Anwar: Najib more unpopular than his boss

HONG KONG, Sept 27 — Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday his campaign to topple the government would only be strengthened if Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi…

Q & A with Umno president

EXCERPTS of Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s press conference after the special supreme council meeting where he announced that the party’s general assembly and elections…

Najib to take over sooner

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will hand over power to his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak earlier than June 2010, it was announced yesterday.

Issue IC, Sultan tells NRD

IPOH: The Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah has ordered the National Registration Department (NRD) to issue a temporary identity card to R. Ragu, who had sought the Sultan’s help to apply for a…

Happy Birthday, RPK?

Helen Ang has a challenge for all of you : The petition is hitting 30,000 (sign the petition here). Can People’s Parliament give it a final push today and tomorrow, so that we can send a

Polis halang sebaran risalah anti-ISA

Andrew Ong, MalaysiakiniPolis hari ini menghalang usaha sekumpulan aktivis Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) untuk mengedar risalah menggesa supaya dimansuhkan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) hari ini.

Winners and losers

SEPT 26 - The decision by the Umno Supreme Council to postpone the party polls till March next year will have a major impact on many of the big players in the party. Below is the Malaysian…

Where are the headlights?

Dear Friends,Each day that I have been out driving, I get a little bit more depressed. No, it's not due to our legendary driving skills, although that contributes as well. What gets to me is the…

Let right be done

By Jacqueline Ann Surin, The Nut Graph IT is easy to focus on the recent cases of Internal Security Act (ISA) detentions because the three who were taken in — Malaysia Today blogger Raja Petra…

Holier than thou

By Aloysious Mowe, The Nut Graph LAST Christmas, after a splendid lunch at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, my nieces posed with their dad for photographs amidst a glittery forest of Christmas trees in the…

Is the Race Relations Act the solution?

SEPT 26 — A Race Relations Act (RRA) sounds good. But what sounds good may not be good. What sounds good may even be bad or redundant. In the case of the proposed RRA, I think it is a waste of…

Personality cults come with the territory

SEPT 26 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, leader of the Opposition, is a common target of derision for his supposed cult of personality and hunger for power. Far be it for me to deny the truth —…

New plan a bad deal for Pak Lah

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 - If the Umno Supreme Council endorses the new transition deal this morning, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will announce that he will not seek re-election as president but…

Umno polls put off to March

By Shannon TeohKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — Umno has postponed its party elections to March next year to facilitate an early transition plan, Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi announced today.

Helping Jane get exemption from NS

MALACCA: Several parties are helping 17-year-old Jane Lim in her bid to be exempted from national service (NS) following the recent death of her brother soon after attending the three-month training.

Anwar plays a waiting game in Malaysia

By Anil Netto PENANG - Malaysia's political opposition insists its plan to topple Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's government is still on track, as doubts emerge about the credibility of…