Humayun Kabir

Bridge tragedy: Pakatan blames curriculum centre

Bridge tragedy: Pakatan blames curriculum centre

The coalition’s four-man committee tasked with probing the cause of the disaster says there was no certificate of compliance and completion issued for the bridge.
Perak bridge tragedy: Frayed tempers at 'inquiry'

Perak bridge tragedy: Frayed tempers at 'inquiry'

Thirteen eyewitnesses relate the events leading up the to tragedy which claimed the lives of three young students on Oct 26.
PKR members told to stop playing the race card

PKR members told to stop playing the race card

Learn the lesson from the BN as championing the cause of just one race will bring about a slow demise, warned party leader Anwar Ibrahim
Bridge tragedy: 'Shut down 1M'sia camp'

Bridge tragedy: 'Shut down 1M'sia camp'

The anguished father of one of the schoolgirls who drowned, tells a Pakatan Rakyat inquiry that his daughter would still be alive if not for this camp.
Criticism of police killings draws gov't ire

Criticism of police killings draws gov't ire

The government will not tolerate the milking racial issues for political advantage, as those days are gone now.
Sivakumar's suit against state secretary thrown out

Sivakumar's suit against state secretary thrown out

The Ipoh High Court ruled that the ousted speaker had no legal standing to bring the case against the state secretary for intervening in the state assembly.
Weak foundation caused bridge collapse

Weak foundation caused bridge collapse

Initial findings of a Pakatan probe point to hasty decisions and shoddy construction as the reasons behind the tragedy, which robbed the lives of three children.
BN's tight fist brings out Pakatan's creativity

BN's tight fist brings out Pakatan's creativity

Given federal control of annual allocations to opposition-held seats, Perak Pakatan reps operate on a shoestring budget.
Bridge collapse: 'Teachers absent when kids crossed'

Bridge collapse: 'Teachers absent when kids crossed'

Investigations into the Kuala Dipang bridge tragedy reveal shocking details of the cavalier attitude of teachers on safety measures.
Time for people power rule

Time for people power rule

Malaysian democracy means once the ballot is cast, the engine comes under the total control of the ruling coalition and has been so for too long is the view of PSM.
Kampar tragedy: Parents to file RM100m lawsuit

Kampar tragedy: Parents to file RM100m lawsuit

Parents of the three girls who drowned in the Kampar river, as a result of the bridge collapse, have named nine parties in the suit for negligence.
Allocations withheld for political one-upmanship

Allocations withheld for political one-upmanship

It is federal government policy not to give development funds to opposition politicians directly as BN does not want them to claim for credit or political mileage.
No auction, speaker's torn robe to be kept for posterity

No auction, speaker's torn robe to be kept for posterity

Pakatan seems to have realised its historical value and the political mileage it can milk from it
Pakatan mulls registration of common logo

Pakatan mulls registration of common logo

Pakatan convention The opposition coalition is considering registering Pakatan Rakyat under a common logo with the Registrar of Societies.
Salvaged speaker's robe part to be auctioned

Salvaged speaker's robe part to be auctioned

Pakatan convention The torn piece of the robe worn by ousted Pakatan speaker V Sivakumar is to go under the hammer as a ‘piece of history’.
Golden chance to wrest Silver state with apex court

Golden chance to wrest Silver state with apex court

zambry and nizar The Federal Court on Nov 5 will not just decide who rules Perak, but also its future.
Perak PKR has rural Malays in cross-hairs

Perak PKR has rural Malays in cross-hairs

The party plans to break into the BN countryside voter-bank monopoly considered a roadblock on the road to Putrajaya.
Police laid traps for Pakatan speaker

Police laid traps for Pakatan speaker

Pakatan speaker relates harrowing experience in police ambush and alleges being roughed up as robe torn off his back.
BN Perak took 'counter-terrorism' like measures

BN Perak took 'counter-terrorism' like measures

Security measures taken at yesterday's Perak assembly sitting were said to be so tight, it could be likened to a counter-terrorism ops.
Sivakumar disrobed in 'BN conspiracy'

Sivakumar disrobed in 'BN conspiracy'

Police snatched his songkok and stripped him of the speaker's robe that he was wearing, also choking him in the process. [VIDEO INSIDE]
Bar Council rep 'summoned' to Perak assembly

Bar Council rep 'summoned' to Perak assembly

Ousted Pakatan speaker V Sivakumar wants the secretary to testify on the alleged breach of professional rules by BN-appointed speaker R Ganesan.
'Perak state sec a MB-wannabe'

'Perak state sec a MB-wannabe'

UPDATED 6.55PM And Abdul Rahman Hashim is violating the doctrine of separation of powers, claims Pakatan Rakyat’s Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.
Perak Pakatan forms 'first' Youth secretariat

Perak Pakatan forms 'first' Youth secretariat

Although the Perak Pakatan Rakyat coalition was ousted from power in February, its spirit however has not been dampened.
'Thugs-for-hire' in Perak assembly sitting

'Thugs-for-hire' in Perak assembly sitting

nizar and perak UPDATED 10.05PM Ousted MB Nizar has appealed to the Perak sultan to put off the budget sitting as he fears that there may be violence.