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Hence winning the general election has never been a worry for Umno or the Prime Ministers since the time of Merdeka. It is the internal Umno party elections that give the Umno Presidents cum Prime Ministers sleepless nights. And Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Hussein Onn, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (and now Najib) all felt this heat. (Tun Razak Hussein died ‘early’ before the heat could build up). THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin
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Hence we are going to see a battle to decide not only the new Umno leadership but the direction Umno is to take over these next four or five years leading to the 14th General Election. Those who feel that Umno needs to appeal to the middle ground will back Najib. Those who feel that Najib has ‘sold out’ to the non-Malays will oppose him. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin
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And all, I repeat, ALL, these people pay ‘protection money’ to the police. So is this not Chinese bribing Malays? Hence if Chinese do not respect Malays for taking bribes do we respect the Chinese for bribing Malays? Again, just like the ex-Mufti regarding the issue of criticising the monarchs, the ex-IGP did not explain this part. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin
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Muzliza Mustafa, TMI The organisers of this Saturday's Black 505 rally will face prosecution as they have not received approval from City Hall to use Padang Merbok in Kuala Lumpur for the gathering.
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Merah Tinta MSO Sama ada memang benar berlaku penyelewengan dan ketidak-adilan (melampau) dalam pilihan raya KE-13 lalu, hakikatnya parti UBN masih berkuasa dan Najib Razak masih menjadi perdana menteri. Dalam permainan politik yang berpaksikan kepada 4C (teori saya) sebagai rukunnya, penegakkan kebenaran dengan segala macam fakta 'akli' atau bayangan tidak merubahkan keadaan.
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Saya dituduh kecewa kerana tidak menjadi calon dalam PRU 13 yang lepas dan ini merupakan komen yang sangat peribadi. Jika pun saya dijadikan calon ia tetap tidak melambangkan ‘multiracialism’ seperti yang dilaungkannya itu kerana ia akan hanya menambah bilangan Melayu di dalam senarai itu hanya menjadi dua orang sahaja dari seorang yang ada sekarang. Aspan Alias
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(The Star) - A former Umno man who joined DAP last year has now turned on the Opposition party, saying it had fielded too few non-Chinese members in the General Election. Aspan Alias was among those not picked to stand for the elections.
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A lawyer will give fresh details on the scandal at a Suaram dinner next month. G Vinod, FMT Suaram will make a further expose next month of allegedly corrupt dealings in Malaysia’s 2002 purchase of two Scorpene submarines.
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(TMI) - Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak (gambar kiri) berada dalam keadaan tidak menentu selepas mengetuai kemenangan Barisan Nasional (BN) pada pilihan raya umum 5 Mei tanpa mencapai sasaran yang beliau sendiri tetapkan: merampas kembali majoriti tradisi dua pertiga di Parlimen.
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Dalam tempoh 7 tahun lagi ke arah negara maju pada 2020, adakah corak berpolitik pakatan pembangkang ini boleh dinamakan politik matang? Mohd Hisham Abdul Rafar, Bernama
Sebilangan rakyat Malaysia masih tidak berpuas hati dengan keputusan pilihan raya umum ke-13 (PRU13) dan terus mahu mengadakan bantahan.
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FMT LETTER: From Natesan Visnu, via e-mail The current talk of Tengku Razaleigh (Ku Li) for Prime Minister has created sensation among Malaysians. The possibility of Pakatan Rakyat forming the new government with 25 MPs from BN dissatisfied with Najib’s leadership crossing over and requesting Ku Li to lead the pact for Putrajaya has reignited the interest in Malaysian politics after the General Election No. 13 disappointment. Ku Li as Prime Minister?
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Let us not forget that despite the protests, the state governments of Kelantan, Selangor and Penang have been sworn in. So, am I to understand elections were run “legitimately” in these states and not in the rest of the country? Adam Netto
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It seems that the more extreme one’s discourse is, the more it mesmerises and excites others. Lim Mun Fah, Sin Chew Daily
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The government should remind itself that no one is above the law. Those who have wronged this society must be brought to justice.
The overwhelming majority of complaints to date on matters of serious concern, such as deaths in custody, have pertained to the police. This is a fact that cannot be ignored, just as we cannot blind ourselves to the fact that the EAIC simply does not enjoy the confidence of the majority of Malaysians, many of whom had not even heard of the commission until the current debate started. Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, fz.com
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We expect the police to be like the Lotus plant which lives, stands upright and displays its beauty even in filthy ponds – we each have to excel at what we do. Yet, the police have to deal with bad folks more frequently than the rest of us. Period. It’s not easy to remain different from the bad folks. And therein lies the challenge: bad folks taunt us; bad folks mock us; bad folks hurt us. write2rest
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The earth moves again as Terence Fernandez makes his exit from Malay Mail to join fz.com, a socio-political news portal owned by a corporate mover linked, at least once upon a time, to Anwar Ibrahim. The Star's Wong Sai Wan, one of the few Datuks in journalism, has already started at the Malay Mail in charge of Special Projects. Rocky's Bru
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(Bernama) - "Going to the same school increases the chances of togetherness. I'm the product of this kind of school"
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Malaysian student Bong Meen Szer (center) takes part in calligraphy contest at Xiamen University. She welcomed the college's plan to open a campus in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. (China Daily) - Cross-border expansion signifies China's growing clout and rising world interest in country, report Luo Wangshu in Chongqing, Cao Yin in Beijing and Wang Hongyi in Shanghai.
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(Phil Star) - Some 400 fighters and volunteers in the Royal Security Force (RSF) of the Sultanate of Sulu have engaged Malaysian security forces in a firefight in Kampung Dengan Tungku in Lahad Datu, Sabah on Monday afternoon, Abraham Idjirani, spokesman for the Sulu sultanate, said the fresh fighting was reported to him by Agbimuddin Kiram, brother of Sulu sultan Jamalul Kiram III and commander of the RSF.
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(mStar) - Malaysia menyangkal dakwaan media Filipina mengenai berlaku pertempuran di antara pasukan keselamatan dengan kira-kira 400 tentera Sulu di daerah Lahad Datu. Ketua Pengarah Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Pantai Timur (Esscom), Datuk Mohamad Mantek memberitahu The Star pada selasa bahawa dakwaan berlaku pertempuran itu adalah tidak masuk akal.
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(Channel News Asia) - Both Mr Shanmugam and Dr Balakrishnan referred to the claim by an Indonesian Forestry Ministry official in the media that Malaysian and Singapore palm oil companies that had invested in Indonesia may be responsible for starting the fires in Riau.
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(CNet) - Popular mobile chat app warned of possible blockage after voice and messaging app Viber was blocked last week.
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Zaid Ibrahim Some of my friends have been somewhat critical of my tweets and blog posts lately, simply because I have been commenting on UMNO and even praising Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The less sophisticated have interpreted this as my way of trying to get back into the UMNO fold. But the truth is it’s UMNO season and whatever happens in the party will affect all of us, whether we like it or not. Given that, I write with the hope that some of what I say can, in some small way, influence the delegates and the party chiefs.
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Several analysts say that the growing calls of no contest for Umno's top two posts is an attempt to conceal the divide in the party. Nottingham Malaysia University analyst Zaharom Nain said that it did not matter whether Najib or Muhyiddin led Umno as the right wing faction in the party is getting stronger. G Vinod, FMT
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Therefore, for all intents and purposes, it was Dr Mahathir who appointed Najib as the Deputy Prime Minister and not Pak Lah who did so. Pak Lah did not ‘confirm’ Dr Mahathir’s announcement until the following day. Pak Lah really had no choice in the matter after Dr Mahathir had publicly ‘thanked’ him for ‘agreeing’ to appoint Najib as the Deputy Prime Minister. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin
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And that is the parody of these people. They give a different public image from what they really are. For example both Dr Mahathir and Anwar are republicans and anti-Monarchy. In private and during closed-door meetings they will whack the Monarchy. Publicly, they will whack those who whack the Monarchy. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin
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(The Star) - The Court of Appeal has ordered the terrorism case of former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Yazid Sufaat to be heard before a new High Court judge.
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Md Izwan, TMI Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad admitted today he might have made a mistake in giving guarantees for internet freedom, which has been blamed for empowering and enabling opposition parties to win more seats in Election 2013.
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The Malaysian Bar president Christopher Leong claims that the Bahasa Malaysia translation of the Federal Constitution is leading to a lot of misinterpretation. G Lavendran, FMT Malaysian Bar president Christopher Leong claims that the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Federal Constitution is causing a lot of confusion when translated.
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With four days to go before the Black 505 rally in Padang Merbok, PKR is going ahead and making preparations for the event on Saturday. Leven Woon, FMT PKR has started making preparations to use Padang Merbok in Kuala Lumpur as the venue for the Black 505 rally on Saturday.
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