Mahathir has said it’s time for Samy Vellu to go, but what about Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud?
“In my (era of) leadership, almost everybody has retired, even me,” Mahathir was quoted as saying. “He (Samy) is the only one left.” The former premier added that the under-fire MIC president has set a record for being the longest-serving leader of a political party in the country.
Few would disagree with Mahathir on that score. But what does he have to say about White Hair?
Some 300 Pakatan elected reps and supporters have gathered outside the US embassy at noon to protest at the Israeli attack on the humanitarian aid flotilla heading for Gaza. It is the fourth protest today.
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Pakatan MPs are demanding that Najib summons Parliament within 48 hours to debate the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla. The situation warrants immediate action, they say.
There has been strong international condemnation of the Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla heading for Gaza from ordinary people world-wide. What does 1Apco have to say?
A Selangor State Assembly member, Dr Abd Rani Osman of Pas, believed to be involved in the humanitarian aid mission heading for Gaza that came under Israeli attack, is safe in Dubai.
An earlier tweet message from Selangor state exco member Elizabeth Wong indicated that Rani was on board the flotilla. Wong subsequently corrected her earlier tweet: Dr Rani is not on board the flotilla; she had just spoken to him after trying to reach him the whole day. Dr Rani, the Adun for Meru, is a physician and veteran in disaster management and rescue rehabilitation work.
The Anwar trial resumes at 2.15pm after proceedings were adjourned late this morning.
A second recreational park, the Tanjung Bunga Coastal Park, is set to be officially opened in an area increasingly filled with high-rise condominium towers.
The Gerakan Anti Samy protest is due to start at 3.00pm at the Mines Resort, after a one hour delay. We discuss whether it really makes a difference whether Samy Vellu stays or not.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat is holding its congress in Kota Bharu over the weekend as it licks its wounds after a spate of defections and a by-election loss. It is a time for soul-seaching – but the party has bounced back before.
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Both the United States and its trade rival, the European Union (EU), have been forced to modify their strategy in South-east Asia in pursuit of their ‘free trade’ and ‘liberalisation’ agenda.
The Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is effectively dead; negotiations had gone nowhere after eight rounds of talks. The Malaysian side was afraid of opening up access to government procurement contracts mainly awarded to bumiputera firms. The Americans, under the Obama administration, were worried that free trade would result in an influx of cheap goods into their country while American jobs are lost to low-wage countries.
Thousands of people turned up tonight for a Pakatan ceramah in Tanah Merah, an hour’s drive south of Kota Bharu.
The ceramah was described as the largest in the area since the 2008 general election Photo credit: Asrulhadi
Among the speakers were Anwar Ibrahim, Nik Aziz, Kit Siang and Amran Ghani, the PKR MP for Tanah Merah.