Malaysians should be less gullible and not simply believe rumours spread via SMSes, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

Bernama denied Friday to sending out a Short Messaging Service (SMS) text on seven Barisan Nasional component parties holding a news conference to announce they were quitting the coalition.

Hundreds of people paid their last respects to the late Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail who died on Thursday evening from lung infection and kidney failure.

MCA Wanita head Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen is trying to become the first woman to hold a senior post in the party after she formally declared her intention to contest the party's vice-president’s post.

A 36-year old son of a senior MIC politician has been arrested in connection with the murder of former Tenggaroh state assemblyman Datuk S. Krishnasamy.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and two Umno division chiefs here have been returned unopposed in the ongoing Umno division elections in Penang.

Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail says he was merely referring to the country's history before Merdeka, when Chinese were brought in as labour by the British.

Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, who underwent a heart by-pass surgery last month, is in excellent health contrary to rumours he had become semi paralysed.

Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datul Ahmad Ismail is not above the law and it is now up to the party's top brass to decide whether to take any disciplinary action against him, said Datuk Ong Tee Keat.

Petronas has assured the Penang government that it will supply the state with natural gas for the manufacturing sector when the need arises, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.