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updated 9.36pm His lawyer said Anwar would to file a defamation suit against Anifah if he does not retract and make an apology within 24 hours.

The sudden emergence of canopies and visits by Khairy and Shahrizat in Penanti left many to predict that BN might decide to contest in the Penanti by-election.

updated 1.50am A PAS leader has adopted a ‘stone-age’ method to express his opinion on the Perak crisis. He was up on the tree for eight hours until just after midnight.

The on-going public debate on the political turmoil in Perak is actually a good sign as it indicates a rapidly maturing political thinking of Malaysians.

The party has decided to backtrack from its previous plan to challenge PKR for the state seat and will now throw its support behind Pakatan.

The National Union of Bank Employees wants Omana Pillai, the director-general for trade union affairs, to be transferred because she has “interfered’ in union affairs.

'The recent spat between PKR and PAS over the Penanti seat was similar to two brothers rebuking each other without any malicious intent'.

updated 7pm What exactly did Perak Regent Raja Nazrin tell Pakatan Rakyat leaders amidst the chaos of the assembly sitting last week? PKR’s Anwar Ibrahim reveals the details.

'Uthayakumar was right in not thanking the government for his release because firstly he should not have been detained under the ISA at all.'

He says the release of all five Hindraf leaders from Kamunting was a testimony that the movement was never a threat to the nation's security.

Aminah Abdullah alleged that PKR had diverted from its original struggle to uphold fairness, justice, equality and truth for all.

Among the Hindraf trio, Uthayakumar’s release is set to trigger a grand celebration by the Hindraf supporters across the country.

Following the refusal of ex-CM Koh Tsu Koon to help in the probe, the Penang state government has finally agreed to assist the anti corruption body.

updated 4pm The arrest of Ng Eng Kiat last night appeared to be part of a nationwide roundup by the police to crackdown on peaceful assemblies. He was released today.

Rashidi Salim blames the Perak palace and BN government for the political imbroglio in the state.

PAS plans a mass protest this Friday against the cabinet decision to ban religious conversion of children without consent of both parents in the event of divorce.

DAP sec-gen Lim Guan Eng says the DPM is clearly in two minds about the effectiveness of an elected representative who is detained under the ISA.

The Gerakan chief will not help in a probe into a land scam which took place when he was chief minister. The scam has cost the state RM40 million in court-ordered compensation.

Liow had suggested that Lim was not clear on his stand regarding the decision to allow minors to follow their parent's common religion at time of marriage, if one spouse opts to convert.

The Penang PAS leader explains the reasons behind his shock proposal for his party to contest Penanti, when Pakatan has already decided on a candidate.

PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim said that differences in opinions expressed by Pakatan leaders on the Penanti by-election are now resolved.

Unlike DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh, both father and son have failed to make clear their stand on the cabinet decision.

A 45-year-old foreigner has been put under intensive medical observation at the Penang Hospital this afternoon after he sought treatment complaining of fever and backaches.

Unionists in Penang are sceptical about the federal government's economic liberalisation initiatives to open up part of the Malaysian service sectors to foreign investments.