Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail is confident that PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will give his full cooperation in the investigation over the latter’s statement that touched 3R issues during the Nenggiri by-election campaign. “I just read a statement from my officer, and there is a specific paragraph where Tuanku (Tengku Mahkota…
The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said on Monday, adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain. The patient was a 33-year-old Filipino male who had no travel history outside the Philippines, the…
Pahang PKR described PN chairman Tan Sri Mahiaddin Yassin’s action of dragging the 16th Agong and Pahang Sultan, Al Sultan Abdullah as an undignified and desperate move for the sake off gaining votes. “His actions in dragging the royal institution into politics is undignified and desperate for the sake of gaining votes. “This lie indirectly…
Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Puad Zarkashi questioned whether PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was suitable to be prime minister again as the latter had made statements that incited the people against the Malay Rulers. “Muhyiddin should make an open apology, He should be probed immediately and this must be followed by stringent action….
Pahang Regent Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah wants the police (PDRM) to take action against PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. “I want the PDRM to take stringent action without any compromise against Muhyiddin for deliberately touching on 3R sentiments,” he said in a statement. “I also would like to advice all politicians that as…
Kedah Umno information chief Datuk Shaiful Hazizy Zainol Abidin put the blame of PN’s loss in the Nenggiri by-election solely on Muafakat Nasional chairman Tan Sri Annuar Musa. Annuar is also Pas central committee member. Shaiful said Annuar delivered PN’s worst performance in a by-election. “Before this, although PN lost in by-elections like those in…
The Thai king today formally appointed Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter of controversial billionaire ex-premier Thaksin, as Thailand’s new prime minister. Paetongtarn received King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s official written command to form a government in a ceremony at the headquarters of a former pro-Thaksin TV station soon after 9.30am local time.
Election Commission chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun confirmed BN candidate Mohd Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghani’s win in Nenggiri with 9,091 votes. Azmawi, better known as Awie, amassed a majority of 3,352 votes. The voter turnout was 73.88 percent, Ramlan added in an official statement. Azmawi’s opponent Rizwadi Ismail of PN polled 5,739 votes.
BN’s win in Nenggiri was contributed by a combination of factors that includes Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s proactive approach and the moves made by the unity government coalition at the federal level. “Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership that was focused on the people’s issues and implementation without political rhetoric was…
BN has bagged all six Orang Asli polling districts. The six are Kuala Sungai, Tohoi, SUngai Puian, Sungai Jenera, Simpor and Sungai Wias. This was confirmed by BN secretary general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. The six are part of 20 polling districts that is catering for the 20,259 registered voters. BN fielded Kelantan Umno…
