
Three-way battle for Ipoh Timur?
DAP and PKR are again slugging it out over seat allocations and this time, both parties seem to be headed to a three-way contest for Ipoh Timur.

DAP and PKR are again slugging it out over seat allocations and this time, both parties seem to be headed to a three-way contest for Ipoh Timur.

Malaysians have been told to be more proactive to ensure democracy in the country is healthy and one of the ways is to highlight the inefficiency of elected representatives.

The duo’s suspension, according to sources, is puzzling because Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor had cleared them of any wrongdoing.

Umno Youth public complaints bureau chief Subahan Kamal says the police should provide K Yashovan’s family with answers. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Selangor state government says the delay in the setting up of the RM20 million Hindu Cultural Centre in Batu Caves was due to the lack of initiative by the Indian community.

DAP says that it has handed over to the police additional materials to show that Tourism Malaysia officers in South Korea were pocketing money meant for promotional purposes.

updated 3.10pm Another Bersih supporter was charged with intentionally provoking a policeman to take action that could 'disrupt public security' during the Dec 11 memo to Parliament.

Through their lawyers, whom they met today in Kamunting, they sent out a message of strong unity within the group.

Investigation is underway and officers who have erred will have to face the music, says Mirza Mohd Taiyab.

The ministry is investigating if two of its officers based in South Korea had benefitted from a video production scam.

A split in ranks seems to have occurred among the detained Hindraf leaders with accusations of financial embezzlement being leveled against the movement’s de facto leader by the secretary.

The newly-formed party describes itself thus and says it is more than prepared to debate PKR on Indian Malaysian issues.

Top government officers in charge of promoting the country as a tourist destination to South Koreans are alleged to be enriching themselves in the process.

Othman Talib, a member of the powerful Police Force Commission, is a director of the company which is to supply helicopters while the police chief is said to have bypassed tender procedures.

Five of its leaders have been locked up under the ISA. Come this Valentine, Hindraf hopes to court the premier’s compassion with 10,000 Indians bearing red and yellow roses.

Again, opposition parties DAP and PKR cannot agree on who should stand in the Batu Kawan parliamentary constituency in Penang.

In that duration, the temples must form a self-regulatory body to deal directly with the state government on erecting, demolishing and relocating temples.

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The organiser was told that the permit was denied because the event is a threat to national security and some unknown groups could sabotage the vigil.

Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang wonders if Chua was led to believe that he could keep his party and government posts if he admits to the sex scandal.

updated 7.55pm Embattled MCA vice-president and Health Minister Dr Chua Soi Lek has resigned from all his posts in the party and the government with immediate effect. [VIDEO INSIDE]

He would drink water but not eat during the hunger strike, which will last five days - one day for each detained member from Hindraf.

Hindraf activists will launch a campaign to collect one million signatures to press the government to free five of their leaders held under ISA.

updated 6.30pm Shah Alam Sessions Court today put off its sentencing for the 25 Hindraf members, who pleaded guilty to participating in an illegal assembly, to Feb 1 next year.

Defence lawyers have asked the court to allow the five ISA detainees to be present at their habeas corpus trial, which was put off to next month. [VIDEO INSIDE]