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MIC sec-gen Dr S Subramaniam hails the new measures by the government to help uplift the Indian community, saying that it is also a sign that the community has never been marginalised.

The two-day public inquiry will be held to determine whether the police had used ‘excessive force’ against the residents as alleged and whether there was any violation of human rights.

In a new twist, the deputy premier however denies asking the 23-year-old former aide to Anwar to lodge a police report against the PKR leader.

updated 9pm He said he did not have sex with the murdered Mongolian as stated in the latest statutory declaration or attempted to cover up her murder case. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Contrary to a report in a blog, an Umno minister and deputy minister deny that they are among the four BN MPs who will purportedly jump ship.

updated 9.15pm PM Abdullah has assured the safety of both Anwar Ibrahim and his former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Two Umno leaders have dismissed Anwar Ibrahim’s claim of an impending by-election and defection of two Umno MPs.

updated 6.45pm She refuses to take a personal guarantee from Abdullah's deputy, Najib Abdul Razak, on the grounds that the deputy premier has ‘questionable history'.

updated 4.35pm When questioned on the existence of a photo of his special officer with Saiful, Najib said it was taken when the 23-year-old came to his office to seek a government scholarship.

It includes Sapp’s aborted plan to move a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and an unprecedented boycott from the media over a parliament ruling.

The opposition is disappointed that no new measures were announced under Ninth Malaysia Plan mid-term review report to tackle the inflationary pressures.

updated 6.16pm Both the RM2 billion Penang Monorail and RM1.5 billion Penang outer ring road have been shelved, says the PM's Department Economic Planning Unit director-general.

The government is to embark on operations to flush out and deport illegal immigrants in Sabah, after severe criticism of its inaction to date.

updated at 6.21pm ‘Everything that is written and claimed is a total lie and fabricated. It’s total garbage,’ he says of the claim that his wife was at the murder scene. [VIDEO INSIDE]

updated version The motion by opposition MP Lim Kit Siang who sought to debate the latest allegations by blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin was rejected on the ground of subjudice.

updated 7.42pm More than 100 angry journalists are staging a boycott after the Parliament administration cut media access to the building’s lobby and barricaded the area.

Sapp's attempt to table a no-confidence motion against the prime minister fizzled out today as their MPs were no-shows in Parliament today.

breaking news updated at 6pm Ipoh Timur MP Lim Kit Siang is seeking debate in Parliament on the latest explosive allegations by blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin which implicates the premier, his deputy and wife.

updated 10.07pm This ‘mind-boggling’ claim was made by Raja Petra Kamarudin in his statutory declaration, alleging Najib’s wife Rosmah was present when Altantuya Shaariibuu was killed.

In this final part of the week-long Pakatan Rakyat's 100-days-in-power series, the ‘Bapak MB' for all the Pakatan-led states' heads gives his advice on what should be done.

Sapp’s proposed no-confidence motion against the prime minister is likely to be ‘killed off’ by parliamentary rules even before it can be raised in the House.

updated 5.30pm Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim appears to regret approving the RM100mil modern pig farming project, saying a delay would have prevented the Malay backlash.

First 100 days Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim says Pakatan Rakyat will have fulfilled up to 70 percent of its election pledges by its 100th day in power this week in Selangor.