Penang lost a pioneering specialist on local governance when Datuk Dr Goh Ban Lee passed away on Thursday at the age of 85. A MCA lifetime member, Dr Goh was brought back to counsel the DAP – led state government in 2008 on the third vote of local government. DAP attempted to conduct local government…
One wonders whether Umno understands the idea of a political coalition. Yesterday the MCA declared that it would pull out of the BN coalition if the coalition continues backing Pakatan Harapan once the current term ends. MCA is not the first. MIC has already passed a resolution to quit the BN. BN is made up…
Penang is prepared to lead the way in establishing the first Tamil secondary school in Malaysia even though there are more primary Tamil schools in Perak compared to Penang. The issue was raised to Kumaran Krishnan the Bagan Dalam state assemblyman who proposed last month that the first Tamil secondary school be built in Bagan…
DAP legal bureau chief Ramkarpal Singh has called for the abolishment of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA). If that is impossible it has to be amended as the act is contrary to the Madani government’s reformists agenda. “The Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) ought to be abolished or at the…
After MIC, MCA has declared that it is prepared to quit Barisan Nasional and the reason, according to party president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong, is because the coalition keeps backing polircies and political arrangements that burden the people and weaken it. Wee claimed BN which is made up of Umno, MCA, MIC and…
A government backbencher has reiterated his call to Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Khalid Ismail to suspend police officers involved in the shooting of three men in Durian Tunggal along with swift probe on the death threat received by the Rajesh Nagarajan – the legal counsel of the victim’s family. In light of…
Rajesh Nagarajan, the lead counsel in the Durian Tunggal police shootout case ,revealed that there was a death threat posted online against him on Malaysiakini’s Facebook account. “The person wants to go to my house and kill my family. Someone wants to silence and intimidate me. “I will not be intimidated. Police must be investigate…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for the police to conduct a transparent investigation into the shooting of three Indian men by Durian Tunggal police as he was certain that certain rules seem to have been broken during the incident. “I have instructed the Inspector-General of Police (Khalid Ismail) to carry out a…
LIM GUAN ENG Some people believe that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar has not done enough. We have heard the people’s voices and will take their views seriously. We will convey this feedback to the Prime Minister and urge the government to fulfil its promises as soon as possible — to do enough, and do…
Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng has called for an intervention from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to direct Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution to ensure an an independent, fair, professional and transparent investigation by a competent authority to probe into the fatal shooting if three Malaysians of Indian ethnicity last week. The authority…
