Barisan Nasional’s (BN) P.Kamalanathan has won a hard-fought Hulu Selangor by-election in what will be seen as a boost for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s administration, but Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is expected to take heart from the close margin. BN won today’s poll by just 1725 votes, recouping spoilt votes which contributed to its defeat in [...]

Missing private investigator P. Balasubramaniam has claimed in a video clip that he was offered RM5 million to retract his statutory declaration that linked Datuk Seri Najib Razak to murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaaribuu, reigniting allegations that the prime minister has vehemently denied. Balasubramaniam’s claims were aired in an undated 88-second video clip today hosted [...]

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is suing the News Straits Times for RM100 million in damages, for insinuating he is an American agent in an article written six years ago. The English-language daily’s former deputy group editor Datin Rose Ismail today denied defaming Anwar in the article. The Kuala Lumpur High Court heard both [...]

Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was given a discharge not amounting to acquittal on a sedition charge by the Sessions Court today because the police cannot trace him. Judge Rozina Ayub, in making the order, said it was most embarrassing for all the parties concerned that the prosecution had failed to serve the warrant of arrest [...]

by James Chin The delegates have spoken. No matter how both sides are going to spin the results, there is no denying the following: The central delegates want both Ong and Chua out of leadership positions in MCA. They have lost confidence in both leaders. They want fresh presidential elections to elect new leaders. If [...]

Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad has won the Bagan Pinang by-election by a landslide of 5,435 votes, snapping its losing streak in peninsula Malaysia since Election 2008. The huge margin of victory will give Umno in particular a big boost, which it hopes will mark the party’s revival. BN retained the Bagan [...]