Dr Chong Eng Leong, a strong advocator on the illegal immigrant and Project IC issues in Sabah, has quit Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) with immediate effect.
“My participation in politics is for Sabah, not for PBS. I cannot pursue my fight for Sabah’s security and sovereignty within Malaysia via PBS anymore.
“We say “Patriotisme Asas Perpaduan” [...]
“Malaysia is fortunate as the people of various races and religions in the country can live in peace and harmony all this while,” Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
“The constitution guarantees the freedom to practise any faith although Islam remains as the official religion,” Abdullah said in the statement ahead of the Buddhist Wesak [...]
Outraged at an order by Malaysia’s cabinet to investigate him on charges of judicial corruption, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has resigned from the United Malays National Organisation, to which he had belonged since 1946, and demanded that other UMNO members follow him out of the party until his successor is overthrown.
Mahathir’s decision [...]
Abdullah stressed that innovation must become a part of the national culture and said that is why the government must continue to invest in key components of infrastructure in order to support innovation. “The investment for high speed broadband network is an example.”
Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA
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The talent that Malaysia does not [...]
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reminded all Barisan Nasional (BN) elected representatives to refrain from being arrogant and corrupt in discharging their duties as Members of Parliament and state assemblymen.
“It is hoped that the BN elected representatives will not allow themselves to be labelled as arrogant and corrupt,” he told reporters after [...]
Abdullah said there were many things that were not right in the previous Prime Minister’s reign, citing the 1987 Operasi Lalang crackdown, the erosion of confidence in the judiciary and lack of freedom in the media as examples.
“There is no stopping his slew of accusations. He claims there is no freedom of media. Does [...]
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi lashed out at the Penang State Government for adopting a fully open tender system as it does not guarantee fairness to those who are financially weak to compete.
He said in principle the proposal by the State Government to emphasise on equitability appeared to be good but this [...]
… If Abdullah Badawi is indeed ousted as prime minister and head of the United Malays National Organisation, his replacement is likely to be Najib Tun Razak, the scandal-scarred deputy prime minister, who has been UMNO’s most energetic powerbroker in recent years. And, as some critics have pointed out, it would be delivering UMNO [...]
Hurt by a combination of bread-and-butter issues and a poor choice of candidates, Mr Abdullah has come to represent everything negative about the ruling coalition — indecisive and tolerant of excesses.
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Malaysians fed up with BN’s excesses
The excesses under Khir Toyo
Some analysts choose to see it as a maturing of voters, able to go beyond racial politics that have been the blueprint for electoral victory in Malaysia. But, more significantly, others see it as the people’s way of showing they had had enough of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s weak leadership, which they blame for rising [...]
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