Day: April 13, 2010

Malaysiakini MIC president S Samy Vellu has threatened legal action against a news portal for publishing a report that he said was highly mischievous. He said the Malaysian Insider’s report today that the party would sabotage and boycott the April 25 Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election

Adila Razak (Malaysiakini) In the battle for Hulu Selangor, every vote counts, including the 721 from the often-ignored Orang Asli community. With polling day on April 25, time is the essense. So crucial are their votes, in fact, that both sides of the battle have

K Pragalath (Malaysiakini) With less than 48 hours before Barisan Nasional announces its candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election, there appears to be rift over who should represent the coalition. NONEA high-ranking MIC source told Malaysiakini that the choice now boiled down to party deputy

Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today the coalition is ready to face former Umno minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim in the Hulu Selangor by-election. “We know Zaid Ibrahim’s background very well, but we are

By G. Manimaran and Adib Zalkapli (Malaysian Insider) KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — With PKR naming Datuk Zaid Ibrahim as their candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election, MIC leaders now believe that Datuk G. Palanivel is the best man to take on the former law

By Yow Hong Chieh (Malaysian Insider) HULU SELANGOR, April 13 — Some Barisan Nasional politicians are echoing the sentiments of many Hulu Selangor residents who say they want to see a new face in the upcoming by-election. Datuk Idris Bakar, Hulu Selangor Umno chief, said

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid (Malaysian Insider) HULU SELANGOR, April 13 — Umno Selangor’s deputy chief today denied allegations of friction between Umno and fellow Barisan Nasional component party MIC over the candidacy for the by-election here. Datuk Seri Noh Omar said it was “normal” for

By Adib Zalkapli (Malaysian Insider) KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — Former Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is PKR’s candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election. The decision to nominate the former Kota Bharu Umno division chief was made at PKR’s political bureau meeting earlier today, said