Malaysia

Pakatan to push for parliamentary panel to redraw seats fairly

PETALING JAYA, May 24 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) wants a parliamentary select committee (PSC) as a bilateral platform to ensure a fairer constituency redelineation exercise once Parliament convenes, its leaders said last night.

A PSC on the redrawing exercise, which is due year-end, would allow both sides to engage in a constructive dialogue for an ... Read More

Pakatan Rakyat supporters at the federal opposition pact’s thanksgiving rally at Padang Timur in Petaling Jaya on May 23, 2013. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Pakatan Rakyat supporters at the federal opposition pact’s thanksgiving rally at Padang Timur in Petaling Jaya on May 23, 2013. — Picture by Choo Choy May Read More

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Opposition crackdown shows reforms a lie, say Pakatan leaders

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

PETALING JAYA, May 24 — The security dragnet on opposition leaders and critics this past week is the clearest sign yet that the Barisan Nasional (BN) government was never honest in wanting real political ... Read More

Tian Chua, Haris, Tamrin to be detained overnight at Jinjang

BY MOHD FARHAN DARWIS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers Chua Tian Chang and Tamrin Ghafar, and political activist Haris Ibrahim, have been arrested for sedition and will be held overnight at the police ... Read More

BN bares ‘true colours’ in security crackdown on Pakatan, says MP

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The Najib administration has shown the spectre of 1987 looms large behind its call for a “national reconciliation” through the home ministry’s crackdown today against opposition ... Read More

Cops to act on candlelight vigils, says creating ‘anxiety’ for residents

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — City police chief Mohmad Salleh warned today the police will be taking stern action against politically-motivated candlelight vigils, saying such gatherings were illegal and were ... Read More

For Wesak, Najib tells Malaysians to come together as one

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, in conjunction with Wesak Day, called on Malaysians regardless of race or ethnicity to come together as one.He said Malaysia was growing ... Read More

Zahid: Police have basis, solid evidence to detain leaders

PUTRAJAYA, May 23 — The police must surely have the basis and solid evidence to detain Pakatan Rakyat vice-president Tian Chua and two others today under the Sedition Act 1948, said Home Minister Datuk ... Read More

Muhyiddin wants more aggressive promotion of tourism products

PHUKET, May 23 — Tourism industry players in Malaysia need to pay attention to detail and be more aggressive in promoting Malaysian tourism products so that the industry can continue to compete with ... Read More

NFCorp boss believed consultant ‘because of ties to Dr M’

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Former National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) director Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail told the Sessions Court here today that he believed 100 per cent in businessman Datuk ... Read More

MACC starts probe on payment in underage rape case

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 —The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has started its investigation on a claim of possible corrupt practise involved in the case of a restaurant manager charged with raping ... Read More

18 protestors released on police bail

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The police have released 18 protestors, including four women, who were arrested for allegedly refusing to disperse at a gathering in front of the Jinjang police station near here ... Read More