Category Archives: DAP Updates

Is Marina a pawn of Bersih 3.0 too, asks Kit Siang

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has put his own daughter in a bad light by calling the Bersih 3.0 as “a warm-up” for Pakatan Rakyat to reject the result of the upcoming general election, said DAP supremo Lim Kit … Continue reading →

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‘Muhyiddin the most incompetent DPM in history’

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

The DAP has dubbed Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the most incompetent deputy prime minister in the country’s history, since he cannot even approve a Chinese high school for the community in Kuantan. DAP deputy publicity secretary Teo Nie Ching … Continue reading →

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Time is on Pakatan Rakyat’s side

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

By Lim Kit Siang Until the Bersih 3.0 rally of April 28, 2012, it was fairly certain that the 13th General Election will take place in June this year. This certainty has now disappeared because the Prime Minister, Najib Razak … Continue reading →

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Poor healthcare in Sarawak: DAP blames Taib

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Poor healthcare services in Sarawak, particularly in Meradong constituency came under the spotlight at the state legislative Assembly sitting alongwith Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s trip to Switzerland for dental care. Urging Taib to ‘spare a thought’ … Continue reading →

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Tunku Aziz – patricians can’t last in partisan politics

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

By Terence Netto COMMENT “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” This remark attributed to US president Harry Truman is famously evocative of the pressures a politician must face if his or her mettle is to … Continue reading →

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Tunku Aziz insists on leaving, feels insulted by Guan Eng

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

The resignation of Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim as DAP vice-chairperson may escalate into a war of words after Tunku Aziz called DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng “biadap” (uncouth) and a “demagogue” in an MCA-owned daily. In an exclusive interview … Continue reading →

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Come back, Guan Eng to Tunku Aziz

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

PETALING JAYA: Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim may have given up on DAP but it appears that his former party is not ready to give up on him. Barely 24-hours after his resignation as DAP national vice-chairman, the party has … Continue reading →

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Tunku Abdul Aziz quits DAP

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim, the most senior Malay leader in DAP, has tendered his resignation from his vice-chairperson’s post as well as his party membership. His decision to quit the party, announced tonight, comes as a major blow to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bersih, DAP Updates

Tunku Aziz and the Dewan Negara

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

By Josh Hong That Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim’s senatorship will not be renewed came as no surprise to me. In all probability, the Tunku (right) has been persuaded by the DAP leadership to step down in order to lance … Continue reading →

Posted in Bersih, DAP Updates

Perkasa holds ‘funeral rite’ in front of Guan Eng’s house

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

By Susan Loone and Low Chia Ming A group of 30 members from Malay rights pressure group Perkasa held a “funeral rite” in front of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s house in Pinhorn Road today, to show their dissatisfaction at … Continue reading →

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Bersih organisers need to realise they are at fault too, says DAP vice-chairman

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

PETALING JAYA: DAP vice-chairman Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim who had spoken out against Bersih 3.0 has again expressed his unhappiness that the rally was hijacked by the Opposition. “Bersih 3.0 organisers are not a group of angels descended from … Continue reading →

Posted in Bersih, DAP Updates

DAP senator says ‘no’ to Bersih rally at Dataran

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

By Aidila Razak Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim has become the first Pakatan Rakyat leader to oppose holding the Bersih 3.0 rally at Dataran Merdeka. Tunku Abdul Aziz, who is also DAP vice-chairperson, said he opposed street demonstrations and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bersih, DAP Updates

Hannah Yeoh: MCA hiding ‘instant citizens’ drive behind free health check-up

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Subang Jaya state representative Hannah Yeoh said the MCA was involved in the issuance of MyKads to foreigners to make them Malaysian citizens, through the Chinese party’s ‘Road Show & Free Medical Check-up’ programme. Speaking to reporters, Hannah said MCA … Continue reading →

Posted in Barisan Nasional, DAP Updates

Guan Eng plans to beat Umno at its own game

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

By Susan Loone The state government is planning a serious counter-attack against Penang Umno for trying to “stoke racial and religious sentiments” over the Bayan Mutiara mosque land issue. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said DAP, PAS and PKR would … Continue reading →

Posted in DAP Updates, UMNO

‘Probe PM’s son for share price manipulation’

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

The Securities Commission (SC) has been urged to investigate Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s second son Nazifuddin for share price manipulation. In a statement today, DAP publicity secretary Tony Pua (left) said Nazifuddin’s recent involvement in two companies whose share … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate world, DAP Updates, Najib Abdul Razak

Anwar: Christian threat is Umno propaganda

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

By S Pathmawathy Pakatan Rakyat condemned the latest move to instil fear of the threat of Christianisation in the country, blaming it as tactic by Umno to “frighten” the Muslim Malay majority. “I want to state, the all mighty in … Continue reading →

Posted in Anwar Ibrahim, DAP Updates, Religion, UMNO

Lewd video, messages targeting Anwar sent to MP

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

By Kow Gah Chie Serdang parliamentarian Teo Nie Ching today lodged a report with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) over lewd video and picture messages she received on her mobile phone, targeting PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anwar Ibrahim, DAP Updates, Sex

‘I was born in Malaysia and I shall die in Malaysia’

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

By Lim Kit Siang MP SPEAKS Recently, there has been a coarsening and vulgarisation of politics in Malaysia, even in this august House of Parliament, where lies and falsehoods are disseminated without conscience or compunction whatsoever. During the present and … Continue reading →

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Penang CM: I was a ‘failed accountant’

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

By Susan Loone Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng related a sob-story today on how he was a “failed accountant” although he graduated in economics and accounting in Australia. Lim (right) said it was difficult for him to get an … Continue reading →

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Penang shining, thanks to Guan Eng

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

By Dan Martin GEORGETOWN: Former political detainee Lim Guan Eng wasted no time leaving his mark on Penang after the brash opposition politician won power in the Malaysian state in 2008 general election. He quickly balanced the books of the … Continue reading →

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‘Secret land deals costing Sarawak billions’

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie There would be no need to revoke welfare aid to Sarawakians if the state administration practiced an open-tender policy on land sales, claims DAP. KUCHING: The secretive sale of state land at grossly low prices to Chief … Continue reading →

Posted in DAP Updates, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite

‘Political persecution in Sarawak not new’

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Political persecution of opposition supporters by the Taib Mahmud administration is a norm in Sarawak, claims the state opposition DAP. The only reason people are alert to it now is because one victim, Frusis Lebi, a … Continue reading →

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I feel humiliated, says disabled man who lost aid

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

By Nigel Aw The disabled man whose farm aid was allegedly cut off on the order of  Sarawak’s assistant  agriculture minister Mong Dagang for supporting the state opposition said the experience has been “stinging and humiliating”. Despite having hand disabilities, … Continue reading →

Posted in DAP Updates, Sarawak BN

MP Teo to Najib: Come clean on toll plazaz

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced yesterday at the groundbreaking ceremony of SRJK (C) Bandar Sungai Long that beginning today, two toll plazas along the Cheras-Kajang Highway will be abolished. The highway concessionaire company is Grand Saga Sdn … Continue reading →

Posted in DAP Updates, Najib Abdul Razak

Mahathir: Audit all the Tuns

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid PUTRAJAYA: Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government should audit “all Tuns” instead of just him in response to DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang’s call for a probe. The DAP MP claimed that taxpayers lost … Continue reading →

Posted in DAP Updates, Dr Mahathir Mohamad