Archive - 19 January 2007

The Shah Alam High Court has been given a copy of Abdul Razak Baginda's witness statement which contained some startling information.

A lawyer tells the High Court they have a right to know whether their desired choice of candidate had become a part of the leadership in the Bar Council.

Local Umno leaders are worried that polling day will see a poor turnout from Malay voters and this will affect their more than 3,000 majority target.

Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam diberitahu dia pernah menjalin `hubungan' dengan Altantuya Shaariibuu dan dia pernah mengirim wang AS$10,000 beberapa kali sepanjang lapan bulan mereka berkenalan.

Despite the price of oil dropping in the US, Pak Lah says they will watch the market first before lowering fuel prices.

The opposition leader expects action to be taken against over 500 civil servants found guilty of graft by ACA by June.

free The foreign minister's wife, Sharifah Aziah Syed Zainal Abidin, has penned a book on the ground rules for being a good diplomatic wife.

The Sng Chee Hua-led faction of PRS has lodged a complaint to the ROS over the public unveiling of a new party symbol by James Masing.

If the police fail to investigate the Simpang Renggam incident over the next month, the commission will launch a public inquiry.

Just when they thought everything was okay, problems among party leaders crop up again - this time over in the Supp Sibu branch.

I wish to refer to Dr JL's letter 'Plantation merger: Let's not be too frightened'. I happen to be one of those who is indeed very frightened by...

A badge has been appearing on numerous sites after bloggers Jeff Ooi and Ahirudin Attan were sued. Malaysiakini talks to its creator.

updated version With the application for an extension to his bail struck out, he will be in jail pending hearing of the case which has been fixed for March next year.

updated version PKR veep Azmin Ali was attacked by four unknown assailants armed with parangs in front of his Ampang residence at about 12.30pm today.

Airbus delivered its 3,000th A320 passenger jet - it goes to low-cost airline AirAsia yesterday.

TI Malaysia calls on the government to explain why the water concession agreement and audited accounts of Syabas are 'official secrets'.

There are already a total of 3,100 legal moneylending agencies in the country and the government feels that is enough.

updated version Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denies reports that the government is seeking the loan from mostly foreign banks to help fund the 9MP.

The books were banned for, among others, touching on Islam, containing misleading facts and insulting the prophet.

One wonders if the government really believes that "if we build it, they will come," is enough of a vision for public transport.

For the most part national governments haven't learnt the lessons from the collapse of the Asian dragon and tiger economies in the late 1990s.

A minister said that a lot of new thinking had to be done as the floods in Johor were a completely 'new phenomenon'.