KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Youth will demand an apology from Bukit Bendera Umno chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail over a racist statement he supposedly uttered when campaigning for the Permatang Pauh by-election. Its secretary-general Dr Wee Ka Siong said the statement had angered the Chinese and other non-Malay communities. “I have received many complaints from [...]
TERKEJUT wartawan Utusan Malaysia, ABDUL MUIN SAPIDIN semalam apabila dihubungi Timbalan Pengerusi MCA Pulau Pinang, Lau Chiek Tuan. Jarang sekali beliau memberi komen tentang isu semasa ketika menjadi Exco kerajaan Gerakan sebelum diambil alih DAP selepas 8 Mac lalu. Tambah terkejut lagi, apabila beliau tiba-tiba menyatakan ada seseorang mahu bercakap dengan penulis. “Sekejap, [...]
BUTTERWORTH: The MCA runs a clean and orderly campaign and does not condone the practice of vote buying, said Penang MCA chief Datuk Liow Tiong Lai. He said allegations making their rounds in Permatang Pauh that MCA was buying votes were baseless. “MCA is not involved in this (buying votes). We don’t practise [...]
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has urged the Chinese and Indian communities in Permatang Pauh to give a clear signal of their support for Barisan Nasional (BN) by rejecting the opposition in the Aug 26 by-election. He said they should not gamble with their children’s future by supporting the opposition candidate who [...]
The result of the Permatang Pauh by-election will have no bearing on the number of seats Barisan Nasional already has in Parliament. “It is just another by-election,” said MCA vice-president Datuk Ong Tee Keat. “The number of seats held by Barisan will not change (if PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wins). [...]
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Permatang Pauh by-election campaign kicked off in earnest with four candidates submitting their papers at the nomination centre here on Saturday morning. PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim submitted his at about 9.15am, while his “challenger” Seberang Jaya assemblyman Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah submitted his about 15 minutes [...]
