Dr M not surprised Khairy unpopular

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today renewed his tirade against Khairy Jamaluddin, saying he was not surprised the Umno Youth leader was unpopular and openly wondered how the latter won the post.
The former party president has never seen eye-to-eye with Khairy, who not only won the youth wing’s top post against [...]

I applaud the Government’s compassion — Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

JAN 31 — The Government, we are told, is being generous to the people of Kelantan by offering them a “compassionate payment.” I have been accused of being unhelpful by standing before prayer groups of 60-80,000 in sports stadiums to confuse them with notions of their sovereign rights.
Some members of my party have expressed dismay [...]

AIC Bantah Penahanan Aktivis Mahasiswa UKM

Kenyataan Media
Kelab Anwar Ibrahim (AIC) membantah penahanan beberapa aktivis Pro-Mahasiswa yang berdemonstrasi membantah manipulasi keputusan Pilihanraya Kampus (PRK) di Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Bangi semalam.
Penahanan ini nyata sekali bersifat menghalang hak demokratik dan menyekat intelektualisme mahasiswa di dalam menyatakan pendirian mereka di atas manipulasi sistem yang sengaja direka untuk menyekat suara mahasiswa melalui koalisi Pro-Mahasiswa [...]

Former Philippine President meets Former Malaysian Deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, met today at the Manila Polo Club in Makati. The two were both telling stories on the present situation in their countries. Ibrahim is facing a sex scandal case in Malaysia while Joseph Estrada is trying to win Filipino’s hearts by running [...]

Anwar meets with Aquino, Estrada

MANILA, Philippines – Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with his two friends among the Philippines’ top presidential candidates over the weekend before facing another trial in his home country.
Ibrahim, Malaysia’s opposition leader, met with Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on Friday night and former president Joseph Estrada on Saturday.
He said Aquino visited [...]

Perbicaraan DS Anwar Ibrahim

Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan menghadiri sesi perbicaraan di Mahkamah Tinggi, Kompleks Jalan Duta. Beliau didakwa di bawah seksyen 377B Kanun Jenayah. Pendakwaan ini sebagaimana kes tahun 1998 lalu, menerima bantahan meluas baik dari dalam mahupun luar negara kerana didasari motif politik untuk menghalang kemaraan rakyat menuntut Perubahan. Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim dilihat antara tokoh [...]

Amnesty wants charges against Anwar dropped

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – International human rights group Amnesty International today urged the government to withdraw what it called are politically motivated sodomy charges against Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“The Malaysian authorities have resorted to the same old dirty tricks in an attempt to remove the opposition leader from politics,” said Sam Zarifi, [...]

Malaysia’s Anwar cites Rizal’s heroism

By CHITO A. CHAVEZ

Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim expressed belief Friday that a “vibrant democracy needs a vibrant opposition’’, and cited Filipino national hero Jose Rizal’s struggle against colonial rulers.
Addressing hundreds of participants in his Asian Renaissance grand lecture at the Malcolm Hall of the University of the Philippines, [...]

Bantahan e-undi di UM memuncak, pelajar berang

Suasana tegang menyelubungi Universiti Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur malam semalam apabila lebih 500 mahasiswa berkumpul dan bertelingkah berhubung keputusan pilihan raya kampusnya.
Lebih 300 pelajar daripada kumpulan pro-Mahasiswa (pro-M) melancarkan bantahan berhubung pengundian secara berkomputer atau e-undi sejurus selepas keputusan menunjukkan kumpulan pro-aspirasi (pro-A) kembali menguasai universiti ini.
Bantahan yang bermula jam 10.30 malam semalam berlanjutan selama [...]

Nik Aziz jadi hos 200 pemimpin agama makan tengahari bersama

KOTA BHARU, 28 Jan: Malaysia hari ini mencatat sejarah penting apabila pemimpin lima agama utama negara, Islam, Kristian, Budha, Sikh dan Hindu bertemu dan makan tengahari bersama.
Mereka bertemu di sebuah hotel di Kota Bharu atas inisiatif Mursyidul Am PAS yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.
Majlis ini pada asalnya [...]