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Perak ready to work with Opposition-led states

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:51:40 +0000

KUALA KANGSAR, April 28 — Perak will collaborate with states with which it shares a common border to promote industrial development and tourism, even if they are ruled by the opposition, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir (picture) said today. Perak shares its border with Kelantan, Penang, Kedah, Selangor and Pahang, all of which, except Pahang, are ruled by the Pakatan Rakyat.

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Anwar alleges Israelis spies in police info system

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:55:50 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday, April 6, sought to raise fears of a threat to national security, alleging that two former Israeli intelligence personnel were working as sub-contractors in a project to upgrade the Royal Malaysian Police force’s information and communications system.

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Pakatan Rakyat vs local elections (The Nut Graph)

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:21:40 +0000

IT is funny to hear my friends in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) complaining that civil society is pressuring only the opposition coalition to revive local elections and not the Barisan Nasional (BN). It becomes more hilarious now that the PR has reportedly reduced its commitment to merely “strengthening local democracy.” One unnamed leader defends it as “a matter of semantics…

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Opposition spreading lies, says Zambry (The Star)

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:53:57 +0000

TAIPING: Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir has accused the Opposition of spreading lies when they claimed that he had given land to his cronies.

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Waning support a concern to Opposition (Malaysia Today)

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:37:35 +0000

(The Star) – Opposition leaders are in agreement that the slim majority for PAS in the Manek Urai by-election is something not to be taken lightly as it showed an…

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Anwar needles Putrajaya to apologise to Hindraf leaders (The Malaysian Insider)

Sun, 10 May 2009 12:57:33 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – Opposition icon Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today ramped up pressure on the Malaysian government, saying that it should apologise to P Uthayakumar and other Hindraf leaders for detaining them under the Internal Security Act. He also challenged the authorities to substantiate reasons why the men who helmed Hindraf were detained in Kamunting, noting that the police had linked …

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BN loses badly in key by-elections (The Malaysian Insider)

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:13:38 +0000

TAIPING/ALOR SETAR, April 8 – The momentum that Malaysia’s new Premier Najib Razak had hoped to create came to an abrupt halt last night, after the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered two heavy defeats in three by-elections. At both Bukit Gantang in Perak and Bukit Selambau in Kedah, the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) increased its majorities over the BN. The only silver lining for a dismal …

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Malaysia gov’t loses parliament by-election vote (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:19:14 +0000

TAIPING, Malaysia, April 7 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s new prime minister suffered an early blow after just four days in power when the opposition won a tense parliamentary by-election that was billed as a referendum on his premiership.

Perak police ban Anwars Taiping ceramah (Malaysia Today)

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:23:59 +0000

(Suara keADILan) – Police have banned a Pakatan Rakyat ceramah due to be held in Simpang, Taiping, where the main draw was a keynote address by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim .

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Let’s all celebrate… (The Malaysian Insider)

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:47:29 +0000

MARCH 2 — This coming week, there will be thousands of column inches devoted to March 8, 2008 when a political “tsunami” swept through Malaysia which resulted in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) taking control of the five most important states in Malaysia, and denying the Barisan Nasional (BN) its all-important 2/3 majority in parliament. Post March 8, people proudly boasted that when you …

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