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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 with Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

Estimating that a crowd of 50,000 had gathered outside the state PAS headquarters, Mahfuz criticised newly-minted ... 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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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

Soi Lek slams MCA elders calling for his head

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek yesterday criticised 15 party veterans for openly asking him to resign and called on them to see him if they really loved the party.“The ... Read More

Sabah agency to probe rapist’s marriage with child victim

KOTA KINABALU, May 22 — The Sabah Welfare Services Department (JPKA) has been directed to study the possibility of challenging the validity of marriage involving a man and his underage rape victim.In ... Read More

Cops confirm reports of journalists’ assault at Penang vigil

GEORGE TOWN, May 22 — Police have confirmed receiving reports from two journalists who were allegedly assaulted when covering a gathering to seek the release of student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim in ... Read More

Sarawak CM, exco, lawmakers now get paid triple

KUCHING, May 21 – Salaries of Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, his Cabinet and lawmakers were tripled today despite the Sarawak chief minister being linked to corruption by environmental pressure group Global ... Read More

Putrajaya tells Dong Zong to adapt for UEC approval

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

PUTRAJAYA, May 21 – The United Chinese School Committees’ Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong) must be “prepared to make changes” and meet conditions set by the Ministry of Education if the Unified ... Read More

MACC panel wants ministers, MBs, banned from government projects

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 – The MACC’s Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel (CCPP) proposed today that all government administrators and their family members at both federal and state levels be barred ... Read More

Non-paying Sabah foreigners incur RM21.7m government healthcare since 2007, RCI told

By Boo Su-Lyn

KOTA KINABALU, May 21 – The government has spent RM21.7 million for the past six years in healthcare on foreigners in Sabah who did not pay for their treatments, a Health Department official told the ... Read More

After elections, Najib has serious economic concerns on his plate

By Zurairi AR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s newly re-elected Barisan Nasional (BN) government faces what the Financial Times today called the serious economic problem of weakening exports.Amid fears ... Read More