Malaysia

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 long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

The outrage was clear at a busy intersection across from one of Kuala Lumpur’s fanciest shopping malls, ... 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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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

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

Kelantan UMNO to submit petitions over GE results

PASIR PUTEH, May 25 — The Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee will submit general election petitionS for the Bachok parliamentary and three state seats soon.Its chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed (pic) said ... Read More

Declare position on legality of Cabinet appointments, Kit Siang tells Najib

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — Lim Kit Siang called on Datuk Seri Najib Razak today to publicly declare his stand on the legality of the five non-elected representatives he had included into his new Cabinet.The ... Read More

Saiful Bukhari marries TV3 personality Nik Suryani Megat Deraman

KUALA TERENGGANU, May 25 — In just one breath and a dowry of RM41,101, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan (pic) and TV3 personality Nik Suryani Megat Deraman today became husband and wife.They were solemnised at ... Read More

No bipartisan dialogue until BN stops opposition crackdown, PKR leaders say

By Ida Lim and Md Izwan

PETALING JAYA, May 25 — Several PKR leaders said no today to their deputy president’s suggestion for bipartisan engagement with Barisan Nasional (BN), provided the government calls off its security ... Read More