Polish president dies in plane crash, 86 others dead

UPDATE 3

SMOLENSK, April 10 —Polish President Lech Kaczynski (picture) was killed when a plane carrying 132 people crashed in thick fog on its approach to a Russian airport today, killing everyone on board, officials said.

It's the constitution, not UMNO, which decides citizenship - PAS

Harakahdaily  

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9: Issues concerning citizenship of the non-Malays are long settled and it is not UMNO's right to question them any longer, said PAS information chief Idris Ahmad (pic).

The RM100 controversy — Lim Sue Goan

APRIL 8 — Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said that she felt ashamed and sad to read that the Pakatan Rakyat Penang state government only gave RM100 per annum for the welfare of senior citizens in Penang. It is wrong to say so!

BN in damage control after S'gor convention fracas

Wong Choon Mei  

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8: Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Barisan Nasional coalition has rushed into damage control mode following a rare show of temper by its normally obedient Chinese and Indian components MCA and MIC at a much-watched function in Selangor.

Another tremor hits MCA, Chew quits as Wanita chief

Harakahdaily  

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8: Chew Mei Fun has quit as the MCA Wanita Chief, in a move that pundits say is a harbinger of greater infighting to come and will only deepen the swathe of unhealed wounds already festering in the party.

Anwar tells IGP to refer hansard to investigate Israeli links claim

Harakahdaily  

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim said the police need only to refer to the parliament's hansard if it wants to investigate the involvement of Israeli secret agents in the country's security system.

By Colin Boyd Shafer

APRIL 6 — I recently returned from Myanmar.

Suspend me if you support Israel, Anwar challenges Parliament

HULU SELANGOR, April 5 — Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has dared the government to suspend him from Parliament if it planned to continue its support for Israel.

Opposition targets Rosmah for ‘vote buying’

By Clara Chooi

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Women opposition MPs have scoffed at Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s attempt at winning over Hulu Selangor voters through the use of what they claimed was Barisan Nasional (BN) gimmicks.

Muslim scholars welcome Warrior’s Day change

By Boo Su-Lyn

PETALING JAYA, April 6 — Muslim scholars welcome the decision to shift the Warrior’s Day celebrations from the National Monument to Putrajaya in line with Islamic teachings against idolatry.

Do you think Malaysia should be a secular or an Islamic state? Why?

(The Nut Graph conducted an MP Watch program and threw 6 questions at us and wanted to know “What will Malaysian MPs stand for.

No sorry for Perkasa, BN Chinese leaders say

By Clara Chooi

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Two ethnic Chinese Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders have openly snubbed Perkasa Youth’s demand for an apology, continuing instead to criticise the Malay rights group by saying that its struggles were not in line with the prime minister’s 1 Malaysia concept.