Posted on 31 December 2008
PETALING JAYA: Pemimpin-pemimpin parti pembangkang sedia mempertahankan hak mereka jika disaman oleh bekas Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.
Jelas mereka, Abdul Rashid mempunyai hak untuk berbuat demikian jika benar dakwaannya semalam bahawa beliau sering difitnah oleh pemimpin pembangkang sepanjang menerajui suruhanjaya itu.
Ketua Penerangan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Tian Chua menyambut [...]
Tags: Pemimpin pembangkang sedia pertahan jika disaman
Posted on 31 December 2008
PUTRAJAYA: Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusuf memulakan khidmat sebagai Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) yang baru pagi ini dengan janji akan memperkemas dan memperbaiki aspek-aspek yang difikirkan memerlukan tindakan konstruktif.
“Di mana yang boleh kita perbaiki. Kita akan lihat satu demi satu dan kita akan perkemaskan,” kata beliau kepada wartawan selepas melangkah ke pejabat Ibu Pejabat [...]
Tags: Pengerusi baru janji mahu kemaskan peranan SPR
Posted on 31 December 2008
PETALING JAYA: Dua wakil Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) hari ini mempertahankan tindakan mereka meneruskan proses penamaan calon pemilihan ketua Kampung Baru bagi Kampung Gunung Rapat, Ipoh Ahad lalu walaupun kerajaan negeri telah mengeluarkan larangan berhubung perkara itu.
Ahli Parlimen Gopeng, Dr. Lee Boon Chye dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) kawasan Simpang Pulai, Chan Ming Kai [...]
Tags: Ingkar MB: 2 pemimpin PKR pertahan pemilihan ketua kampung
Posted on 31 December 2008
PETALING JAYA: Don’t spend New Year’s Day in my lockup – that was the warning issued by Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar to revellers.
He said police would not hesitate to take action against those who go overboard when celebrating on New Year’s Eve.
Prohibited: Security personnel Upendra Razri (left) and Hari [...]
Tags: CPO warns against repeat of Christmas Eve mayhem
Posted on 31 December 2008
Real Madrid must choose between Lassana Diarra and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to play in the Champions League knock-out stages.
MADRID: Real Madrid must choose between new signings Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Lassana Diarra to play in the knock-out stages of the Champions League, UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said on Spanish radio.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
“I am very sorry, but [...]
Tags: FOOTBALL: UEFA dashes Real pair's hopes
Posted on 31 December 2008
ZULFADLI Zulkifli has set the lofty target of making it to the national senior squad by 17 but for now, his aim is to make an impact on the local and international junior tournaments.
Zulfadli, 15, has already been touted by many to be the player who can be a player of top quality if given [...]
Tags: BADMINTON: Ambitious but Zulfadli takes it a step at a time
Posted on 31 December 2008
MANCHESTER: Sir Alex Ferguson insisted that the Premier League title race will be a three-way fight between Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea after Dimitar Berbatov’s second-half strike sealed a narrow 1-0 win against Middlesbrough at Old Trafford on Monday.
Berbatov’s third league goal in a United shirt — allied to the club’s seventh successive Premier League [...]
Tags: Fergie: Three-way fight for title
Posted on 31 December 2008
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The issue of who should be the new Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) president come March is expected to be a bone of contention between the two main Pakatan Rakyat partners in Penang.
Both Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and DAP are eyeing the post when the term of current president Farizan Darus expires.
Paya [...]
Tags: Pakatan partners eye MPSP president's post
Posted on 31 December 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have been asked to explain their actions which led to the arrests of 59 members of the Marginalised People’s Network (Jerit) who took part in a cycling campaign earlier this month.
The Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suha-kam) felt that police had acted improperly in the operation, which also resulted in the detention of [...]
Tags: Suhakam takes up Jerit case
Posted on 31 December 2008
KUCHING: The appointment of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as chairman of Sabah and Sarawak Parti Keadilan Rakyat shows that the party adviser has no confidence in the PKR leaders of both states.
State Housing Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg said yesterday Anwar was using his position to control PKR activities in the [...]
Tags: 'Anwar lacks confidence in his men'