Malaysia

Ambiga, Bersih crew to pass baton to new leadership soon

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and the rest of Bersih 2.0’s 20-member steering committee are soon expected to relinquish their posts to make way for new blood in the leadership of the polls watchdog movement.

The coalition for free and fair elections will then organise internal elections among its 84-member organisations to ... Read More

Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad arrives in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court on May 17, 2013 to be charged over a Pakatan Rakyat rally held earlier this month. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad arrives in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court on May 17, 2013 to be charged over a Pakatan Rakyat rally held earlier this month. — Picture by Choo Choy May Read More

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Not wrong to question BN’s ‘minority’ rule, Guan Eng tells Zahid Hamidi

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Malaysians have the right to question why the country’s electoral system allows a minority government to stay in power, Lim Guan Eng said today as he slammed the government’s ... Read More

After elections, Najib has serious economic concerns on his plate

By Zurairi AR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s newly re-elected Barisan Nasional (BN) government faces what the Financial Times today called the serious economic problem of weakening exports.Amid fears ... Read More

MP’s aides assaulted at Adam Adli vigil

By Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN, May 21 — A candlelight vigil for detained student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim last night was disrupted when a scuffle broke out, resulting in two of Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari’s ... Read More

In Election 2013 results, beginning of the end for race politics

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Election 2013 demonstrated that Malaysia’s system of race-based politics is crumbling under the impact of urbanisation and the reality of Malay-majority rule, an opinion piece in ... Read More

Ambiga: Bersih’s ‘People’s Tribunal’ a ‘moral force’ to investigate electoral fraud

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Bersih 2.0’s “People’s Tribunal” may not have any legal standing but will serve as a “moral force” to investigate allegations of electoral fraud, said Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan when ... Read More

Over 2,000 at vigil for Adam Adli’s release

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Over 2,000 people converged in front of the Jinjang police headquarters here last night to demand for the release of student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim.The peaceful candlelight ... Read More

Omar Kaseh named new Mampu D-G

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 —Malacca State Secretary Datuk Omar Kaseh has been appointed director-general of the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) in the Prime ... Read More

Man denies he is Papa Gomo

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, who is being sued by PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over the posting of a sex video linking him with another man, today denied that he is ... Read More

Hindu board finds RM250,000 gold bars missing from safe

By Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN, May 21 — The Penang Hindu Endowment Board (HEB) will review its procedures over keeping gold in its office in Komtar following the loss of three gold bars from its safe in December last ... Read More

Universiti Teknologi Petronas bags 3 awards at i-ENVEX

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — A team from Universiti Teknologi Petronas bagged three awards at the recent International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibition 2013 (i-ENVEX) for their outstanding and ... Read More