
Putrajaya construction cost RM12 bil ... so far
Parliament snippets
The federal administrative capital has so far cost the government a whopping RM11.83 billion, among other round-ups from the House today.



In his maiden speech in Parliament after nearly a decade-long absence, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng extends an olive branch to his political rivals.





The DAP boss is wondering why his own party leaders and Pakatan Rakyat coalition colleagues have not openly defended him over the sultan issue.


If the Umno leadership can be firm and provide a definite direction, members will not be feeling doubtful and uncertain about their leaders, says the Umno veteran.






He declines to respond when asked to comment on a challenge for him to apologise for calling participants to a Bersih rally last November ‘beruk' (monkeys).

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The blogger, who implicated the deputy premier and his wife in a posting related to the high-profile murder case, is being investigated for sedition.
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DAP’s Puchong parliamentarian Gobind Singh Deo said the Umno Youth deputy head should make it up to Bersih rally participants for calling them
beruk
(monkeys).


Every MP - and their spouses - received official invitations to tomorrow’s opening of the 12th Parliament. Everybody but the opposition leader and her hubby, that is.

The Umno Youth chief says his apology for the keris incident was sufficient and hence there is no need for him to quit.