Archive - 1 March 2007

Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur memutuskan pihak pendakwaan tidak boleh memasukkan keterangan lima saksi yang direkodkan di Jepun dalam perbicaraan kes pecah amanah Tan Sri Eric Chia.

The crisis-ridden ACA chief says he is not letting the controversy affect him and is carrying out his daily duties as usual.

Zulkipli should step down until he has been cleared of all corruption and sexual crime charges levelled against him.

Another raid was mounted at a Rufaqa Corporation commune, this time in Bandar Country Homes Rawang. Numerous items bearing the 'Rufaqa' logo were seized. [video inside]

Police chief Musa Hassan says he is checking existing records on whether the ACA boss had indeed declared all his assets before deciding on the next course of action.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's stock market prediction is responsible for RM70 billion market capitalisation that was wiped off after the market crash yesterday.

I refer to Malaysiakini report 'Explosive allegations against ACA chief'. It is a sign of times really to see the head honcho and vanguard of civil servants under a cloud of corruption allegations.

The works minister lashes out at opposition leaders who revealed a 'secret document' on the Smart project and threatened to lodge a police report against him.

The Bar Council wants EPF regulations pertaining to naming on beneficiaries changed to safeguard the interest of members' spouses and children.

Senior federal counsel Azizah Nawawi argues that the applicants have no locus standi to seek a judicial review on the water concession agreement issue.

Calling all senior citizens! The Bar Council wants to know your views if there should be a specific law to protect your rights.

special report Deep within the thick jungles of Johor lies a reservoir. Its existence is unknown to many and the massive area is controlled by Singapore. [video inside]

The three months to December is described as the airline's best quarter ever as net profit tripled to RM150.124 million.

There are too many of such cases, which even the blind could see, that have gone unpunished.

Malaysia's biggest telecommunication operator Telekom Malaysia (TM) has started moves to list its partly-owned mobile operator Spice Communications on India's stock exchange.

When the market was running high last week, Abdullah - who unusually took on the role of a punter - had advised Malaysians to 'ride the momentum'.

Beliau diminta mengulas persiapan pemimpin parti politik, termasuk dari kalangan parti komponen BN sendiri, menggerakkan jentera pilihanraya masing-masing.

The Mecca Accord has heightened the power struggle between warring Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah and it could also undermine attempts to revive the stalled peace Roadmap.

Bumiputra Commerce acquired Southern Bank last year to venture into retail banking.

An opposition parliamentarian urges the deputy premier to suspend the training programme pending an investigation into the death of another trainee, E Prema.

Malaysians have to come to terms with the appalling possibility that the top man in the premier's crusade against the corrupt, could be corrupt himself.

'Unless he is charged in court, there is no need for him to be suspended from his post,' he says.

The pro-government Straits Times has reported that the Macau deal 'raised a red flag' with Singapore authorities.

British forces and a Malaysian official had hoisted the flag in Selangor on September 9, 1945, after Japanese occupying forces in Malaya surrendered.