Monthly Archives: 4月 2014

Battle for No. 2 post hots up

The temperature is rising in the contest for the PKR deputy president post which is the most intense and aggressive in the history of the party. REPORTERS rushed to the PKR headquarters on Wednesday when they heard that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was having a press conference. They thought he would an …

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A matter of principle

No one could stop Karpal Singh from speaking up on what he believed in. He did not care if he was taking on the prime minister or even a sultan. He had taken on all of them. SOME time in the middle of last year, I received a phone call from Karpal Singh. He offered to appear as a witness in support …

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Karpal Singh’s final journey, thousands bid farewell

GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of people lined the streets of Penang to send off the hearse carrying Karpal Singh on his last journey.  The casket, bearing the body of the “Tiger of Jelutong”, was draped with a carpet with an image of a Tiger before it was carried out from the Dewan Sri Pinang on Sunday. Sh …

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28 onboard rushed to hospital after accident

KUANTAN: An express bus that was on its way to Kuala Lumpur flipped over on the East Coast Expressway, leaving scores of passengers injured. Temerloh OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh said the driver was believed to have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to hit the road divider on the right bef …

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Karpal Singh: Photo Gallery

Published: Sunday April 20, 2014 MYT 9:30:00 AMUpdated: Sunday April 20, 2014 MYT 9:49:23 AM The Star Online pays tribute to prominent Malaysian politician Karpal Singh with a gallery of pictures of him. Photo Gallery 1

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Karpal, my hometown hero

The maverick lawyer took on the role of Big Brother to local journalists, protecting us from powerful local figures who tried to intimidate us. I FIRST heard about Karpal Singh when I was still in school in Penang. It was around the time Star Wars hit the cinemas in the late 1970s. Karpal Singh had …

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Karpal Singh: Cortege to leave 45 minutes earlier

GEORGE TOWN: The time for public to pay their last respect at the funeral of Karpal Singh in Dewan Sri Pinang has been changed as cortege will leave Karpal’s house in Jalan Utama on Sunday at 7.30am. The cortege is expected to arrive at Dewan Sri Pinang at  7.45am, said Penang DAP chairman Chow Kon …

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Najib, Obama and Legacy 370

Is it possible that we are witnessing an age foreseen by the Old Testament prophet Isaiah? PRESIDENT Barack Obama and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak have no shortage of subjects to discuss when the American president comes to Malaysia. Much has already been written about this first visit …

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Former police chief recalls fond memories

KUALA LUMPUR: One of the country’s former top cops was asked to kick the late Karpal Singh out of the Penang State Assembly after he was suspended in 1981. He ended up walking arm-in-arm with Karpal out of the building past a large number of policemen in riot gear. The policemen saluted the lawyer. …

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More underwater assets may be deployed in search

PETALING JAYA: The authorities are looking to deploy more underwater assets in the search and rescue operation after more than 40 days since Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 went missing. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the Deployment of Assets Committee led by Dep …

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