Malaysia

Gerakan pleads for BN to open up direct membership

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 ― Barisan Nasional (BN) must consider letting people join directly and without regard to ethnicity if the coalition wished to survive future elections, Gerakan said today, cautioning that young voters were increasingly turned off by the race-based parties.

The party’s acting president, Datuk Chang Ko Youn, said the result ... 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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Penang Umno Youth leader denies role in assault of MP’s aides

By Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN, May 22 ― Penang Umno Youth deputy chief Norman Zahalan has denied involvement in the scuffle that broke out during a candlelight vigil at Sungai Dua here on Monday night.Admitting that he ... Read More

PKR mulls delaying party polls

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

PETALING JAYA, May 22 — PKR may consider delaying its party elections, initially scheduled for November, as the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) anchor party is still recovering from a “fierce” Election 2013 battle, ... Read More

DAP agrees to reveal assets publicly, rubbishes ‘secret declaration’ to MACC

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 ― The DAP’s elected representatives are prepared to declare their assets in public and disagreed with a “secret declaration” to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) ... Read More

GST will make Malaysians poorer, says DAP

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 ― Claiming the goods and services tax (GST) will impoverish each Malaysian by RM1,000 a year, the DAP’s Lim Guan Eng said the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pact will thwart the proposal when ... Read More

Muslim inter-marriage with foreigners in Sabah on the rise, RCI told

By Boo Su-Lyn

KOTA KINABALU, May 22 — Muslim inter-marriages between locals in Sabah and foreigners have been increasing since 2000, numbering almost 20,000 marriages for the past 13 years, the Royal Commission of ... Read More

As thousands rally in Kedah, Mahfuz warns BN against needless spats

ALOR STAR, May 22 ― Thousands attended the “Black 505” rally here last night, where Kedah PAS chief Datuk Mahfuz Omar warned Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders against sparking conflict as the majority was ... Read More

After Utusan, CUEPACS joins AirAsia boycott call

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 ― Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia reported today a civil servants union and two other groups joining its boycott of AirAsia and sister airline AirAsia X, after the latter firm’s chief ... Read More

Council lodges police report over USM student safety

By Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN, May 22 — The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) student representative council lodged a police report today urging PDRM to safeguard student safety.Council treasurer Chuah Wen Xu and vice ... Read More

Pakatan MPs to use parliamentary strength to block unfair redelineation

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 ― Pakatan Rakyat (PR) federal lawmakers have vowed to make full use of their increased parliamentary numbers to ensure constituencies are fairly redrawn when the Election Commission ... Read More

Maiden SOSMA case collapse highlights post-ISA learning curve

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — A High Court’s decision to throw out the maiden charges filed under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act showed that authorities must come to terms with the loss of ... Read More