Archive - 22 June 2009

PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat today retracted his call on party deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa to leave PAS and join Umno.

Parliament The Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Identification Bill went down to the wire as parliamentarians voted for an amendment to Section 2 of the legislation.

DAP Member of Parliament, Gobind Singh Deo, says the party may take legal action against the police for its high-handed action in sealing off the Klang dinner yesterday.

Malaysia did not overwelcome Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew during his eight-day visit to the country, says the prime minister.

BREAKING NEWS The Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Identification Bill went down to the wire as parliamentarians voted for an amendment to Section 3(2) of the Act.

updated 6.30pm Prime Minister Najib is unperturbed by the opposition's decision to reject the possibility of holding talks on the formation of a unity government.

PPP president M Kayveas may find it tough to remove T Murugiah as deputy minister, as the latter has three factors in his favour.

The PAS vice-president said he does not know anything about the absence of Hadi Awang posters for the Manek Urai by-election.

Iranian authorities arrest at least 457 people after post-election clashes that left 10 people dead as the nation's clerical leaders battle to contain the worst crisis since the Islamic revolution.

BREAKING NEWS updated 5.35pm Pakatan Rakyat's top trio take a uniform stand to reject the formation of a unity government with Umno or Barisan Nasional. [VIDEO INSIDE]

updated 5pm The Health Ministry orders the closure of SRK Assunta 2 in Petaling Jaya effective today in view of the A(H1N1) flu outbreak.

A remote Sarawak village is fighting time and the lack of tides in their river, literally, as a dry spell hits them hard even as large corporations threaten to turn their NCR land to oil palm plantations.

Parliament RTM covers all quarters, whether they are BN or not. For instance, we covered the recent PAS general assembly, says the deputy info minister.

updated 2.50pm A vexed Lim Kit Siang takes Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat to task over his brief ministerial statement on the PKFZ fiasco. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Master Ho jabs his way into the Malaysian records book after piercing four coconuts with his index finger in a little over 30 seconds.

updated 6.53pm Stopping short of calling DAP's Lim Kit Siang a 'broken record', the transport minister says the former's queries on the PKFZ were the same aired three years ago. [VIDEO INSIDE]

free ‘With Pakatan Rakyat in the government, Umno/BN no longer has a free hand in governing Malaysia. That is why PAS is proposing the talks.’

Following her sensational claims of sexual and physical abuse, Manohara Odelia Pinot makes the next move - to take her royal husband to court. He has denied all the allegations.

Malaysia's newest satellite, the Measat-3a satellite blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome exactly on schedule at 5.50am Malaysian time.

updated 5pm Embattled Gerakan vice-president Huan Cheng Guan expresses regret over his three-year suspension, which he says will destroy his political career.

The temporary closure of a school in Kuala Lumpur after a third pupil was found tested positive for H1N1 dominated newspaper headlines today.

The United States is 'fully prepared for any contingencies' with North Korea, including a potential missile launch toward US territory, President Barack Obama has said in a soon-to-be-aired interview.

A delegation of Israelis was in Jakarta recently for a series of meetings aimed at garnering support for a negotiated two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

updated 3.06pm The hearing of Anwar Ibrahim's application to get more than 10 documents from the prosecution in his sodomy trial has been fixed on July 1.

Ahead of a crucial meeting, DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang says the opposition coalition must send a clear and unmistakable message and assure the people that they have not made the wrong choice.

The PPP president lashes out at ex-supreme council member T Murugiah, accusing him of not respecting the decision of the Registrar of Societies.

In a hard-hitting statement, a Penang PKR Youth leader calls on the party to reject any attempts by suspended Gerakan vice-president Huan Cheng Guan from joining the party. But PKR leaders feel otherwise.