Day: April 14, 2010

BN’s Hulu S’gor Candidacy: MIC Wants Palanivel, UMNO Prefers Mugilan

Malaysian Digest KUALA LUMPUR, 14 APRIL 2010: While Barisan Nasional (BN) is expected to announce tomorrow of its candidate for the upcoming Hulu Selangor by-election, cracks seems to appear on the choices favoured by the two main component parties, UMNO and MIC. Political observers say

BN Will Not Be Over-Confident in Hulu S'gor By-Election

Malaysian Digest KUALA LUMPUR, 14 APRIL 2010: Barisan Nasional (BN) would not be over-confident in the Hulu Selangor by-election, but its election machinery would instead work real hard for a win, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Muhyiddin, who is also BN deputy

Ex-MIC Deputy Chairman Stands As Independent in Hulu S'gor

Malaysian Digest HULU SELANGOR, 14 APRIL 2010: Former deputy chairman of the Hulu Selangor MIC division V. S. Chandran is standing as an independent candidate in the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election on April 25. The 56-year-old Chandran, currently suspended for one year by the party,

PKR to Stop Publishing Defamatory Words On Perak MB

Malaysian Digest KUALA LUMPUR, 14 APRIL 2010: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and two others have given an undertaking to Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir (pic) not to print and publish again an article entitled “”Zambry Disyaki Pengganas – Gagal masuk ke

Anwar: DAP Candidate for Sibu By-Election

Malaysian Digest KUALA LUMPUR, 14 APR, 2010: Permatang Pauh MP and Opposition Leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) in a press conference at the Office of the Opposition Leader in parliament today announced that Pakatan Rakyat has decided to put a candidate from DAP for

Another Independent Candidate to Contest in Hulu Selangor

Malaysian Digest HULU SELANGOR, 14 APRIL, 2010: A businessman, Johan Mohd Diah, 31, today offered himself as an independent candidate in the by-election for the Hulu Selangor Parliamentary seat on April 25. He is the second candidate who had offered to stand as an independent

1,000 Police Personnel for Hulu Selangor Poll

Malaysian Digest KUALA LUMPUR, 14 APRIL, 2010: The Selangor police are ready to face the by-election for the Hulu Selangor Parliamentary seat on April 25, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. He said more than 1,000 police personnel had been identified to ensure

Hulu S’gor: PKR plays the ethnic game

Written by KTemoc (cpiasia.net) The belief shared by the political parties on the Hulu Selangor by-election is that G. Palanivel, deputy president of MIC, is unlikely to be a winning candidate for the BN. Of course their reasons for that vary, from personal ambitions of

Sibu by-election to be “battle of the mighty Rejang’

Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — The upcoming Sibu parliamentary by-election is regarded by many political analysts and party members as one of the toughest fights between two sworn enemies, the SUPP and DAP. Both parties know only too well that they cannot afford

Hulu S’gor: PKR plays the ethnic game

Written by KTemoc (cpiasia.net) The belief shared by the political parties on the Hulu Selangor by-election is that G. Palanivel, deputy president of MIC, is unlikely to be a winning candidate for the BN. Of course their reasons for that vary, from personal ambitions of