Archive - 22 September 2008

The Penang liaison committee has come out fully in support of their boss' stay in power until 2010, in accordance with the plan agreed by both Abdullah and Najib.

The Coalition of Malaysian Indian NGOs today urged Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to release the five Hindraf leaders held under the Internal Security Act.

The PM and his deputy have rejected calls from a few supreme council members for an early power transition and instead will defend their respective posts this December.

The government does not import baby milk products from China, says the Health Ministry DG, who also tells consumers not to worry.

With hours to go before the Sept 23 deadline, the opposition alliance gives PM Abdullah until tomorrow before revealing its next course of action.

Seven Bidayuh village chiefs are running out of patience with a Barisan Nasional representative who has labelled them as 'crazy'.

Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, has developed a cult following among young Malaysians after the airing a controversial video-clip on YouTube.

Higher interest rates and the tightening of hire-purchase loans are among the other reasons for the slowdown in sales.

Interhill, one of the two logging firms mired in allegations of workers sexually abusing Penan women and girls, says it has not received any report on the matter.

The Penang chief minister feels that the dustbin is the best place for the tough security law that has been much misused and abused.

Somali pirates, who are now holding a record 13 ships hostage, are attacking further out to sea and on two fronts to evade international security.

The former Selangor MB says he had nothing to do with the arrest and seven-day detention of Seputeh MP Teresa Kok under the Internal Security Act.

'If nothing happens then I am not too sure if the lifespan of BN, of Umno in particular, can sustain beyond the year 2013,' warns the Umno vice-president.

Lawyer N Sivananthan calls on all quarters to stop politicising the Hindraf 27's guilty plea and RM1,000 fine. He also takes a swipe at P Waythamoorthy over the issue.

FT MCA chairperson calls on Kuala Lumpur mayor to take greater heed of proposals from the public in regard to the city's development.

Former Sapp deputy president Raymond Tan claims that he had intervened in June to deter an anti-graft investigation against party president Yong Teck Lee.

How many years of multicultural education and intercultural understanding have we lost for not having a Race Relations Act way back on Sept 16, 1963 during the formation of Malaysia?

free 'MIC members must wake up and face the reality of being in a party that is disrespected by the very people it claims to represent.'

The news was dominated by both the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the call for the re-pegging of the ringgit.

free 'What next? Perhaps Teresa should swear on the Bible to clear her name. It will definitely be in keeping with what has been happening lately.'