Azmin steals a march on rivals in Sabah

By Rahmah Ghazali and Fazy Sahir

PETALING JAYA: The battle to wrest the deputy presidency post went into a crucial stage today when Azmin Ali led the second round of party elections in Sabah, creating a neck-and-neck race with rival Zaid Ibrahim.

Azmin, who is now leading with 1,060 votes from eight divisions from the state, breezed through leaving behind his contender Zaid, who bagged 824 votes, with a majority of 236 votes.

Meanwhile, third contender Mustaffa Kamil Ayub lagged behind with only 40 votes.

Azmin's performance was impressive despite his “unpopularity” in Sabah after a fallout with several divisional leaders who demanded his removal as the party state chief last year.

Planning to go to Heaven someday ??

Planning to go to heaven someday? Here's a traveller's guide....

1. ACCOMMODATION
Arrangements for first-class accommodation have been made in advance.
"In My Father's house are many rooms ...... I am going there to prepare a place for you." (John 14:2).

2. PASSPORTS
Persons seeking entry will not be permitted past the gates without having proper papers/credentials and having their names registered
with the ruling Authority.
"Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life". (Revelation 21:27)..

3. DEPARTURE TIMES
The exact date of departure has not been announced. Travellers are advised to be prepared to leave at short notice.
"It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority. " (Acts 1:7).

All set for Azmin-Zaid showdown

PETALING JAYA: A showdown between Azmin Ali and Datuk Zaid Ibrahim in the PKR deputy presidential race in Sabah this weekend will have a far-reaching implications on party adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s influence in the state and Sarawak.

Pundits will be watching closely the PKR elections in Sabah scheduled today and tomorrow, as it would be a good indicator of Anwar’s “strength” in the state.

Party insiders said Anwar had been relentlessly campaigning for Azmin.

Taib Islamic Fashion Show

First collection by 'Provocateur' - Taib neice Anita Tufail (bottle blonde, second left) and Taib daughter Jamilah Taib (jade breasted, third left) SEE TEXT BELOW

A recent ‘Islamic Fashion Show’, staged in the gambling tax haven of Monaco, is being hammered by Muslim clerics, not just for encouraging a lack of modesty in apparel, but for the flaunting of obscene wealth by the Malaysian organisers and guests, who enjoyed a lavish party in the name of charity.
The guests included Sarawak Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud and many of the glittering and bejewelled female members of his own family. These will have all doubtless have attended for free. On the other hand, the businessmen, who were arm-twisted into supporting the event, are said to have had to pay a RM1 million donation!

An Example from our ‘First Family’?
Now Sarawak Report has come into possession of a series of photographs of Sarawak’s ‘First Family’ that may very well send the Muslim clerics into a state of shock. It seems that the sisters, daughters and nieces of our Chief Minister are by no means the sober, modest exemplars of Muslim womanhood in the way that they expect others to behave.

To lord over, or to love and liberate?

“The writing is on the wall. BN will win the next GE. It’s now a matter of whether it will be a landslide. At the very least, BN should win back its two-thirds majority” – my friend, Kee Thuan Chye, sharing his thoughts on the implications of the Galas and Batu Sapi by-election results, as reported in Malaysiakini.


In less than a month, Linda Tsen went from being an obscure part-time music teacher and wife, to that of a widow and then a Member of Parliament.

In that process, she scalped two men who fancied themselves as political big-wigs.
By a majority larger than that garnered by her late husband in 2008.

Sympathy votes?

Sure, but not all 6,000.

Money politics and election goodies?

With BN in the contention, this goes without saying.