Shadow Policy Committee

By Athi Shankar A local DAP leader is confused why his son, who was attacked by a group of motorcyclists, has been remanded for a week in connection with the case. Bagan Luar branch chairman G Asoghan wanted to know why his son, Suria Pragasam, 26, the branch youth wing chief, was being “treated like a suspect when he was the victim.” “Police should have detained the assailants not the victims,” he told FMT. Asoghan could not get any official answer from the North Seberang Perai (SPU) district police headquarters either. The DAP man said he could not get in touch with the investigating officer, only known as Inspector Azlizan, district police chief Zulkifli Alias or other officers in SPU. He claimed that none of them responded to his numerous calls. He alleged that his request to meet with the relevant officers when he went to the SPU police headquarters in Kepala Batas was also turned down. “I was told that the investigating officer did not want to meet anyone until he finished invest...

Richard Lim, the Associate Editor of DAP Bagan website has been promoted to full Editor with immediate effect. Richard, since from the beginning of this site has been an active contributor, promoter and actively wrote articles to support the objectives and struggles of the party. Besides, Richard has also been credited in this well-designed website and he has faithfully maintain it till today. In addition, Richard also serves as a copy-editor whose responsibility is also to incorporate various news, events and reports into this site, as well as the Chinese language reporting. Let us all congratulate Richard on his promotion.

By Shannon Teoh The DAP demanded today that Datuk Seri Najib Razak replace the Utusan Malaysia editors and reporters responsible for the “false report” of a plot by the DAP and pastors to install a Christian prime minister to usurp Islam’s position in the constitution. Party Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said that this was the only way for the prime minister to convince Malaysians that Umno disagrees with the “dangerous lies” printed by the newspaper that his party owns. The Bagan MP said that Najib must “direct Utusan Malaysia to withdraw and apologise for the false report and replace the editors and reporters involved in such dangerous lies that can burn 1 Malaysia.” Utusan Malaysia carried a front-page article on Saturday headlined “Kristian agama rasmi?” (Christianity the official religion?), claiming the DAP was conspiring with Christian leaders to take over Putrajaya and abolish Islam as the religion of the federation. The report, based entirely on unsubstantiated blog postings ...

By Dajmarizal Zolkipli Formed in 1973 as the successor to the Alliance (Perikatan), Barisan Nasional (BN) has been Malaysia's ruling political party since Independence. Until the March 2008 ‘political tsunami’, the BN coalition has never lost its two-thirds majority in the general election. The vast majority of BN's seats are held by its three largest race-based parties –Umno (Malay), MCA (Chinese) and MIC (Indian) – each of which is sectarian in nature, though officially supporting racial harmony. As a coalition party, BN has always done its best at practicing racial harmony within and outside the party. The harmonious leadership has allowed the rakyat prosper whenever BN delivers its manifestos and promises. You can’t take this away from BN. The party has been their code of ethics that has embodied the political landscape in Malaysia. The relationship among BN parties including Gerakan, PPP and its component parties in Sabah and Sarawak is the core success of BN in ensuring t...