An official says more than 50 Barisan Nasional MPs are travelling together to Taiwan amid jitters about opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s threat to recruit enough defectors from the government to seize power by next week. The opposition has accused the BN ruling coalition of sending its MPs overseas to keep them away from [...]

The Permatang Pauh by-election campaign kicked off in earnest with four candidates submitting their papers at the nomination centre here on Saturday morning, although one later pulled out. At 11.45am, returning officer Roslan Yahaya announced there were three candidates contesting the seat: PKR adviser and de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Seberang Jaya MP [...]