PETALING JAYA: PKR president Anwar Ibrahim says he is ready to disclose his party’s account statements if Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin does the same. Muhyiddin earlier said he had no qualms providing Anwar with PN’s financial accounts but wondered if Anwar would do the same. “Muhyiddin, I am…
PETALING JAYA: Invoke Solutions Sdn Bhd, the data firm founded by Rafizi Ramli, was raided by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) last night, the PKR deputy president said. Rafizi claimed the raid came after an NGO lodged a report against him over his assets declaration, and that his employees were…
PETALING JAYA: It is unlikely that Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will become the prime minister, a high-level Umno leader said. The source said this was because of his corruption trial and the awkward situation if his name was put forward to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for consideration. BN’s…
KUALA LUMPUR – Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos, the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Sg Besar parliamentary seat, is confident voters will understand his struggle despite his past involvement in several controversial acts. He once made the news for wearing a towel while holding a dipper and a toothbrush…
KUALA LUMPUR – Barisan Nasional (BN) is confident of forming a federal government on its own as long as its voter base turns up in droves on polling day, said coalition election director Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. He said that this is a strategy similar to the ones adopted during…
PERMATANG PAUH – Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Nurul Izzah Anwar says that her coalition is increasing efforts to galvanise constituents to come out and vote in the 15th general election (GE15) this Saturday. When asked by The Vibes whether she could match her father’s majority in the Permatang Pauh constituency back…
PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin claims that Anwar Ibrahim had offered him the deputy prime minister’s post in 1998 amid the PKR president’s fallout with then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Muhyiddin admitted that he was dissatisfied with being the youth and sports minister at the time,…
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan has stressed that Ismail Sabri Yaakob is the coalition’s choice for prime minister if it wins Saturday’s general election. “If they (the public) don’t believe it, what can I do?,” he said at a press conference at World Trade Centre Kuala…
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan is confident the coalition can secure 112 parliamentary seats in Saturday’s general election and form the government. “We have all the data which we have gone through carefully, and our task on Nov 19 is to mobilise the voters we have identified…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Barisan Nasional chief Bung Moktar Radin has dismissed the denial by Bersatu’s Rubin Balang on being involved in his son’s clash with the BN candidate in Tenom. Bung said Rubin had accompanied his son, Riduan, during nominations on Nov 5, when Riduan was accepted as an independent…
KOTA KINABALU: Nobody thought DAP would win the rural seat of Tenom in 2018 but it did, and the eventual winner, Noorita Sual, openly admitted it was partly thanks to then Warisan leader Peter Anthony’s effort. “My focus was mostly in the Kemabong state constituency among the villagers while Peter…
PETALING JAYA: Nothing out of the ordinary has occurred in the postal voting process for members of the armed forces, says law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. Wan Junaidi said postal ballot papers for members of the armed forces had been issued since last Monday. He said party agents had…
By Lim Kit Siang I am 81 years old and for the first time in 53 years since the 1969GE am not a candidate, but I am as busy or even busier than candidates, running all over the country to urge Malaysians, whether young, middle-aged or old, to continue the…
TAWAU: Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for P190 Tawau, Datuk Christina Liew refuted the claim made by former Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal that Pakatan Harapan (PH) did not support the move to reclaim Sabah's 40pc revenue due to the state. The incumbent MP said the claim was baseless and…
ALOR GAJAH: Perikatan Nasional’s Alor Gajah candidate, Redzuan Yusof, does not deny that his fate in the general election may lie in the hands of over 30% non-Malay voters. The former Alor Gajah MP said he was confident that non-Malay voters would continue to support him even though his party…
IPOH: PAS election director Sanusi Md Nor has denounced a local actor’s alleged remarks about harming the “enemies of Islam” or “kafir harbi”. The actor, whose name is being withheld pending comment, allegedly made the remarks while speaking at an event in Terengganu earlier this month. A video of the…
KOTA KINABALU: The presence of former foreign minister Anifah Aman at a PKR event and his open support for Anwar Ibrahim to be the prime minister are a major boost for Pakatan Harapan’s campaign in Sabah, according to analysts. Anifah’s presence at the PKR event in Putatan on Saturday night…
KULIM: Pakatan Harapan’s opponents in Padang Serai, Kedah, are using racist sentiments to campaign against PH candidate M Karupaiya, claims PKR president Anwar Ibrahim. At a ceramah last night, Anwar claimed the parties, which he did not name, had asked people to vote for a Malay candidate. “There are people…
PETALING JAYA: Without hot issues to exploit, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu will not have an easy ride in the contest for the Kota Raja seat, according to the Gerakan Tanah Air candidate, Fahmi Bazlan. Mohamad’s 71,142-majority in the 2018 elections might send a chill down the spine of any rival,…
TAPAH: Barisan Nasional might have remained in power in 2018 if Najib Razak had sat out the elections, according to MIC deputy president M Saravanan. He said Najib’s image problem was a contributing factor to the shift in support among Indian voters away from BN. “If only he’d declared that…