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- 'Refugees for sale' scam resurfaces
- The murky business implicates immigration officers and human traffickers, but the UN refugee agency is also being criticised for not protecting vulnerable refugees.
- Which court? RPK to know on Feb 13
- breaking news updated 3.25pm The Kuala Lumpur High Court will make a decision on Feb 13 as to which court will hear blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin's criminal defamation case - the Sessions or Magistrate’s Court.
- MP: Don't brush aside 'refugees for sale' claim
- An opposition parliamentarian tells the government not to brush aside human trafficking claims now that the US Senate is probing a scam in which Malaysian immigration officials have been implicated.
- No room for hudud in secular M'sia, PAS and Anwar told
- updated 5.30pm Should PAS, in particular, continues to proceed with its Islamic state agenda and goes ahead with enforcing hudud, DAP will pull out of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition, warns Karpal Singh.
- Karpal to CJ: Sue me for defamation
- updated 6pm Either the chief justice is lying when he clarified his purported act of bribery two decades ago, or Karpal Singh stands liable for defamation.
- PAS: Oil royalty main issue for KT
- Terengganu’s oil royalty should be the main issue for the Barisan Nasional government to answer for, said PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
- Take regional stance against Israel, Anwar tells gov't
- updated 9.15pm The Opposition Leader said we should work with Indonesia and Brunei in taking pro-active measures in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
- Police force has improved, claims Suhakam
- While not seeking credit for it, Suhakam feels the commission has bring some changes to the human rights situation in the country and positively influenced the law enforcement agencies.
- 'Buy over highways and save taxpayers money'
- A quick check of toll concession agreements convinces DAP parliamentarians that the national coffers would be in better shape if the government buys back three highways and the Penang bridge.
- Freehold titles: Royalty did not object, says Perak exco
Ngeh Koo Ham also says the state government’s legal advisors believe it has every right to issue freehold land titles to leaseholders.
- PKFZ 'tell all session' that wasn't
- If Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat’s intention was to spill the beans on the Port Klang Free Zone scandal, he fell short of the target.
- Ong: PKFZ report out in two days
- updated 1.55pm The report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal will be disclosed to the public by the Transport Ministry either tomorrow or Saturday.
- Housing woes top consumer complaints list
- Among the issues that most often cropped up when house buyers lodge their complaints were poor workmanship, late delivery, abandoned housing projects and the issue of booking fees.
- Landslide survivor: We are victims of corruption
- Businessman Ungku Farid Ungku Abdul alleges that greed, lack of ethics and procedural ‘irregularities’ were the real causes of the landslide in Bukit Antarabangsa.
- Penan sexual abuse: Work with us, NGOs tell police
The NGOs also take exception to the insinuation that they had 'sheltered' two alleged victims of sexual abuse in KL for nine days to coax them into distorting the issue.
- Perlis mufti signs off, lambasts critics
- In a blog entry, Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin hits out against those who critcised his reform efforts and plotted his downfall.
- Josiah: Stand up and get involved
- The WAO executive director says all too often, people choose to be bystanders and afraid to get involved in issues of abuse and violence. [VIDEO INSIDE]
- Jomo: Time for joint global action on economy
A world renowned economist says if countries do not seize the moment and come together to plan economic reforms, the global financial crisis will not be tackled effectively.
- Recession is HERE, measures needed now
- The government should not wait until the economy fulfills all the technical requirements of a recession before taking emergency measures.
- Residents fired up about floods
- Taman Garing residents have suffered because of eight floods over the past five years. They don’t just want answers, they want action.
- Science and Maths in English a 'betrayal'
- PKR Youth congress In a resolution passed today, PKR Youth calls for the return of Bahasa Melayu as the language of instruction for science and mathematics.
- 'Let's erase the racism within'
- PKR Youth Congress updated 5.35pm From the need to forget long-held myths to improving discipline among members, PKR Youth delegates have contributed to the debate at their annual congress today.
- DBKL flip-flop puts hawker in quandary
- It issued a business permit to him and revoked it a month later, purportedly because his food stall was an eyesore to an ‘orang kaya’ in the neighbourhood.
- Why I defend migrant workers
- interview ‘They have contributed to the good life we have, and we have a responsibility to protect them while they are in our country,’ [VIDEO INSIDE]
- M'sian bishop dead as boat capsizes in Guatemala
- updated 1.20pm Bishop Julius Danaraj Paul and two others were drowned after a boat carrying 14 people capsized in Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
- The secularists' crusade
- Those in the global media industry should acknowledge their role in creating and perpetuating the hostile environment of religious conflict-values-practices through their presentation of the situation.
- Chua's bureau: Watchdog on MCA ministers too
- The new MCA bureau sets a strong agenda for itself, in reviewing and even promoting new policies for the government - in meeting the people’s aspirations.
- '88 crisis: RM10.5mil for 6 ex-judges
- updated 7.25pm Minister in PM's Department Mohd Nazri Aziz revealed today that RM10.5 million was paid out by the government as ex-gratia payment to six ex-top judges, including sacked Lord President Salleh Abas.
- 'Bloody bastard' remark: DAP wants MP disciplined
- Parliament The opposition wants stern action against Tajuddin Abdul Rahman for calling a fellow parliamentarian a 'bloody bastard'.
- Khairy to PAS Youth: Let's talk
- Parliament snippets updated 8.05pm Among other highlights of today's session, Umno Youth chief hopeful Khairy Jamaluddin called on PAS Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub for a meeting to discuss alternatives to the ISA.