News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 year ago
The victory means a return to politics for Mr Anwar, 10 years after he was sacked and jailed. He won the seat of Permatang Pauh in Penang state by more than 15,000 votes, an even greater margin than that achieved by his wife Wan Azizah Ismail in...
News Source: The Star
| about 1 year ago
TAN The return of Permatang Pauh�s most famous son to Parliament does not change the equation in the House but his impressive win is a critical stepping stone for his political plans. Tuanku Bainun Teachers Training College at about 7pm to wait...
News Source: The Star
| about 1 year ago
Traffic crawled to a standstill as out-of-towners descended on the Permatang Pauh constituency for the by-election. The narrow roads were no match for the volume of traffic yesterday, and roads heading to Kubang Semang, Taman Guar Perahu, Tanah Liat...
News Source: The Star
| about 1 year ago
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim may have won in Permatang Pauh but he will not take Putrajaya because the claimed Sept 16 government takeover by the Opposition will not materialise. �Anwar won in his turf. His wife gave up the seat for him,� said...
News Source: The Star
| about 1 year ago
A total of 80.8% of voters in Permatang Pauh turned up to cast their votes in the country's most watched by-election yesterday...When polling closed at 5pm, 47,258 people had exercised their democratic right. The afternoon downpour failed to deter...
News Source: The Star
| about 1 year ago
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim�s victory in the Permatang Pauh by-election shows that democracy is very much alive in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Congratulating Anwar on his win, Najib said it also proved that...