PEKAN: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has denied being involved in private investigator P. Balasubramaniam’s retraction of his first statutory declaration.
“I have no knowledge of anything.
“I had to make a strong denial before this as it was not an issue of seeking the truth but a political ploy to influence public perception,” [...]

PETALING JAYA: Stop bickering and get cracking! This is the overwhelming call by Malaysians who are getting increasingly concerned with latest developments in the country.
Various groups have expressed frustration, what with all the unfolding political drama, and have demanded that the Government and the Opposition put public interest above everything else.
Transparency International president Tan Sri [...]

PEKAN: Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday pledged he would carry out his responsibilities as an Umno member, elected representative and deputy prime minister to the letter, irrespective of the challenges that come his way.

He said he would not let challenges, including slander, keep him from his responsibilities.
“My wife and I will face these [...]

Ezam Mohd Noor at a closed-door meeting dubbed ‘An Evening with Ezam Mohd Noor’ in Ipoh yesterday.

IPOH: Come National Day on Aug 31, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government in Perak will fall, claimed Perak Barisan Nasional chief and former menteri besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali.

“It’s not easy, (but) I’m very [...]

P. Balasubramaniam is not answering his mobile phones

KUALA LUMPUR: The nephew of private investigator P. Balasubramaniam yesterday reported him and his family missing.

R. Kumaresan, 27, said he was concerned about the safety and whereabouts of Balasubramaniam, his wife and three children — two sons, aged 6 and 11, and 9-year-old daughter.
He said [...]

Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his daughter, Penyayang chairman Nori Abdullah, giving assistance to 136 hardcore poor families in Kepala Batas yesterday. Nori pledged to continue with the good deeds started by her mother, Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, who set up Penyayang. Also present were Abdullah’s wife Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah, Second [...]

Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the launch of the Taman Peramu Jaya 3 Rukun Tetangga scheme in Pekan yesterday.

PEKAN: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said yesterday the country, despite having numerous ethnic and religious communities, has shown that it is able to manage such diversity.

He said this was only possible because [...]

PETALING JAYA:

Some 10,000 people turned up at the rally at the Kelana Jaya Stadium against rising prices today.The rally, organised by the Coalition Against Inflation (Protes), began at 10am.

The morning’s programme included entertainment and speeches by representatives of non-governmental organisations such as Tenaganita. Also there were representatives of the unregistered group Hindu Rights Action [...]