Criticising Zambry is a little like shooting fish in barrel. Sometimes it seems too easy, almost boring.

But I do believe it is imperative for the rakyat to keep up the pressure on this man - a man who is as much a democratically legitimate MB as he is a world class soccer player (I still can't get over angkor Pele,?what a joke!).    read more...

Someone sent me this. I don't know who created it but I thought it is good enough for me to share it with you. Have a good day.    read more...

To understand what is happening in Perak today, one must go back 25 years or so to the time when Anwar and Ghafar made those many trips to Istana Negara to engage the Rulers in the Constitutional Crisis. The Rulers got burned badly. And it was Anwar that they had to face, not Mahathir.     read more...

The first item on the agenda of the Barisan Nasional controlled Perak State assembly which sits on May 7 will be the removal of the Pakatan Rakyat Speaker V. Sivakumar.      read more...

Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin wants the May 7 Perak State Legislative Assembly to be postponed, pending the outcome of his lawsuit at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.      read more...

Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir today failed to get a fast-track hearing at the Federal Court, which allowed an objection raised by his ousted rival Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and sent the case back to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.      read more...

In 1998, when we first started using the Internet to fight Barisan Nasional, there were only 280,000 Internet subscribers against 8 million registered voters. Today, ten years on, there are almost 16 million Internet subscribers against 12 million registered voters.      read more...

Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today filed a notice of motion to obtain a court declaration that Article 63 of the Perak State Constitution null and void for being in conflict with the Federal Constitution.      read more...

The ongoing legal battle between the two Menteris Besar, the struggle by the Speaker of Perak Assembly to cling to his post, and the suits filed by the three assemblymen challenging the Speaker's decision, make fascinating reading in the newspapers almost daily.  The plot thickened when the Courts delivered decisions that set a new precedent.      read more...

Fears that any tentative green shoots in the global economy could be trampled by a deadly outbreak of swine flu put Asian markets on edge today, after world policymakers said over the weekend that a recovery could begin later this year but plenty of downside risk remained.
The virus has killed more than 100 people in Mexico, and infections have been reported in the United States and Canada, with possible cases in Europe, Israel and New Zealand.    read more...

The global recession has yet to reach its nadir and stocks narrowly remain in a bear market, a Reuters poll indicated today, predicting the financial crisis will wear on for another year and possibly more.
The survey of analysts across Europe and the US taken April 21-27 found a slim majority saying the bottom had yet to be hit in the worst global recession since the Second World War.   read more...

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said tonight that Umno must be inclusive and not just champion Malays, but all Malaysians.    read more...

It never ceases to amaze me how simple and trusting we Malaysians are.
We have heard all these promises before. Pak Lah, the Mr Clean and Mr Nice Guy of Malaysian politics proclaimed his great mission of fighting corruption after 22 years of unprincipled and largely unaccountable governance under Dr Mahathir Mohamad.   read more...

Before I start this comment I would like to pay tribute and acknowledge a good friend of mine Mirza Mohamed Talib Beg for telling me a very simple thing many years ago, which has helped me achieve many, many things which I know I would not have been able to achieve otherwise. Talib simply said ?Make life easy for people '.     read more...

Governments around the world rushed on Sunday to check the spread of a new type of swine flu that has killed up to 81 people in Mexico and infected around a dozen in the United States.    read more...

The Health Ministry’s disease control division has activated its operations room to monitor the swine flu situation.   read more...

Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir today declined to elaborate when asked whether the Barisan Nasional (BN) would table a motion seeking a change of speaker at the State Legislative Assembly sitting scheduled for May 7.  read more...

Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir has told his ousted archrival not to act childlishly and fight for the mentri besar’s chair in the state assembly sitting on May 7.  read more...

The request by the undemocratically ousted Perak mentri besar, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, for a nine-man Federal Court bench to hear his objection to Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir’s reliance on Article 63 of the Perak Constitution to determine who is the rightful mentri besar of the state is a fair one.    read more...

Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said has been in office for just a year but he is now struggling to hold on to his job. Much will depend on how new Terengganu Umno chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein assesses the situation.    read more...

Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah has expressed his displeasure in no uncertain terms over comments and criticisms expressed by various quarters on the actions he took on February 5 over the removal of Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as the Perak Mentri Besar and the appointment of Zambry Abd Kadir in his place.   read more...

Tommy Thomas and Datuk Shafee Abdullah, two of Malaysia's most prominent lawyers, turned a Bar Council forum on the Perak constitutional crisis into a courtroom today, debating fine legal points.
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Q: Is the civil service cooperative of the leadership's directives?

A: Yes. How else do you think we are where we are? How did we manage to develop in terms of infrastructure which is "first world" and in terms of where we are now as a nation?
Look at our neighbours: How do we fare, in relation to some of them? Even with the current economic situation, I think we are faring very well, relative to the world.   read more...

The Cabinet has won all-round praise for its recent decisions relating to the conversion controversy among spouses and their children. The real test lies in giving legal effect to the decisions for a just and lasting solution.  read more...

THE cabinet of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak should be commended for having the gumption to tackle the longstanding, highly emotive issue of the effect of one partner's conversion to Islam after a civil marriage.   read more...

Kindergarten teacher M. Indira Gandhi spent a sleepless night at the Ipoh police district headquarters, waiting for her baby to be returned to her.  read more...

THE media reports that the Cabinet has decided that children of marriages where one spouse subsequently embraces Islam would remain in the faith that the parents had agreed on at the time of marriage.   read more...

As anticipated, Deo, the cub (Gobind Singh Deo) declared that he would file a case to lift his suspension in the Parliament.

He will cite the judgment of the Federal court in the case of Zambry Vs Nizar where the Federal court rule in favour of Zambry et al despite the presence of Article 72 of the Federal Constitution.  read more...

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak must clarify his 1Malaysia concept as to whether it reaffirms the principle of equality to all, said former de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.
He said if Najib was truly committed to reforms, he must explain and expand the 1Malaysia concept, noting that some Umno leaders had dismissed the Bangsa Malaysia concept while several media reports had highlighted the danger of Malays losing their special rights.  read more...

After two ISA detentions, I do not plan to allow them to get me so easily the third time around. I also refuse to face treason charges that will result in me being sent to the gallows. I love my life and wish to remain alive a few years longer if possible.   read more...

This is Anwar's failure. He thinks he is a good leader because he can run the party all by himself. But this is not the mark of a good leader. A good leader is not one who can run the party all by himself. A good leader is one who can manage the people in the party.  read more...

The High Court here today allowed Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail to intervene in Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin’s suit challenging the legitimacy of Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir’s appointment as Perak mentri besar.   read more...

The Perak State Assembly is expected to replace its speaker, V. Sivakumar of Pakatan Rakyat (PR), when it sits again on May 7, Nanyang Siang Pau reported today.   read more...

During five uninterrupted decades of rule, the Perikatan and later the BN government have assumed almost absolute control of power and acted with such impunity. The Opposition parties, much less the rakyat, reacted defencelessly, occasionally able to cause a whimper to the hegemonic grip of the BN’s asymmetrical electoral “fire-power” and machinations. By God’s grace, that era is over.  read more...

Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir has filed a notice in the Federal Court for a legal interpretation on Clause 63 of the Perak State Constitution so that the court could declare that he is the rightful Menteri Besar.  read more...

Malaysian human rights lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar was awarded the 2009 Bindmans Law and Campaigning Award in London last night, marking a controversial milestone in a country that likes to think itself a champion of democracy.  read more...

Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah has expressed his displeasure in no uncertain terms over comments and criticisms expressed by various quarters on the actions he took on February 5 over the removal of Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as the Perak Mentri Besar and the appointment of Zambry Abd Kadir in his place.   read more...

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is clinical. Not surprising for a medical doctor who found fame as a politician and visionary who put Malaysia on the map when he was in power.  read more...

The Susan Boyle performance that took the world by storm last week (topping 36 million views today) has an important lesson to teach us about Social Media fundamentals, a lesson Domino’s Pizza also learned last week, the hard way.  read more...

The Perak palace should be prepared to put all of its decisions on political matters under the closest public scrutiny. It is said nowadays that father no longer has all the answers, and even a ruler as learned as Sultan Azlan Shah is not infallible.   read more...

Few people other than Raja Petra Kamarudin would consistently support royal intervention. For most people, whether you support royal intervention or not all depends on whose ox is being gored.   read more...

Datuk Seri Najib Razak today freed the country's services sector by ending the 30 per cent Bumiputera equity rule in an attempt to improve Malaysia's competitiveness in the softening global economy.  read more...

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed today singled out Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz as one of the ministers he thinks should not have been appointed into Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s Cabinet.   read more...

Pembaca ruangan ini masih bertanya kepada saya adakah dua perintah perisytiharan yang dikeluarkan Mahkamah Persekutuan pada 15 April lalu bahawa penggantungan Zambry dan enam exconya oleh Speaker Perak dibatalkan membolehkan mereka menghadiri sidang DUN Perak nanti.  read more...

Moving swiftly to erase any vestiges of Pakatan Rakyat rule in Perak, the Barisan Nasional government plans to auction 15 Toyota Camry 2.4 cars used by the previous administration.  read more...

It is clear and without a doubt that the BN installed Menteri Besar and state government would lose a state-wide election if one is called. Simply, this was not the government elected by the people. Hence, to ensure our democracy works, it is important to go back to the people.   read more...

A wise ruler should know by now that history has shown that it is not the government that will help to preserve the royal institution but rather the will and mandate of the ordinary people.   read more...

He pleaded, appealed and even cajoled Sultan Azlan Shah to dissolve the Perak state assembly, saying that with the resignation of the three Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers there was deadlock in the House between the coalition he led and Barisan Nasional.   read more...

UMNO is trying to get rid of the Perak Speaker. That will be their next move. THey plan to do it with the help of the Perak's State Assembly secretary.

They will conveane a meeting without the current lawful speaker. My source tells me that they plan to install the "DAP-Turncoat" as Speaker of the house. She has long complained not getting a Toyota Camry, now her chance will come.   read more...

Perak State Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar today claimed he was subjected to defamation over the instruction to issue a notice for the state assembly to sit on May 7.   read more...

Ousted Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin attempted yesterday to contact the Sultan of Perak to seek a dissolution of the Perak state assembly.    read more...

Accept the differences, not just tolerate them.
This was the message Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had for Malaysians on his 1Malaysia blog yesterday.

"I think there's quite a big difference between the two (tolerance and acceptance). I think when you say you tolerate, you don't quite like it, but you accept it because you have no choice.
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The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah with Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun (foreground) accompanied by the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah and Raja Puan Besar, Tuanku Zara Salim arriving at balairongseri Istana Iskandariah, in conjunction with the Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah's 81st birthday today. - Bernamapic - 19 April, 2009.   read more...

Rulers are above politics and as such they cannot participate in open debate to answer allegations hurled against them by political groups, the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, said today.   read more...

The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah today said he would take on the primary responsibility of implementing all efforts to ensure that the institution of royalty which was core to the system of governance and nationhood in the country would continue to be protected.   read more...

The move to suspend Perak state assembly secretary Abdullah Antong Sabri today is a signal that neither the Speaker V. Sivakumar nor the Pakatan Rakyat is going to concede control of the legislature to the Barisan Nasional without a fight.   read more...

Perak’s political imbroglio has more twists and turns than the Sungai Perak that meanders lazily through the silver state and is getting murkier by the minute as lawyers say the recent Federal Court’s decisions have not cleared the matter.   read more...

The front page of The Star newspaper yesterday carries this startlingly outrageous decision of the Federal Court. The headline proclaims ourt: Siva does not have right to suspend seven? The report reads:    read more...

By now I believe many have heard ad nauseam Umno’s version of the true nature of the Federal Court’s decisions on April 16, 2009. This version proclaims that Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six exco members can now enter the Perak Assembly without any hassle.   read more...

' Malaysia has made history; we have just shown the world that our apex court which has ruled against the Perak assembly speaker, is a prime example of a kangaroo court in action.'    read more...

PILIHAN RAYA Bukit Gantang ini dilihat begitu bermakna kerana ia boleh mencetuskan satu bentuk pemikiran yang berbeza bagi berdepan dengan pi lihan raya lain. Ia juga mencetuskan tekanan dan kehendak rakyat Perak untuk dibubarkan Dun. Ahli Parlimen baru bagi Bukit Gantang, Dato' Seri Ir Mohammad Nizar Jamaludin mengupas perkara ini kepada Intan Abdullahdi kediamannya di Kampung Sungai Rokam, Ipoh, sehari selepas dinobatkan sebagai pemenang pilihan raya kecil kawasan itu 7 April lalu.    read more...

That 1 Malaysia, a slogan meant to promote unity and mutual respect and trust among the different ethnic communities in Malaysia, has stirred up so much heated rhetoric shows how much the tricky goal of unity in Malaysia is and how it will be a challenge for new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.   read more...

THE Pakatan Rakyat (PR)'s plan to set up special panels to "shadow" each of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's cabinet ministries has stirred up debate over whether such a move would serve a real purpose. This arrangement appears superficially similar to the idea of an opposition shadow government that certain quarters have been clamouring for the PR to establish.   read more...

The judiciary has now interfered with the legislative powers of the Perak State Assembly and its Speaker, said former state senior executive council (exco) member Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham.

He was responding to Federal Court's decision Thursday that Speaker V. Sivakumar did not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir and his six exco members from the assembly.
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Embattled Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin, who quit as the Penang deputy chief minister 1 last week after allegations of graft, today resigned his Penanti state seat to force a by-election that could decide his replacement.   read more...

The Federal Court ruled today that Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar did not have the power to suspend Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir, the mentri besar, and six Barisan Nasional executive council members from attending the state assembly.   read more...

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has expressed disappointment that Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s Cabinet appointments include several “unsavoury characters.”   read more...

'The current global recession is likely to be unusually long and severe and the recovery sluggish because it sprang from a financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund said today.   read more...

Dear Yang Berhormat,
You do not know me although I know about you, since you are such a famous person. read more...

'Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin would do well to change his mindset that by throwing some crumbs to the Chinese electorate, they would in return be obliged to vote for him.'    read more...

The scenario brewing there could be one where the Umno supreme council suspends the entire state leadership and appoints a bigwig from the central leadership to be the acting head.'
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Malaysia’s One Malaysia concept could end up worsening the country’s fractured race relations unless Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak moves quickly to define what he means by it.   read more...

What do submarine fibre optic cables and bits and bytes have in common with joget, batik and beads? The answer – thanks to the recent cabinet reshuffle, the seemingly disparate topics have now been packaged as one unwieldy new portfolio – the Information Communication Arts and Culture Ministry (Icac).   read more...

The story unfolds with the application of three turncoat members of the Perak legislative assembly for a declaration that Speaker Sivakumar's order, which was made in the legislative assembly, that their seats in the assembly have become vacant because they have resigned was illegal. Here is the report from the Sun newspaper, Thursday April 2 2009:  read more...

Thailand has been a popular role model for monarchists in Malaysia, whose royalists believe that the monarchy has the potential to be the umpire for an increasingly competitive Malaysian democracy.
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Malaysia's sixth prime minister, Najib Tun Abdul Razak took office earlier this month, replacing Abdullah Ahmad Badawi . In Najib's first week, he failed key tests that show he can be his own man. He lost important by-elections, failed to address persistent scandals and selected a cabinet of lacklustre appointees that has not evoked confidence. He ran away from the press, declining to address basic questions about his government.
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DAP strongman Lim Kit Siang has disputed the deputy prime minister's denial that he called the Chinese voters in Bukit Gantang "ungrateful" and told him to apologise to the Chinese media for accusing them of twisting his words.  read more...

Moments in history leave their imprints on destiny. Actions translate into consequences.

I have often wondered what it is that was running through the minds of those who triggered Operasi Lalang on that fateful 27th of October 1987. They were about to trigger a chain of events that would put this nation on a collision course with its very foundations. They were about to cast the perspectives and attitudes of a generation of Malaysians who would in turn shape those of another.
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It is an old and tired formula of Malaysian politicians, both from Barisan Nasional (BN) and the opposition, to say different things to different audiences.   read more...

Bukankah ini merupakan satu penderhakaan terhadap Sultan Terengganu yang juga Yang Dipertuan Agong yang telah melantik Ahmad Said sebagai Menteri Besar Terengganu?

Mana pergi Pemuda Umno dan Perkasa?    read more...

More than half of Barisan Nasional backbenchers did not turn up at Terengganu state assembly sitting today in a move related to their bid to oust Menteri Besar Ahmad Said.    read more...

The Federal Court has unanimously ruled it has the powers to decide on whether Perak Speaker V Sivakumar’s suspension of the mentri besar and his executive council from the legislature was valid.
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The Federal Court will decide tomorrow if it can proceed to hear submissions on whether Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar's decision to suspend the entire state executive council from the assembly was valid.    read more...

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today lashed out at the Chinese vernacular press for “twisting” his words and portraying him in a bad light.    read more...

SATU Malaysia yang digagaskan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak kini cuba diberi tafsiran yang mengelirukan. Ada pemimpin pembangkang mendakwa ia menyamai konsep Malaysian Malaysia.
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The Federal Court will decide tomorrow if it can proceed to hear submissions on whether Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar's decision to suspend the entire state executive council from the assembly was valid.    read more...

DAP leader Lim Kit Siang has described as “shocking and offensive” the statement by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that Chinese voters are ungrateful in voting for Pakatan Rakyat and that they deceived the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the recent by-elections.    read more...

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin continues to draw criticism over his recent comments that Chinese voters were ungrateful for not voting for BN even though the government had assisted the community, with the latest rebukes coming from Umno’s partners in the Barisan Nasional (BN) .    read more...

What is most upsetting is that over the weekend, Mingguan Malaysia has chosen to further aggravate this issue by commenting on the apparent wisdom of Chinese voters in their editorial. While it is nothing more than a snide attempt to remind the Chinese voters on where their allegiances ought to lie; it again as again part of the old politics that no longer holds water.     read more...

The interview given by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in Mingguan Malaysia yesterday uasa penentu Melayu hilang jika terus berpecah?may be appropriate coming from the Umno Deputy President but clearly unsuitable, most shocking and even offensive coming from the Deputy Prime Minister of a plural Malaysia after more than half-a-century of nation-building and national unity efforts.    read more...

Why are people all excited over the size of the new cabinet? 29 ministers and 40 deputy ministers. So what? The previous administration had 31 ministers and slightly less deputy ministers.
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I was away taking a short break since the U.S. stock market was closed on Friday for Good Friday. In the process I've disconnected myself from the outside world, no TV, internet or whatsoever. And when I came back tons of things happened but nothing beats the chaotic crisis happening in Thailand.    read more...

Lost amid the criticism over some less-than-inspiring choices for his Cabinet may be the fact that Datuk Seri Najib Razak has put the economy and systematic reforms at the heart of his new administration.
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So let's hail the constituents of Bukit Gantang. They have exercised their rights guaranteed by the Constitution without fear. In so doing, they have made known their choice of representative loud and clear. Is Nizar their choice of Menteri Besar too? Figure out yourselves ?    read more...

Saya berasa terpanggil untuk memberi beberapa analisa saya terhadap kemerosotan undi Melayu di Bukit Gantang. Pertama sekali, saya harus menyatakan fakta dahulu    read more...

Buoyed by the recent wins in Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau by-elections, Pakatan Rakyat is riding high comforted by the fact that the momentum since the 2008 general election has not slowed down.     read more...

Buoyed by the recent wins in Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau by-elections, Pakatan Rakyat is riding high comforted by the fact that the momentum since the 2008 general election has not slowed down.     read more...

People need to be watched.
Back at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher, seized on that basic management precept to design a building that would become a touchstone for architects of a new age.</p>
Calling it the Panopticon, he arrayed prison cells in a semicircle. The innovative layout gave a smaller number of guards the ability to watch a greater number of prisoners. In other words, it cut costs.
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What is One Malaysia? This has been troubling supporters of Umno since Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak announced it in his maiden speech as prime minister nine days ago.   read more...

Review the Internal Security Act. Actually, repeal it. Reform the police force. Repair the damage from the “Allah” ban for Christian publications. And implement the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (Siap). That, in a nutshell, is the inbox of the new Home Minister when he takes office this week.
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Kabinet pertama Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak sudah terbentuk. Pelantikan Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin sebagai timbalannya adalah pilihan terbaik yang sudah dijangka. Pengguguran lapan menteri juga tidak mengejutkan kerana Najib terlebih dahulu sudah melaungkan transformasi besar yang pasti bermula dengan kabinetnya. read more...

Terdapat beberapa keping gambar di dalam buku Tun Razak: Jejak Bertapak Seorang Patriot hasil tulisan Datuk Zainuddin Maidin (Zam) yang menarik perhatian saya. Gambar pertama ialah potret keluarga yang dirakamkan pada 31 Ogos 1974 di Sri Taman. Menurut Zam, itu merupakan gambar yang terakhir Allahyarham Tun Razak bersama keluarganya. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berusia 21 tahun ketika itu.
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Kekalahan BN dalam pilihan raya kecil Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau pada 7 April lalu, tidaklah mengejutkan. read more...

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Menteri Besar Kelantan Tok Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat membela Setiausaha DAP Perak saudara Nga Kor Ming yang membaca ayat-ayat Al-Quran dalam ceramahnya di Bukit Gantang. Menurutnya, ini merupakan titik permulaan untuk orang-orang bukan Islam menilai dan memahami ajaran Islam.
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China is willing to work with other member countries of the Group of 20 (G20) to implement the results of the G20 London Summit and boost the world economy, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told journalists traveling with President Hu Jintao on Friday. read more...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Saturday that China still hopes the meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit can be held despite anti-government protests.
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y not giving Khairy any post, Najib is just inviting trouble. To rub salt into the wound, Mukhriz is deputy minister of Miti.'  read more...

So we Malaysians have a new prime minister, a new cabinet, and a new administration. From the way the BN controlled mainstream media cover the event, you would think that the whole country is exploding with joy at the arrival of a new Messiah and his twelve apostles.
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There must be someone else behind this murder and we have ascertain the motive for the murder. In this case there is none. The two policemen had not even known this Mongolian lady.  read more...

THE Internal Security Act has no place in the modern society that Malaysia is. It was designed for a very
different time and purpose.

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LEST we allow our new prime minister to get away with a slick public relations exercise, here are some cold hard statistics about previous prime ministers and the Internal Security Act (ISA).

In July 1981, two weeks into office as prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad released 21 ISA detainees. As he himself candidly admitted on 5 April 2009, he thought it would be good for him. It probably was for his public image then.
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The decision by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to leave out Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin from the Cabinet has become fodder for debate on the Internet as well as by news commentators.  read more...

Malaysia must be ready to face a global economic situation that is getting worse, says former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.  read more...

Has Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s involvement in on the final day of campaigning added yet another layer to an already packed agenda for today’s triple by-elections?  read more...

If you want my honest opinion, Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s People’s Cabinet is totally uninspiring and insipid to boot. And that is being charitable. What a sad commentary on the paucity of proven talent and integrity within the ranks of Barisan Nasional that all Najib has succeeded in putting on offer is a team of recycled political expendables, many with personal records of integrity that will not bear close scrutiny.  read more...

The results from Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau are but definite proof that more than a year after March 8, 2008, the people are still resolved to show their discontentment and complete unhappiness with the ways of the Barisan Nasional in general and UMNO in particular.  read more...

Selepas memporakperanda kan negeri Perak kemana pula haluan Nizar selepas memenangi kerusi Pasrlimen Bukit Gantang.Dengan meninggalkan titik hitam dalam sejarah pemerentahan negeri Perak Nizar ibarat cuci tangan dengan meningalkan segala kemusnahan untuk dibaik pulih oleh Dr Zambry.Tidak ada dalam sejarah melayu Perak seorang MB berseteru dengan Sultan dan Nizar menjadi juara kerana berjaya sebagai seorang penderhaka.   read more...

Police today confirmed that tear gas was fired at supporters in Changkat Jering during polling day in the Bukit Gantang by-election.  read more...

Saya berada di Bukit Selambau dan Bukit Gantang selama 3 hari untuk berkempen kepada calon daripada PKR dan PAS. Di bawah sini adalah beberapa keping gambar foto.  read more...

Even as new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announces the formation of his new Cabinet, he must also worry about the weakened state of the economy, which has been hit by the global crisis. The Straits Times looks at the issues, including its fallout on the two major economic sectors: manufacturing and commodities.  read more...

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had no effect on the April 7 by-elections and this shows that people do not want him anymore, says Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.  read more...

Asian leaders, including Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, began arriving in Thailand today for a summit focusing on the global financial crisis, as protesters broke through police lines and blocked the entrance to the conference venue.  read more...

Chinese online news site Merdeka Review was barred from entering the Prime Minister's Department today to report on the announcement of the new cabinet.

The order to bar Merdeka Review's reporter and photographer was issued by the prime minister's office, according to an officer who declined to fully identify himself.
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Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's cabinet line-up received mixed response from political opponents to the business community but all agreed that Malaysia has only a small window of opportunity to transform itself in the current global economic slump.  read more...

Not one slap. Not two slaps. But three slaps.
That was what Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin received at 3.15 pm when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak announced the line-up of ministers and deputy ministers.  read more...

CIMB Group CEO Datuk Seri Nazir Abdul Razak said its branches would be reduced to 320 in accordance to its third phase of branch rationalisation exercises.  read more...

There were some hit and misses when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak named his line-up of ministers and deputy ministers today.   read more...

Why. That is the start of many questions that have yet to be answered in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial. The Shah Alam High Court today convicted two policemen for her October 2006 death. We now know the who, when, what, where and how of the entire murder. And now both Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar have a right to appeal the sentence which carries the mandatory death penalty. The trial has ended but we still don't know the whys.
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Now that the court has delivered its verdict as to whether the two UTK officers are guilty of murdering Altantuya Shaariibuu, maybe we can flashback on just some of the things that The Times of UK wrote about the matter since the story first broke in late 2006. And why The Times of UK? Well, The Times of UK would not lie like how Malaysian Bloggers normally would.
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Since Umno enacted the Perak crisis, the party has been continuously accusing Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin as being a traitor.
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Memang ada benarnya kata-kata Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein bahawa kekalahan Barisan Nasional dalam pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang dan Dewan Undangan Negeri Bukit Selambau tidak boleh dianggap sebagai tanda rakyat menolak kepimpinan Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.  read more...

When campaigning for the Bukit Gantang by-election was in full swing in a rural Chinese fishing village, one enthusiastic PAS supporter was a Chinese man wearing a kopiah, a white skullcap worn by Malays. He was urging passers-by to vote for PAS.
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The Barisan Nasional has suffered four deadly blows in a row. Umno has been soundly defeated on three occasions since 8 March 2008.
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The continuing bid by the Perak Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to regain power in the state was hit by a near-fatal blow today when the Federal Court ruled that the Election Commission and not the state legislative speaker had the power to decide on vacancies in the state assembly.
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The newspaper headlines were as delusional as ever, trying to paint the by-election results as a continuation of the status quo. The truth is that it’s anything but. The status quo is non-Muslims being afraid of PAS, not voting for its candidate more enthusiastically than the Malay community. The status quo is for a new administration to be greeted with enthusiasm, not rejection. And the status quo would have it that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad remains a political force.
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DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang today regarded the Pakatan Rakyat’s success in retaining the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat, and also that of the Bukit Selambau state seat, in yesterday’s by-elections as a second political tsunami to occur within 13 months.
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"Thank God for Mahathir,” DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said as he celebrated the huge wins in Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau last night.
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Kekalahan BN pada Pilihan Raya Kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang kepada PAS tidak boleh dijadikan ukuran bahawa kepimpinan baru negara telah gagal mendapat tempat di kalangan rakyat sebaliknya parti itu perlu bekerja lebih keras mengotakan janji pembaharuan. Pengundi sudah pun membuat pilihan. Walaupun sukar untuk diterima oleh pihak yang kalah tetapi itulah keputusannya.Calon anak tempatan yang dikemukakan oleh Barisan Nasional (BN), Ismail Saffian gagal menyaingi populariti calon PAS, Datuk Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin - yang menjadi Menteri Besar Perak selama 11 bulan.
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DESPITE the Barisan Nasional's earlier denial that the Bukit Gantang by-election was not a referendum on the country's new leadership, the ruling coalition turned it into just that within the last few days before polling.
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It was wet and cold but the thousands of PAS supporters who turned up in the football field fronting the town council near the Lake Gardens here last night were far from miserable.  read more...

Despite increasing its margin of victory by almost 100 per cent in the Bukit Gantang by-election, PAS today admitted that it lost some support among Malay voters.  read more...

Kemenangan Pas di Parlimen Bukit Gantang dengan majoriti yang lebih besar iaitu sebanyak 2789 undi mengukuhkan lagi fakta bahawa rakyat menolak BN-UMNO.

Mesej yang jelas daripada rakyat ini sekaligus membenarkan kenyataan bahawa kerajaan yang ada di Perak sekarang diperoleh hasil rampasan kuasa yang kejam dan tidak bertamadun oleh UMNO.  read more...

Saya meramalkan minggu lalu di sini , bahawa dalam tiga pilihanraya ini, BN akan menang satu (Batang Ai), PKR dijangka menang satu (Bukit Gantang) dan kedua-keduanya mungkin kalah di Bukit Selambau (yang menang Bebas ).   read more...

Ketika artikel ini ditulis, hanya tinggal beberapa jam sahaja lagi rakyat negara ini yang terlibat akan dapat membuat penentuan dan keputusan dalam pilihan raya kecil (PRK) di dua bukit dan satu batang (Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau dan Batang Ai) yang bakal berlangsung awal pagi esok.   read more...

With the battle for Bukit Gantang in its final leg a faded star newly risen in Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has returned to the hustings preaching the politics of fear and race.

The entry of Dr Mahathir threatens the future of the rising new political star in Pas candidate Datuk Mohamed Nizar who preaches a new inclusive politics minus race or religion.  read more...

While Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, the toppled Perak CEO and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) contender in the Bukit Gantang race was unquestionably leading at the start, the Barisan Nasional (BN) challenger Ismail Saffian has closed the gap.  read more...

The Bukit Gantang parliamentary constituency has traditionally been a shoo-in for the Barisan Nasional (BN). But in last year’s general election, the seat was snatched by Roslan Shaharum from Pas who won by over 1,500 votes.    read more...

As the clock counts down the last 24 hours to polling tomorrow, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders have upped the ante on the battle to win Bukit Gantang.  read more...

After contributing to the unseating of Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin from the post of Perak Menteri Besar last February, the two former PKR lawmakers who turned independent to support Barisan Nasional-led state government are now determined to ensure his defeat at the polls tomorrow.  read more...

People as diverse as Kian Ming and Sayuti Omar are saying that the outstation, returning young votes might just swing these by-elections.

I'm not really into predictions and punditry, but my gut tells me that these are going to be close fights.

If any, any of you are registered to vote in these three constituencies, you are carrying the hopes, dreams and aspirations of millions of Malaysians.

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NEITHER Barisan Nasional (BN) nor PAS can claim to be in the lead in Bukit Gantang. 
With campaigning entering the last lap, the central issue for voters revolves around Pakatan Rakyat's (PR) 10-month rule as the Perak state government before they were ousted by BN. Also in the limelight was the protest by PAS supporters against the Sultan of Perak for not allowing the state assembly to be dissolved.   read more...

' What do foreign investors face when they come to Malaysia? How do they overcome the government bureaucracy and the many rules imposed on foreign investors? Imagine this typical scene in a government department when a movie producer tries to get approval to shoot a documentary in Malaysia.
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'This is clearly a ploy by our new PM to garner votes for himself. This is nothing but a selfish act. If our new PM thinks he can buy our votes by doing this, he is gravely mistaken.'  read more...

New Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will have little time to celebrate the culmination of decades of political ambition.
On Tuesday he faces a trio of by-elections — one for parliament and two for state assemblies — which are being described as a referendum on his leadership and the future of Umno, the principal member of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, and which conversely will be viewed as an indicator of the popularity of a rising opposition led by Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister, and his Keadilan (Peoples Justice) party.  read more...

Dua minggu lalu, sewaktu Perhimpunan Agung Umno Ke-59, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menyampaikan amanat terakhirnya sebagai Presiden Umno dengan tenang dan tanpa emosi, sesekali ditandai oleh batuk yang mengganggu, tetapi mesejnya jelas dan lantang. Ucapan perpisahan itu datang dari lubuk hatinya.  read more...

As this issue of Business Asia went to print at the start of April, Malaysia’s controversial deputy prime minister, Najib Razak, was preparing to become prime minister. Najib takes over from Abdullah Badawi, who had been prime minister since late 2003.  read more...

ADUN Jelapang yang meninggalkan DAP dua bulan lalu - bertemu media hari ini untuk memperjelaskan mengapa beliau menyokong BN mengambil alih kerajaan negeri Perak - 48 jam sebelum hari pengundian tiga pilihanraya kecil pada Selasa ini.  read more...

A police report has been filed against Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming for allegedly belittling Islam during a ceramah in the campaign for Tuesday's Bukit Gantang parliamentary by-election.  read more...

Satu laporan polis dibuat terhadap setiausaha DAP Perak, Nga Kor Ming kerana didakwa mempersendakan Islam dalam ceramah politiknya dalam pilihanraya kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang.  read more...

After reading today’s newspapers, Malaysians may come away thinking that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has:
a) Solved all the ills in society, brought race relations to a high point and found a way to help the economy burst out of the middle-income trap.
b) Put together a Cabinet packed with men and women of integrity and competence.   read more...

All is settled: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is our sixth prime minister. As any Malaysian should, I hope he does his job well. But unfortunately, as any Malaysian also should expect, every sign points to his being yet another lacklustre premiership. His track record in government suggests that his administration will not markedly improve on Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's; if anything, its only distinguishing mark may be the rollback of the few reforms Abdullah was able to carry out.
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By comparison the incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak is luckier than outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi. It could be a blessing in disguise that former PM Mahathir selected the not-so-bright Abdullah Badawi as his successor in 2003. It could be a disastrous to have Najib took over instead of Badawi then because the public will make comparison between Mahathir and Najib administration. Now that Badawi screwed up big time people will make comparison between Abdullah Badawi and Najib Razak and you don't have to be rocket scientist to know who the better leader is. And the public ay?throw their support behind Najib's administration come next general election if he plays the right game at the right time.   read more...

Datuk Seri Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia's sixth prime minister today, taking over from Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who stepped down after leading the country for over five years.
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As Barisan Nasional's campaign enters a new phase with the swearing in of Datuk Seri Najib Razak as the sixth prime minister, the Pakatan Rakyat campaign is still bogged down with defending the ousted Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin's action in opposing the state Ruler and awarding non-Malays permanent land ownership.
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PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is back in town and promises a big announcement in his ceramah tomorrow night that "is directly or indirectly related to Najib".
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The press corps here was punk’d — conned, played out, tricked — last night. By Hee Yit Fong.
Several reporters were sent a text message on Wednesday, April 1, which read: “Tomorrow 2/4/09 9.00pm there is an interview with YB Hee Yit Fong at the Bilik Gerakan Wanita BN, Simpang. Press invited to cover.”
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I arrived in Bukit Gantang at 5 in the morning of March 29. Headed straight for the Taiping mosque as suggested by a friend. It was full, overflowing at the seams. It looked as though we had taken over the mosque, with many of “the faithful” wearing T-shirts and vests with clear Pas and PR political colours and slogans written on them.
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