Malaysia

PKR calls for end to post-polls conflict, moots bipartisan engagement

PETALING JAYA, May 24 — As the Najib adminisration widens its security dragnet on opposition supporters, PKR called for an end today to the widespread conflict over the results of Election 2013, urging instead for dialogue between all warring parties.

PKR deputy president Azmin Ali noted the party’s indignation at Barisan Nasional’s (BN) return ... Read More

Devotees offer prayers on Wesak Day at the Kek Lok Si temple in Penang on May 24, 2013. — Picture by K.E. Ooi

Devotees offer prayers on Wesak Day at the Kek Lok Si temple in Penang on May 24, 2013. — Picture by K.E. Ooi

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Magistrate rejects remand request, Tian Chua, Tamrin, Haris released

By Ida Lim

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — The police today released three men who were detained for a probe under the Sedition Act 1948 and the Penal Code after a magistrate rejected requests for further remand.Pakatan ... Read More

PKR Youth targets rural Malaysia as party prepares for GE14

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

PETALING JAYA, May 24 — PKR Youth wing (AMK) will begin its preparation for the 14th general election immediately and will focus on infiltrating Barisan Nasional’s (BN) strongholds in rural Malaysia, its ... Read More

Pointing at crackdown on Pakatan, Kit Siang tells IGP to check police’s priority

By Ida Lim

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Keeping citizens safe from crime should remain the police’s topmost priority, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang said today when hinting that an apparent crackdown on opposition leaders ... Read More

Tyranny cannot suppress opposition support, Anwar tells Najib government

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim accused the Najib administration of tyranny today for its nationwide crackdown on opposition dissent but said the widespread arrests and court charges would ... Read More

Transparency International-Malaysia elects new team as Low steps down

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Transparency-International Malaysia (TI-M)’s exco has elected a new set of office bearers, following the resignation of Datuk Paul Low today as the anti-graft watchdog’s president ... Read More

Idris Jusoh to sue Rafizi, PKR for slander

BESUT, May 24 —Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh will sue Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and its strategy director Mohd Rafizi Ramli for slander.Rafizi alleged that 24 Election Commission (EC) ... Read More

Palanivel adamant Indian affairs unit be under MIC, not Hindraf

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Adamant that the MIC is the “mother party of the Indian community” since 1946, party president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel wants the Indian Affairs Unit under the Prime Minister’s ... Read More

Robber shot dead after robbing cop with cleaver

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — A man armed with a cleaver made a fatal choice when he robbed and tried to attack a policeman in mufti at a bank in Damansara Utama early today.In self-defence, Corporal Mohd Faizal ... Read More

Pakatan says not intimidated by home minister’s strong-arm tactics

By Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN, May 24 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is not intimidated by the strong-arm tactics employed by the Home Ministry that resulted in the arrest of two PR leaders and a political activist, said DAP ... Read More

Section of Bukit Jalil expressway closed on Monday

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Starting 11pm on Monday, a section of the Bukit Jalil Expressway which faces Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seksyen 1, Bandar Kinrara and running a kilometre-long stretch will be ... Read More