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Polls likely late 2012 to maximise victory, say BN insiders
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — A general election is only possible as early as the second half of the year as Datuk Seri Najib Razak is seeking a bigger win for his mandate, with ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) officials saying the prime minister is only confident of a slim majority if polls are held now.
The BN chairman had dismissed talk of dissolving ... Read More
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and PKR leaders “loh sang” at the party’s Chinese New Year open house for the Batu constituency at SJK (C) Jinjang Selatan February 1, 2012. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Pua tells EPF employee reps to reject loan scheme
By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — DAP MP Tony Pua today urged employee representatives on the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) board to reject the proposed RM1.5 billion low-cost housing loan, saying it would open up ... Read More
Hadi likely to defend Marang seat
By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang will likely defend his Marang parliamentary seat in the coming election, Sinar Harian reported today.The Malay-language daily said this was ... Read More
Cut ties with Perkasa, Guan Eng dares MCA
By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek should ban party members from attending events organised by Malay rights group Perkasa, Lim Guan Eng said today.The DAP secretary-general ... Read More
Sharizat says ready to face NFC allegations
By Clara Chooi
BERUAS, Feb 4 – Embattled minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said today she is ready and not afraid to face corruption allegations over the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal, after months of ... Read More
18 football players suspended for match-fixing
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 – Eighteen President Cup Malaysia (Under-20) football players have been given two-to-five-year suspensions for being involved in match-fixing in the M-League last season.According to ... Read MoreMTUC: EPF should build, not finance homes
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 – The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) slammed today Putrajaya’s plans to use RM1.5 billion from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to give home loans to unqualified buyers, ... Read More
DPM says health problems may lead to sugar subsidy cut
By Shannon Teoh
SHAH ALAM, Feb 4 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin admitted today that the growing cost for healthcare due to high sugar intake may be good grounds for the government to cut subsidies for the commodity in the ... Read More
Hasan Ali stands by decision not to appeal sacking
By Mohd Farhan Darwis
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 – Datuk Hasan Ali reaffirmed his decision today not to appeal his sacking from PAS, adding he would not return to the Islamic party as long as it is controlled by “parasites”.The ... Read More
Guan Eng says pig’s head incident ‘gravely disrespectful’
By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 – DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has condemned the pig’s head incident in Sentul as a “gravely disrespectful act” which has no place in multiracial Malaysia.“Mosques, temples and ... Read More
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- Mat Zain: Cops can determine ‘within hours’ if NFC funded umrah
- Expect surprises in MCA’s final polls list, says Soi Lek
- SC chief to quit amid row over E&O
- Kita leaders reject dissolution, want Hasan Ali to replace Zaid
- Loan scheme for unqualified home buyers violates EPF Act, say Pakatan reps
- 1 Care in its ‘final stages’, say Health Ministry officials
- 60 Muslims caught for gambling in Rembau
- Sugar deal inked above market price as subsidy bill spikes
- Shahrizat says NFCorp test from Allah, vows to fight on
- Special scheme won’t undermine EPF, says Najib
- The Economist says ‘so much for the great reform programme’
- Minister defends scheme to lend EPF money to unqualified home buyers
- ‘1 Care’: Talk of financial impact on taxpayer ‘premature’, says Health Ministry
- PAS says Hadi to contest GE
- MACC ‘persecuting’ Shamsubahrin to protect NFC culprits, say lawyers
- Temporary licence needed to verify Lynas safety claims, says AELB
- Police seek four Colombians in ATM ram-raid case
- Toh Chin Chye, Taiping-born first Singapore DPM, dead at 90
- Idris Jala ‘confused’ over Malaysian-first agenda, say Pakatan reps
- MAHB’s fundraising plans for KLIA2 will dilute public interests, says Pua
- Lynas claims resin provider switch is a ‘business decision’
- Chinese voters unpredictable, says Soi Lek
- Soi Lek happy MCA man has quit over ‘white packet’ fiasco
- Dr M says Najib should delay polls
- Najib: Rosmah shopping spree ‘a wildly exaggerated story’
- Anti-1 Care group demands Putrajaya kill proposed healthcare scheme
- Fuziah: AELB, Lynas will make ‘lab rats’ of Kuantan residents
- Federal Court avoids deciding on right to religion of choice
- PAS: Why did AkzoNobel leave ‘ticking time bomb’ Lynas plant?
- PM luncheon with religious reps highlight of UN interfaith week
- PKR says MACC dragging its feet in NFC bribe case
- Anti-Lynas group aims to vote out BN to stop rare earth plant
- Don’t join pig head ‘witch hunt’, Abim tells Muslims
- Oz fare glitch issue fixed, says AirAsia
- Court disallows Tajudin’s application to adjourn cases
- CIMB takes over troubled Johor oil terminal
- Appeals court allows Beng Hock’s family to seek review of coroner’s open verdict
- Unconstitutional to bar non-taxpayers from voting, says Bersih
