If the Barisan Nasional and the Perak royal household had any lingering doubts about negative public sentiment towards the change of the state government, here is a message: doubt no more. A survey of registered voters in Perak on Feb 8 showed that: 76 per cent of respondents felt that “the people through elections” should [...]

The Perak Sultan’s decision today in asking for the Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin’s resignation and denying consent to dissolve the state assembly has become the subject of legal debate among experts here. “The problem in Malaysia is that the law is not allowed to take its course,” Abdul Aziz Bari, a law professor [...]

Berikut ialah kenyataan media yang dikeluarkan oleh Pejabat Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah yang ditandatangani oleh Setiausaha Sulit Baginda, YDH Toh Raja Diraja Kol Datuk Abd Rahim Mohamad Nor. KENYATAAN MEDIA PEJABAT DYMM PADUKA SERI SULTAN PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN “Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Ir. Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin telah menghadap [...]

11.00pm: Ceremah ends peacefully following a prayer session. Mohd Nizar the only top brass to speak. Others key figures present like Anwar, Hadi, Kit Siang and Guan Eng did not address the crowds, estimated at about 6,000 who were requested to disperse peacefully. They were told to attend Friday prayers at Ubudiah Mosque in Kuala [...]

A Barisan Nasional (BN) government in Perak is looking all but certain after a PKR state assemblyman defected back to Umno while three independents pledged their support for the coalition. Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin also failed to secure consent from Sultan Azlan Shah to dissolve the state assembly in his last ditch [...]

A special court here has ordered Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan Tuanku Ja’afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman to pay nearly US$1mil (RM3.5mil) to Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd to honour his commitment in a letter of credit over a business deal. This is a landmark verdict that ended a centuries-old tradition shielding the country’s royal sultans [...]