Archive - 23 May 2009

updated 11.45pm The fourth candlelight vigil, which took place in Cheras tonight, was aborted after the police issued severe warnings that all participants would be arrested.

The top PAS ulama leader has warned the Islamic party to keep its eyes open for 'traitors', including those that are sponsored by Umno or United States.

updated 9.15pm The cops were searching for documents believed to be related to the arrest of Teratai 16 two days ago. [PHOTOS & VIDEO]

Setting up the constitutional court is one thing but to get judges of honesty, quality and integrity is another, says M Kulasegaran, the DAP MP for Ipoh Barat.

Chief Justice Zaki Azmi has been urged to set up a full bench of no fewer than nine Federal Court judges to hear the soon-to-be-filed appeal in the MB vs MB case.

updated 7.17pm The on-going spat between PPP president M Kayveas and his protege-turned-nemesis T Murugiah continues with a mass rally being scheduled for tomorrow.

Some of these appointed councillors are either not qualified or lacking in right aptitude. Some cannot speak English or BM, and they behave like dumb ducks at council meetings.

The MIC supremo tells the government to retract its support for a draft resolution tabled by Sri Lanka at the United Nations on non-interference.

Penanti by-election This is the third time that voters in the Penanti state constituency will have to go the ballot box in just over a year. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'The judgment has set a dangerous precedent which will lead to the abuse of the separation of powers between the monarchy, the executive, the legislative and the judiciary.'

South Koreans were in shock today over the apparent suicide of former president Roh Moo-Hyun, with his successor describing the case as a national tragedy.

If all goes according to plan, the new computerised voting registration system would be in place for the 13th general election.

Pakatan is staging a three-day hunger strike in Ipoh to protest the BN’s controversial takeover of the state government.

'Give us a licence, we will do it and we will get the public to donate,' said Voon Lee San, the Sarawak DAP treasurer.

updated 12.35pm Teratai state rep Jenice Lee and 15 others, who were detained for allegedly holding an illegal assembly two days ago, could be freed tomorrow.

'We need the written judgment to analyse the grounds of judgment in the appellate court decision. We will then prepare our case accordingly.'

free BN may have won Perak with the Court of Appeal judgment, but they have lost Malaysia in the People's Court.

breaking news updated 4.04pm Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun left a suicide note before plunging to his death off a mountainside yesterday.

free Because the judiciary is still tainted, yesterday’s Court of Appeal decision will not be seen as victory for Zambry but a defeat of the Malaysian people.

He said the court decision did not surprise him because ‘Pakatan could sense it was coming based on series of judicial decisions over the years’.

updated 12.15pm It will be PKR's Mansor Othman vs three independents in the Penanti by-election on May 31. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The American intruder, according to a police report, first visited Suu Kyi's house on Nov 30 and left a book entitled 'Book of Mormon' but did not meet her.