Archive - 4 July 2008

Putera Umno is now challenging PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim to swear along with his accuser on the Quran to prove their innocence.

Embattled opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim spoke to Malaysiakini in the wake of allegations that he had sodomised one of his aides.

That’s why there a need to set up a royal commission to determine which statutory declarations represents the truth, says PKR vice-president R Sivarasa.

The following is the full statement given by P Balasubramaniam’s lawyer Americk Singh Sidhu at a press conference this afternoon at PKR’s headquarters.

The police will investigate both the declarations made by private investigator P Balasubramaniam, says the deputy inspector-general of police Ismail Omar.

updated 8.10pm Lawyer Americk Singh Sidhu denied that private investigator P Balasubramaniam affirmed his first sworn statement under duress. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Revelations linking Deputy Prime Minister Najib with murdered Mongolian Altantuya, and his denials, were the main stories today.

free ‘The damage has been done. Most - if not all - will take the view that the only duress that took place was that which caused Balasubramaniam to recant.’

Only two of 10 judges in the Anwar Ibrahim trials found him innocent of sodomy, argues the former prime minister in his latest blog posting.

updated 5.40pm Police arrested two men who tried to gather a crowd to protest the sodomy allegations against Anwar Ibrahim. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The two-day public inquiry will be held to determine whether the police had used ‘excessive force’ against the residents as alleged and whether there was any violation of human rights.

updated 7.10pm Twenty seven NGOs unanimously decried the ongoing joint military-police exercises in KL as a trend that is ominous for the nation.

The following is the new statutory declaration released by P Balasubramanian today at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.

The truth behind these increasing convoluted accusations and counter accusations will probably not be known anytime soon, if ever.

updated 2.45pm Dubbed as the 'one million people' protest, it will now be held at the Kelana Jaya stadium instead of Padang Timur. [MAP INSIDE]

breaking news updated 2.30pm The court ruled that incumbent and eventual winner Rafidah Aziz did commit a silly mistake but that in itself was not an obstacle for the running of the election.

The better and fairer position is to embrace the vision of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

updated 6.55pm P Balasubramaniam drops the second bombshell in less than 24 hours, this time claiming that he was forced to make his shocking statutory declaration linking Najib to Altantuya.

Would the race-based BN components stick with Umno that is morally decadent and ideologically bankrupt, or would they sink with it yelling: till death doth us part?

free updated 12.24pm 'Now I know that our DPM is actually a social worker. I think he is doing a good job so maybe he can consider stepping down to focus on his social work.'

free updated 12.02pm ‘Almost everyone in government is tainted with scandal. How can we Malaysians have these kind of people to run the government?’