Malaysia

Amid Pakatan crackdown, IGP Khalid says police not neglecting duties

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — The police are not neglecting its crime-fighting duties to hunt down the opposition and its supporters, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has said, denying accusations labelling the force as tools of Barisan Nasional (BN).

The newly-elected Inspector-General of Police (IGP), who has come under fire for the police’s heavy-handed ... Read More

Men hold signs before the start of the “Himpunan SuaraRakyat505” rally in Petaling Jaya on May 25, 2013. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng

Men hold signs before the start of the “Himpunan SuaraRakyat505” rally in Petaling Jaya on May 25, 2013. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng Read More

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Dr M: BN will support Najib due to lack of alternative

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — Barisan Nasional (BN) has no choice but to throw its weight behind Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who will likely survive his second term as prime minister due to a lack of alternative, ... Read More

Bitter election creates long-term headache for Najib

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — Malaysia’s divisive election has left a bitter taste for millions of people that risks creating a long-term problem of legitimacy for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s ... Read More

Blackout photo taken by PAS agent, Seri Serdang rep confirms

PUCHONG, May 26 — PAS’s Seri Serdang assemblyman Noor Hanim Ismail has come forward to verify the photograph of a purported blackout at a polls counting room on May 5 currently circulating on the web, ... Read More

Pakatan seeks 500,000 volunteers for anti-EC action

By Ida Lim

PETALING JAYA, May 26 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) wants to sign up some 500,000 volunteers to protest at the Election Commission (EC) offices until the members resign in favour of replacements who report ... Read More

BN did not steal win in GE13, says Najib

PUTRAJAYA, May 26 — The Barisan Nasional (BN) did not steal victory from the opposition in the 13th general election (GE13), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He said Malaysia practised a ... Read More

MCMC: Suspect who allegedly insulted Terengganu Sultan detained

CYBERJAYA, May 26 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has managed to locate a suspect who allegedly insulted His Majesty the Sultan of Terengganu on his Facebook page. With ... Read More

Election commissioners should quit over indelible ink fiasco, rally told

By Ida Lim

PETALING JAYA, May 25 — The entire Election Commission (EC) must resign for failing to ensure the indelible ink worked in the May 5 general elections, several speakers said at a rally here tonight.Bersih ... Read More

Anwar blames BN for collapse of peace treaty with Najib

By Ida Lim and Md Izwan

PETALING JAYA, May 25 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today accused Barisan Nasional (BN) of breaching several agreed points in an April peace deal brokered by former Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla ... Read More

Najib: Broken peace deal shows Anwar lacking in principle

BY MD IZWAN

PUTRAJAYA, May 25 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak appeared tonight to label his arch-rival Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim unprincipled for allegedly failing to keep his end of an agreement to accept the results of ... Read More

Najib regime’s security dragnet will not frighten Malaysians, Bersih 2.0 says

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — Oppression and intimidation by the Najib regime will not cow Malaysians into submission, polls reform group Bersih 2.0 warned today as it called on the government to stop its ... Read More