Toyo, and put their trust on clean leaders, even if they are non-Malay.

Citing dissatisfaction with party leadership, Huan Cheng Guan will be quitting in three weeks, and vows to take along Gerakan's grassroot members.

updated 5.29pm From a mock funeral procession to a birthday cake, Badrul Hisham has thought about every possible way of being a pain for the PM.

The PAS leader reveals that the main reason behind his decision to contest for the number two slot was because of the incumbent Nasharuddin flirting with Umno.

Efforts to tarnish the reputation of the former CID boss is to help shore up the AG's position ahead of July's sodomy trial, said Anwar Ibrahim.

Penanti The party did not deliberately sidelined the former Penang DCM from the Penanti by-election, said a PKR leader.

Penanti The former Penang PKR Wanita chief, today divulge more details about what had transpired at a hotel in Penang in 2007.

Since Umno has passed over Penanti to focus on reviving the ailing economy, PKR leader Anwar suggested that the ruling party should also refrain from contesting Manek Urai.

Penanti candidate Aminah has challenged the PKR Penang chief to reveal details of an 'unsavoury incident' in a Nibong Tebal hotel two years ago.

updated 6.30pm A poll by PKR reveals that Penang CM Lim Guan Eng is more popular than Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim in Penanti.

'The executive councillor bemoaned the cash deal, even though it was RM3 million because Najib did not pay him the cash in one lump sum.'