A Cabinet snub leads to a restless BN

By Jahabar Sadiq
Editor
May 18, 2013

ANALYSIS, May 18 – When Datuk Seri Najib Razak decided to name 12 East Malaysians to the Cabinet this week, the prime minister was recognising their contribution to ensuring a majority for a ... Read More

  • Onlookers gather at the scene of a collision of two commuter trains in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured. — Reuters pic Onlookers gather at the scene of a collision of two commuter trains in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured. — Reuters pic
  • Men prepare bars of salt to be sold in a shop in the main market of the city of Mekele, northern Ethiopia May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic Men prepare bars of salt to be sold in a shop in the main market of the city of Mekele, northern Ethiopia May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • A labourer cleans the window of an office building near a residential complex (back and reflection) under construction in Shenyang, Liaoning province May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic A labourer cleans the window of an office building near a residential complex (back and reflection) under construction in Shenyang, Liaoning province May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt gets out of a vehicle as he arrives to surrender at a court in Mumbai May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt gets out of a vehicle as he arrives to surrender at a court in Mumbai May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • People wearing a white cloth take part in ‘Divisor’, a performance art piece by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape at Hong Kong’s financial Central district May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic People wearing a white cloth take part in ‘Divisor’, a performance art piece by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape at Hong Kong’s financial Central district May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • A boy from a Rohingya internally displaced persons camp looks up as he huddles next to his mother while queuing for food in a school outside of Sittwe, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic A boy from a Rohingya internally displaced persons camp looks up as he huddles next to his mother while queuing for food in a school outside of Sittwe, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • A woman cries in front of a tombstone of one of her family members, who is a victim of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising in 1980, at a cemetery in Gwangju, south of Seoul, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic A woman cries in front of a tombstone of one of her family members, who is a victim of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising in 1980, at a cemetery in Gwangju, south of Seoul, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as a boy wave a Syrian opposition flag in Raqqa province east of Syria, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as a boy wave a Syrian opposition flag in Raqqa province east of Syria, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • Muslim devotees raise their hands to receive sweets as offerings after prayers inside the shrine of Muslim saint Shah-e-Alam, during Urs in Ahmedabad May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic Muslim devotees raise their hands to receive sweets as offerings after prayers inside the shrine of Muslim saint Shah-e-Alam, during Urs in Ahmedabad May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • Friends hold candles and a picture of Mohamed al-Saado who was shot earlier this week by unknown assailants in Raqqa, east of Syria, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic Friends hold candles and a picture of Mohamed al-Saado who was shot earlier this week by unknown assailants in Raqqa, east of Syria, May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic

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