KOTA BARU, June 2 — PAS today approved without debate several motions urging the party to reconsider its relationship with PKR, leaving the final decision in the hands of the influential Syura Council. PAS information chief Nasrudin Hassan revealed that the muktamar received at least three motions to review ties with PKR. Among the reasons…
KUALA LUMPUR: If MCA President Liow Tiong Lai was serious about opposing the hudud Bill, he must not give ambiguous or confusing and wrong messages to the Prime Minister, said Seputeh MP Teresa Kok in a statement. The immediate and minimum action that Liow should do, added Kok, was to announce MCA’s total boycott of…
After more than a week of endless statements by MCA ministers on the government’s move to prioritize Hadi’s Private Member’s Bill in Parliament, it is becoming clearer that MCA lacks consistency and seriousness in opposing the Bill. If MCA is serious and consistent on its stand against the Private Member’s Bill, the minimum they should…
KOTA BARU: The changed ways of Umno and Barisan Nasional now would have been one approved by the late Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, says PAS youth chief. Nik Mohd Abduh Nik Aziz (pic), while delivering his closing speech at the PAS youth wing Muktamar claimed that the government which used to be aggressive…
KOTA BARU, June 1 ― The women’s wing of PAS approved a motion today to sever ties with political ally PKR, just a year after cutting all links with DAP. The motion, proposed by the wing’s Kedah delegation, cited PKR’s cooperation with PAS offshoot Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) as among the key reasons. “Following the…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Controversial columnist Ridhuan Tee Abdullah has pulled out as a member of MCA, accusing the ruling Barisan Nasional’s Chinese component of being anti-Islam after it objected to the Syariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016. The Chinese Muslim who held a lifetime membership in MCA said the party was acting racially…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― The Health Ministry has increased the minimum age for alcohol consumption to 21 from 18 and imposed labels on alcoholic beverages that say alcohol can be hazardous to health. According to the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2016 gazetted on May 17 by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam, the regulations,…
Today is supposed to be the trial of my defamation suit against Mr Wong Choo Cheang, the former chairman of DAP Seputeh liaison committee. However, the trial did not go on as he decided to apologize to me in chambers before the judge. Wong accused me of squandering elections fund of the 2013 elections of…