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GE13: Prime Minister can be from any race, says Kit Siang while endorsing Anwar as Pakatan's choice
Taxi diver shot dead while having dinner at Puchong restaurant
GE13: Silent majority supports BN, says Dr Chua

GE13: Prime Minister can be from any race, says Kit Siang while endorsing Anwar as Pakatan's choice

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:49 AM PDT

Published: Wednesday April 24, 2013 MYT 12:50:00 AM

JOHOR BARU: Any Malaysian regardless of race can be made the Prime Minister of the country said DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang at a political rally.

Lim said that DAP however had to accept the current political reality that the Prime Minister's post can only be held by a Malay. "This is the political reality of today and the forseeable future," he said when addressing a crowd at Stulang here on April 24. Lim, who will also be contesting for the parliamentary seat of Gelang Patah here however stressed that the constitution does not say that a non-Malay cannot be made Prime Minister of Malaysia. "For now, I publically declare that our party endorses Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as our Prime Minister is we manage to topple Barisan in GE13," he said.

Taxi diver shot dead while having dinner at Puchong restaurant

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:34 AM PDT

PUCHONG: A taxi driver was gunned down by masked men in front of his family during dinner in a restaurant here.

During the 9.30pm incident, the victim, identified as 36-year-old A. Siva, was having dinner with his wife and eight-year-old daughter when he was shot multiple times.

According to eye witnesses, two men wearing ski masks alighted from a car and walked up to the Siva before one of them opened fire.

Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Ramli said Siva was shot at least four times before the gunmen fled in their car.

"We have the license plate number of the car but we have to determine if this is a fake," he told reporters when met at the scene on Tuesday.

Although Siva, who was shot in the chest, was rushed to a nearby clinic, he succumbed to his injuries on arrival.

"We are interviewing the staff at the restaurant and another patron who saw the incident," said ACP Yahaya.

Police, he said, were also checking if the incident was linked to a failed assassination attempt on another man which took place nearby last week.

It is believed that the victim knew the man.

ACP Yahaya said Siva, who was previously detained under the Emergency Ordinance, had been working as a taxi driver since his release.

"We are checking if the shooting is also linked to his past," he said, adding that Siva regularly ate at the restaurant.

The body was sent to Hospital Serdang for a post-mortem.

GE13: Silent majority supports BN, says Dr Chua

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:23 AM PDT

Published: Wednesday April 24, 2013 MYT 12:23:00 AM

JOHOR BARU: Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek is confident that the silent majority supports Barisan Nasional.

He said that while certain vocal supporters gained all the attention, Barisan supporters' silence does not mean that they are not on Barisan's side.

"There is something called the silent majority where people keep quiet but in reality their support is with us," he told reporters after attending a dinner with 96 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) at SJKC Johor Jaya here Tuesday night.

Dr Chua, who is MCA president, urged the Chinese community to recognise the work done of the Barisan government in the past five years, including allocating land for Chinese schools and giving out various financial aid to the lower income group.

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Selasa, 23 April 2013