The second coming of Isa

By Leslie Lau, The Malaysian Insider For Umno, normal service resumed today with Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad’s landslide victory in the Bagan Pinang state seat in Negri Sembilan.

Landslide for Isa

By Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad has won the Bagan Pinang by-election by a landslide of 5,435 votes, snapping its losing streak in peninsula…

MCA Commits Political Suicide

By Matthias Chang On 7th October 2009, we cautioned the central delegates of the MCA not to listen to Chua Soi Lek, the political opportunist and former Minister of Health and Deputy…

Hayat MCA Menuju Senja

Menurut Ronnie, sudah sampai masanya untuk MCA gulung tikar kerana walau siapa pun di antara kedua pemimpin itu menerajui parti, mereka tidak akan dapat meraih semula kepercayaan masyarakat Cina. TV…

Seramai 81.65 peratus keluar mengundi

(Utusan Malaysia) - Semua pusat mengundi pilihan raya kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Bagan Pinang telah ditutup pada pukul 5 petang dengan 81.65 peratus keluar mengundi. Keseluruhan 11,157 pengundi…

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By Art HarunThe following is an e mail which was forwarded to me by Dato' Marina Mahathir. I have obtained her permission to reproduce it here in its entirety. I do not wish to add or subtract…

Better to lose the battle

By Tengku Razaleigh Much as the likely win by Tan Sri Isa Samad in Bagan Pinang today would be welcomed by the leadership after the string of losses Umno has suffered, I am afraid what the nation

MCA’s surprise result should signal voters

By Chua Sue-Ann, The EdgePAS vice-president Datuk Mahfuz Omar today urged Bagan Pinang voters to reject corrupted leaders by taking cognisance from MCA's unexpected extraordinary general meeting (EGM)…

UMNO Blows Chilli Powder on MIC’s Face

By Why Lie-dis n Lie-datLooks like Samy's new team seemed to be getting chilli powder thrown at their face when big brader their No1 Malaysia became the first PM to launch another political party that…

Isa gunning to lead Negri again?

Khairy's agenda at that time, it is said, included the removal of Isa as the mentri besar. To make this happen, he allegedly influenced Pak Lah to shift Isa to the Linggi parliamentary seat with a…

LIVE FROM BAGAN PINANG

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On the MCA EGM

By Tengku RazaleighMCA is now without leadership. Both the President and Deputy President of MCA have been rejected by delegates at their EGM.

MCA vote leaves media in a spin

By uppercaiseThe results of MCA’s extraordinary general meeting had all the major newspapers and news sites in a spin yesterday, with everyone seemingly taking sides. Only MalaysiaKini and Malaysian…

Polling begins in Bagan Pinang

Voters began streaming into polling stations at 8am for the Bagan Pinang by-election that appears to be Barisan Nasional’s to lose after Pakatan Rakyat struggled through the campaign period to get its…

MCA split ahead of Bagan Pinang Poll

By Anil NettoThe BN was dealt a demoralising blow on the eve of the Bagan Pinang by-election after contradictory motions passed during the MCA’s extraordinary general meeting today threw the party…

MCA – EGM

By Sit Onn Kok, MCA Life Membership No.WD 1800074After the EGM, the MCA is now headless, so literally speaking, the Chinese have killed themselves, the body we have come to know as MCA.

Benevolent Dictatorship

By Hakim JoeNo such thing, RPK, not in the immediate future anyway. The concept is there but the realization and preservation can never be truly successful, not with such diversity in the three…

Isa set to claim Bagan seat

Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad is on course to return to active politics as Bagan Pinang assemblyman. He has been unafraid to take tough questions during the campaign, which has won him the grudging respect…