NEWS/COMMENTARIES

(Bernama) - Sixty petty traders are planning to open up stalls in front of Bersih 3.0 co-chairman Datuk S. Ambiga's house in Bukit Damansara here on Thursday and Friday.

Their spokesman, Kuala Lumpur Petty Traders Action Council chairman Datuk Jamal Md Yunus, said they were calling the action as "Bersih 4.0-Mencucikan Bersih 1,2,3" (Bersih 4.0 - Cleaning up Bersih 1,2.3).

(Bernama) - The MCA is confident that Barisan Nasional would regain control of Selangor, said president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

(Malaysiakini) - Anti-Pakatan Rakyat NGO Tibai today added to the deluge of 'sex expose' against Pakatan Rakyat, this time claiming that a top male leader from the coalition had been flirting with a former male university student.

(The Malaysian Insider) - Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has insisted he will not run in the upcoming general election despite earlier reports that PAS had convinced its president to defend his seats.

(Borneo Post) - It seems that Miri is not the only parliamentary seat where Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Democratic Action Party (DAP) want to field their own candidates for the opposition front in the coming general election.

(Bernama) - "Umno must accept PAS together with its Pakatan (opposition) partners. When Umno has changed its stand (policy), it must join Pakatan" 

(The Star) - An Opposition high tea programme in Merlimau turned ugly when hundreds of youths turned up and pelted those attending the function with eggs and stones.

The youths also surrounded and damaged the vehicles of at least two people, one of which belonged to a DAP assemblyman.

The horror endured by 19 victims of police brutality during the Bersih 3.0 rally has shocked the electoral watchdog's chairperson.

(Free Malaysia Today) - Bersih co-chairperson S Ambiga has heard countless accounts of police brutality taking place during the April 28 rally but she was still “deeply shocked” by those of 19 victims who shared their stories with the media this morning.

The former premier says PAS leaders who disagree with Nik Aziz's stand should not stand in the way of the dialogue.

(Bernama) - PAS top leaders who are against their party spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat’s suggestion for a dialogue with Umno, should not hinder the initiative, said former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

But PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution says it's not worth the time to respond to statements made by the movement.

(Free Malaysia Today) - Perkasa today challenged Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim to announce the opposition’s shadow cabinet this month in view of the approaching general election.