Archive - 27 August 2008

BMC: Cop admits using force

A police officer admitted to the Suhakam panel that police used force against 23-year old mechanic Chang Jiun Haur after he refused to co-operate

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Muhyiddin worried, calls for swift changes

Although it was just a by-election, the senior Umno leader says, it could be an indication of a trend that the voters have already decided that they wanted change.

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Khalid: We'll listen to all but hillside ban stays

Selangor MB says the state’s readiness to listen to views must not be misconstrued as backtracking on the ban on hillslope development.

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Rebel party hails PKR victory

Sapp leader Yong Teck Lee says instead of learning from the March general elections, BN has chosen to again whip up racial sentiments to win support.

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Time to reform poll process, says int'l watchdog

According to Anfrel, the proposals are imperative to ensure the right voter casts the right ballot in a free and fair electoral process.

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Permatang Pauh: What BN leaders say

While some were resigned to his re-entry into the August house, others gladly welcomed the former DPM back to the political arena.

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We need Anwar in Putrajaya sooner than later

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Now up to PKR leader to walk the talk

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Anwar's ascendancy a return of power for rakyat

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Rakyat celebrates a new Merdeka

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We are being reborn after 51 years

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Controversial bill gets second pounding

The controversial DNA bill gets a second pounding from the opposition in Parliament today as Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar keeps mum.

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Constitution has been sacrificed to shortsighted greed

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Dr M to Umno: Back Abdullah at your peril

Once again, the former premier warns that Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's continued presence at the helm will only spell peril for Umno and BN.

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Hadi should clear up issue of civil servants' pay

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Saiful should've sought forgiveness

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Don't neglect private sector workers, again

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Why personal income tax should be abolished

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Malaysia Today blocked! Order from MCMC

BREAKING NEWS! updated 7.20pm The government's cyber watchdog says it has ordered all ISPs to pull the plug on the controversial website.

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Renaissance man reinvents himself

analysis The 1990s saw Anwar reinventing himself as a ‘renaissance man’ in which his Islamic project was infused with universal values. Part one here .

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Pakatan appoints Anwar as Opposition Leader

updated 5.15pm PKR, PAS and DAP ink their consent for Anwar Ibrahim to be appointed as opposition leader in a letter to the Dewan Rakyat speaker.

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PBS rebel chief Sindin quits party

Sindin Ranggangon says he and his 3,000 supporters have lost confidence in the leadership of PBS president Joseph Pairin Kitingan.

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PAS Youth to protest rocker Lavigne concert

It says it will mount protests at Canadian rocker Avril Lavigne's concert on Friday after failing to have it banned.

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He's back on the cusp of leadership

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Mass transit taking us nowhere? Pt 2

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Mindanao again

Large acts have large consequences, some of them unintended. When Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines in 1972 and confiscated all private guns, Muslim-Moros went into rebellion.

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Robbers get mooncakes in botched heist

Robbers ran off with a bag of cakes instead of RM1.9 million in cash, in a botched heist that left a money changer shot and wounded.

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Demoralised BN faces a resurgent Anwar

No matter how one tries to spin it, the results were an unmitigated disaster for the government.

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Umno leaders call on PM to quit

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi faced calls to quit from within Umno after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim scored a landslide by-election victory.

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PKR leader begins uncertain journey to Putrajaya

analysis Having won in Permatang Pauh, Anwar Ibrahim has taken the first steps on his journey to Putrajaya. But can he get there?

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DNA bill: 'They treat us like lab mice'

free ‘Everything having to do with the tabling of the bill smells fishy. This DNA issue is highly suspicious and, I believe, politically-motivated.'

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'Khairy, look who got buried!'

free updated 2.44pm ‘Well, the sheer display of arrogance by BN has once again been rewarded with what amounts to being nothing short of an embarrassing and humiliating defeat.'

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PKR supremo to be sworn in tomorrow

updated 12.30pm Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia announced this morning that the new MP for Permatang Pauh will be sworn in tomorrow. [VIDEO INSIDE]

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Win a 'defining moment for nation'

Now that his ticket to the Parliament is in the bag, the PKR leader wants to concentrate on his reform agenda in line with the people's demand for fundamental changes.

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