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You are wrong, French lawyer tells Zahid Hamidi
1:01PM May 16, 2012
According to lawyer Joseph Brehem, French courts have jurisdiction over anyone involved in a court probe.

OPINIONS

Dean Johns	Bring on the general ejection Oh, to vote out the BN any which way.
KJ John	The RMC as an international school? Making integrity our unique value proposition.
Mariam Mokhtar	Reopening Batang Kali's wounds The massacre is being revisited in London Courts.
Eric Loo	Lowest of the low in journalism We need to be more critical and sceptical.
Josh Hong	Tunku Aziz and the Dewan Negara His stance against street protest is nothing new.
KJ John	Police brutality unacceptable The IGP must explain the abuse upon civilians.
Mariam Mokhtar	Can Najib survive Scorpene's sting? French investigators unearth more troubling details.
Josh Hong	Halting the wheels of injustice ‘We are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.’
S Thayaparan	PDRM - the armed division of Umno In a sense, Najib is right. The police are victims.
KJ John	Were you a responsible actor? 'Idiocrats' - all non-thinking public servants.
Dean Johns	BN's Dirtaran Merdeka How a beautiful day was made dirty and ugly.
Mariam Mokhtar	Bouquet of barbed wire for Dataran A gift-wrapped present to be admired from afar.
Josh Hong	Bersih and the rakyat, come what may One must stand up and be counted.
Eric Loo	Well-wishes to Bersih 3.0 Context, process as important as the outcome.
Dean Johns	Bersih vs Basi Basiran Nasional, the national affront.
KJ John	Responsible actor or irresponsible agent? It is an either or choice, with no middle ground.
Mariam Mokhtar	Rosmah and the French Connection A travel ban could end her shopping trips.

CARTOONKINI

LETTERS

- A teacher, but I don't feel like one
- Che'Gu
- Tunku Aziz is like a Hasan Ali 2.0
- Alan
- Batu Tiga toll: Pakatan inciting public to break law
- Kow Cheong Wei
- Was it the Bar Council's or Malaysian Bar's EGM?
- Dr Daphne Loke
- Nobody stood by Tunku Abdul Aziz
- Chong Sin Woon
- Burgers and butts incidents reflect on nation's leaders
- JD Lovrenciear
- Tunku Aziz's troubling ambiguity on Bersih
- Proarte
- Malaysia's questionable process of law reform
- JAG
- Lessons BN unwilling to learn
- Dr Chris Anthony
- English medium schools available - but not to all
- Toh Boo Huat
- Inaccuracies in report on UN-approved tear gas
- Dr Lin Mui Kiang
- Allow UN Special Rapporteur to probe Bersih 3.0
- Khoo Ying Hooi
- Plain meaning of 'independent'
- Clive Kessler
- The unshackling of M'sia's rakyat
- Yee Siew Meng
- Learning from the highs and lows of Bersih 3.0
- Jeffri Cheong
- Bersihans: Stay focused and united
- Thomas Fann
- Make permament the PSC on electoral reform
- K Shan
- Attacking journalists is attacking press freedom
- Kannan Loganathan
- How BN lost this fencesitting voter: Open letter to PM
- Daniel Tan

NEWS	SU MO TU WE TH FR SA

Free thosai outside deputy police chief's house Aidila Razak \| 5:55PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 7.35PM The Indian breakfast will be handed out on Sunday to promote it as healthy food by a group of NGOs.	Night market at Ambiga's residence today? 6:17PM May 16, 2012 One DBKL personnel says they received information that a group might set up a night market in front of Ambiga's home.
'Bar Council has no right to reject Law Academy' Bernama \| 10:07PM May 16, 2012 Those with legal background but do not have an association can come under the Law Academy, says law minister Nazri Aziz.	Zahid's reluctance to cooperate raises questions 3:38PM May 16, 2012 The defence minister's claim that the French courts cannot summon him for the Scorpene submarine purchase inquiry exposes his fears, says Jingga 13.
Ex-driver: I saw actress bank in RM1mil Hafiz Yatim \| 1:49PM May 16, 2012 UPDATE 7.45PM He claims Shafie Apdal had bankrolled Zahida and he saw the cash being deposited [VIDEO INSIDE].	'Most Felda managers believe FGVH listing will fail' Hafiz Yatim \| 3:41PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 4.40PM A study shows 65 percent of the managers hold this view, and 20 percent do not support the planned listing [VIDEO INSIDE].
ISA hunger strike: Detainee's mum pleads for info Aidila Razak \| 4:30PM May 16, 2012 She asks family members of other detainees to share what they know, to ensure the hunger strikers’ well-being and to support their bid for freedom.	Penang man claims beaten by 10 cops during Bersih 3.0 Susan Loone \| 5:52PM May 16, 2012 Recent graduate Mohd Saufi Othman says police hit him with a gun and handcuffs, and kicked and stepped on his head.
Bersih urges Suhakam to probe police violence Koh Jun Lin \| 4:42PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 6.05PM ‘The brutality committed by the police force is the worst in recent times,’ reads the memo [VIDEO INSIDE].	Bersih protester 'forced' to sign confession Koh Jun Lin \| 9:41AM May 16, 2012 He says he turned himself in voluntarily, but ended up being beaten by the police in order to extract a confession.
Lawyer defends right to do 'butt exercises' Salhan K Ahmad \| 8:59AM May 16, 2012 Edmund Bon says every citizen has the right to demonstrate so long as it is non-violent, even if one disagrees with the issue.	Mahathir: Bar Council has become political party Bernama \| 4:21PM May 16, 2012 Thus, the ex-PM says, it should let other groups take over the professional side (of the Bar Council) to avoid confusion.
NGO: Protests against Ambiga 'in bad taste' 3:05PM May 16, 2012 The two recent acts against Bersih leader are intimidation and invasion of Ambiga's privacy, says Proham.	Bersih slams police manhunt and 'beating' of protester Hazlan Zakaria \| 12:07PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 1.05PM The group says the police should send letters asking them to go to the police station. [VIDEO INSIDE]
'Pakatan is no guarantor of media freedom' Leven Woon \| 8:38PM May 16, 2012 The opposition politicians have demonstrated potential similarities... and speak in the same language as their BN counterparts, says the CIJ.	theSun is least biased paper, CIJ finds Nicholas Wong \| 8:47PM May 16, 2012 Centre for Independent Journalism details its monitoring of four papers to compare their coverage of BN and Pakatan over 40 days last year.
Tunku Aziz insists on leaving, feels insulted by Guan Eng 11:43AM May 16, 2012 The 78-year-old ex-Bank Negara adviser says the DAP sec-gen had insulted him by offering him a new post in Penang’s think-tank.	Guan Eng declines to counter-attack Tunku Aziz 3:26PM May 16, 2012 The DAP secretary general and Penang chief minister says that time would decide who is on the side of truth.
Tunku Aziz - patricians can't last in partisan politics Terence Netto \| 10:10AM May 16, 2012 COMMENT Tunku Abdul Aziz was the wrong man, wrong time and wrong place for a DAP that wants to broaden its support base.	MCA suspends anti-Lynas Youth leader 11:58AM May 16, 2012 Indera Mahkota division Youth chief David Choi will lose his membership for three years, but can appeal the decision.
Perak mufti likens PAS, Nik Aziz to 'cornered dog' 3:06PM May 16, 2012 Perak mufti Harussani Zakaria wades further into the dispute over whether or not PAS should be allowed to retain the word ‘Islam’ in its name.	Proham: London arena hecklers acted improperly 5:04PM May 16, 2012 Rights watchdog says Malaysians must not violate standards of decency.
'Unit Amal pulled back when protesters turned defiant' Nigel Aw \| 11:22AM May 16, 2012 INTERVIEW Its head Johori Osman defends members for leaving before all Bersih 3.0 protesters had dispersed.	Taiwan promises action on Pengerang project 3:12PM May 16, 2012 The president’s office says it views Malaysians’ concerns on the petrochemical plant seriously.
Lawyer seeks to nullify Bar's EGM Leven Woon \| 12:55PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 6.29PM Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz submits an application for a court declaration to nullify the meeting.	NS hawkers banned from opposition ceramah Hazlan Zakaria \| 9:22AM May 16, 2012 Those using government-issued equipment can no longer do so - on pain of revocation of their trading licences.

Tabloid's Penan incest story 'offensive and baseless'	EC displays roll of voters with same addresses
Make official request for talks, Fatmi tells PAS	Rela, NGOs lodge report against Fernandez
AirAsia X to fly direct to Beijing in June	Najib on joy of meeting Twitter friends
M'sians abroad keen to vote with transparent process	Najib arrives in New York for working visit
US shares educational reforms with Malaysia	American brewery apologises over 'Kali-Ma' beer
Indian High Commission relocates to Mon't Kiara	Rela to get slight name change in June
Over 24,000 teachers to be considered for promotion	Former NS RTD director freed of graft charge
IRB receives over 2 million income tax return forms	Straight fight between WP and PAP in Hougang
Indonesian organisers fight for Lady Gaga gig

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Free thosai outside deputy police chief's house Aidila Razak \| 5:55PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 7.35PM The Indian breakfast will be handed out on Sunday to promote it as healthy food by a group of NGOs.	Night market at Ambiga's residence today? 6:17PM May 16, 2012 One DBKL personnel says they received information that a group might set up a night market in front of Ambiga's home.
'Bar Council has no right to reject Law Academy' Bernama \| 10:07PM May 16, 2012 Those with legal background but do not have an association can come under the Law Academy, says law minister Nazri Aziz.	Zahid's reluctance to cooperate raises questions 3:38PM May 16, 2012 The defence minister's claim that the French courts cannot summon him for the Scorpene submarine purchase inquiry exposes his fears, says Jingga 13.
Ex-driver: I saw actress bank in RM1mil Hafiz Yatim \| 1:49PM May 16, 2012 UPDATE 7.45PM He claims Shafie Apdal had bankrolled Zahida and he saw the cash being deposited [VIDEO INSIDE].	'Most Felda managers believe FGVH listing will fail' Hafiz Yatim \| 3:41PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 4.40PM A study shows 65 percent of the managers hold this view, and 20 percent do not support the planned listing [VIDEO INSIDE].
ISA hunger strike: Detainee's mum pleads for info Aidila Razak \| 4:30PM May 16, 2012 She asks family members of other detainees to share what they know, to ensure the hunger strikers’ well-being and to support their bid for freedom.	Penang man claims beaten by 10 cops during Bersih 3.0 Susan Loone \| 5:52PM May 16, 2012 Recent graduate Mohd Saufi Othman says police hit him with a gun and handcuffs, and kicked and stepped on his head.
Bersih urges Suhakam to probe police violence Koh Jun Lin \| 4:42PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 6.05PM ‘The brutality committed by the police force is the worst in recent times,’ reads the memo [VIDEO INSIDE].	Bersih protester 'forced' to sign confession Koh Jun Lin \| 9:41AM May 16, 2012 He says he turned himself in voluntarily, but ended up being beaten by the police in order to extract a confession.
Lawyer defends right to do 'butt exercises' Salhan K Ahmad \| 8:59AM May 16, 2012 Edmund Bon says every citizen has the right to demonstrate so long as it is non-violent, even if one disagrees with the issue.	Mahathir: Bar Council has become political party Bernama \| 4:21PM May 16, 2012 Thus, the ex-PM says, it should let other groups take over the professional side (of the Bar Council) to avoid confusion.
NGO: Protests against Ambiga 'in bad taste' 3:05PM May 16, 2012 The two recent acts against Bersih leader are intimidation and invasion of Ambiga's privacy, says Proham.	Bersih slams police manhunt and 'beating' of protester Hazlan Zakaria \| 12:07PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 1.05PM The group says the police should send letters asking them to go to the police station. [VIDEO INSIDE]
'Pakatan is no guarantor of media freedom' Leven Woon \| 8:38PM May 16, 2012 The opposition politicians have demonstrated potential similarities... and speak in the same language as their BN counterparts, says the CIJ.	theSun is least biased paper, CIJ finds Nicholas Wong \| 8:47PM May 16, 2012 Centre for Independent Journalism details its monitoring of four papers to compare their coverage of BN and Pakatan over 40 days last year.
Tunku Aziz insists on leaving, feels insulted by Guan Eng 11:43AM May 16, 2012 The 78-year-old ex-Bank Negara adviser says the DAP sec-gen had insulted him by offering him a new post in Penang’s think-tank.	Guan Eng declines to counter-attack Tunku Aziz 3:26PM May 16, 2012 The DAP secretary general and Penang chief minister says that time would decide who is on the side of truth.
Tunku Aziz - patricians can't last in partisan politics Terence Netto \| 10:10AM May 16, 2012 COMMENT Tunku Abdul Aziz was the wrong man, wrong time and wrong place for a DAP that wants to broaden its support base.	MCA suspends anti-Lynas Youth leader 11:58AM May 16, 2012 Indera Mahkota division Youth chief David Choi will lose his membership for three years, but can appeal the decision.
Perak mufti likens PAS, Nik Aziz to 'cornered dog' 3:06PM May 16, 2012 Perak mufti Harussani Zakaria wades further into the dispute over whether or not PAS should be allowed to retain the word ‘Islam’ in its name.	Proham: London arena hecklers acted improperly 5:04PM May 16, 2012 Rights watchdog says Malaysians must not violate standards of decency.
'Unit Amal pulled back when protesters turned defiant' Nigel Aw \| 11:22AM May 16, 2012 INTERVIEW Its head Johori Osman defends members for leaving before all Bersih 3.0 protesters had dispersed.	Taiwan promises action on Pengerang project 3:12PM May 16, 2012 The president’s office says it views Malaysians’ concerns on the petrochemical plant seriously.
Lawyer seeks to nullify Bar's EGM Leven Woon \| 12:55PM May 16, 2012 UPDATED 6.29PM Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz submits an application for a court declaration to nullify the meeting.	NS hawkers banned from opposition ceramah Hazlan Zakaria \| 9:22AM May 16, 2012 Those using government-issued equipment can no longer do so - on pain of revocation of their trading licences.