Free Malaysia Today by G. Vinod KUALA LUMPUR | Jan 8, 2013 Pakatan Rakyat today announced that it has no qualms about non-Muslims using the word “Allah” to refer to God as long as it is not misused. Speaking at a press conference here today, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said that “Allah”, which is…
Weekly Podcast: DAP honest about election mistakes, unlike BN; Critics hypocritical
DAP has been roundly slammed by BN-controlled mainstream media for admitting to mistakes in its CEC election results. In her latest podcast, Teresa Kok gives some insight into the process that went into verifying and rectifying the mistake. She also explains why the party chose to reveal the mistakes despite the backlash that would surely…
Teresa bidas sikap Timbalan Pengerusi SPR
Rocketkini.Com KUALA LUMPUR | Jan 7, 2013 Timbalan Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia (SPR), Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar diminta bersikap profesional, bebas dan berkecuali serta tidak mencampuri urusan mana-mana parti politik, termasuk DAP. Naib Pengerusi DAP Kebangsaan, Teresa Kok, berkata Wan Ahmad tidak sepatutnya mengulas mengenai kesilapan teknikal yang tidak disengajakan berlaku pada pemilihan…
Kit Siang: Difficult days for DAP
By Leven Woon Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR | Jan 7, 2013 The DAP election fiasco provided a field day for the mainstream media while DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang said these were the most difficult days in the party’s 47-year old history. Lim pointed out that the mainstream media is controlled by the BN…
Elections Commission Should Not Comment On a Political Party’s Internal Affairs
Press statement by Teresa Kok, MP for Seputeh and Vice Chairperson of DAP on 5th January 2013 at Kuala Lumpur The remarks by Elections Commission Deputy Chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar on the DAP’s internal polls are unwarranted and unbecoming of a body that is supposed to be non-partisan. The EC should maintain its statutory neutrality and refrain from poking…
Non-Muslims can use ‘Allah’, Mat Sabu insists
By Amin Iskandar The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR | Jan 4, 2013 PAS maintains that non-Muslims are allowed to use the word “Allah” to describe their gods, says PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu, in a bid to allay fears among the religious minority that the Islamist party may be reversing its president’s stand ahead of…
With ‘Gangnam Style’, DAP seeks to woo new supporters
By Ida Lim The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR | Jan 2, 2013 Riding on the “Oppa Gangnam Style” viral video hit, DAP has put out a parody of the South Korean song to reach out to young voters and those who find politics boring. The “Ubah Rocket Style” parody was launched last night and highlights…
Watch out for scams of 2013
By Salena Tay Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR | Jan 2, 2013 We are going to start the year being scammed with a recycled scam! This scam, which is in fact a con-trick, was used before the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9, 2011. In this trick, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had made a…