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Dear Mr. Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar,

We are not stupid. If you have grounds to say that Raja Petra is publishing “libellous, defamatory and slanderous” stuff, please take him to court and seek legal recourse.

The results are conclusive: Anwar had won the  Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election. He obtained 31,195 votes, while BN candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah received 15,524 votes, and Akim candidate Hanafi Hamat had only 92 votes.

I don't care whether your Swiss bank account has billions and billions of dollars, legally or illegally; as long as my wallet is full, and I have enough to still survive till the end of the month.

Mula-mula Saiful bersumpah
Lepas tu Najib juga bersumpah
Nasib baik SamyVellu tak bersumpah
Rakyat naik mual dan menyampah

IPOH: Those visiting Perak executive council (exco) members at the State Secretariat Building here will be subjected to security checks to prevent the possibility of the councillors being accused of corrupt practices.

SEBERANG JAYA, Aug 28 — Just 45 minutes after voting ended at 5pm on Tuesday, Datin Latifah Asmawi knew her husband’s hopes of winning the Permatang Pauh seat were gone.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won a crucial by-election for the parliamentary seat of Pemantang Pauh on Tuesday.

(By SEAN YOONG/ AP) - Malaysia has blocked access to a popular news Web site that has often run afoul of authorities for its sensational political reporting, sparking complaints Thursday (28 Aug) that the government has reneged on its pledge to keep cyberspace uncensored.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — It looks like Malaysia-Today is the only target of the government’s sudden crackdown on blogosphere. So far.

(Xinhua) - Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will not be the prime minister by Sept. 16, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said in Johor Bahru, capital of Malaysian southern Johor state, local media reported on Thursday.

Wanita Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan) akan menganjurkan satu majlis program "Himpunan Keluarga Merdeka" pada hari Sabtu ini (30 Ogos).

(The Star) - The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia or SKMM) was “only exercising its power” when it ordered the 19 Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to block the Malaysia Today website.

(The Star) - PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as Permatang Pauh MP at 10.05am Thursday in a brief ceremony in Dewan Rakyat here.

Anwar claims he can persuade enough BN MPs to cross the floor for Pakatan to unseat the BN government. Now that he is ready to take his seat in the Dewan Rakyat (parliament), scheduled for this morning, his credibility will be tested on the record.

The Straits Times Editorial

Tell your friends and family that the son of Malaysia Today has taken over the fight of its father. And this son is called mt.harapanmalaysia.com. Also tell them that the fight is going to get fiercer. The son wants to avenge the death of its father.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Serangan TB kali pertama terhadap Mat Ezam sampai pada awal March. Serangan TB ini cukup hebat. Semput Mat Ezam terutama apabila keputusan piliharaya memperlihatkan banyak kerusi telah di menangi olih PKR.

DARI JELEBU

Hishamuddin Rais 

Many thought, nay hoped, that after the 8th March general elections, you and your friends in BN would have come to understand the meaning and the force of people power.

Huge support Anwar received in polls shows that the BN's initiative backfired

Anwar's choice of Sept 16 as the day on which he will move against the government is therefore done largely for symbolic reasons. That was the day 45 years ago when the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, along with Singapore, joined Malaya to form Malaysia.

Ooi Kee Beng, TODAYonline

The return to parliament of the man who once was deputy prime minister has shaken the political establishment and brought him one step closer to the stated goal of seizing the top job. 

Analysis by Baradan Kuppusamy, IPS

Malaysian's, like elsewhere in Asia, are feeling the pinch from the high cost of food and fuel, and becoming increasingly discontent with government efforts to rein in spending that cuts fuel subsidies and hurts the poor.

Luke Hunt, World Politics Reveiw