Archive - 29 June 2009

Opposition Leader Anwar felt this was the reason why the superior IPCMC has been replaced with the watered down Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission Bill.

A 20-year-old temple was demolished in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday and Hindraf had claimed that ‘MIC gangsters' had a role to play, an accusation which didn't sit well with the political party's youth wing.

UPDATED 7.10pm DCM 1 Mansor Othman will be meeting with the developer who wants to build a lucrative housing project in Kampung Buah Pala to stop a planned Thursday demolition.

BN candidate for Manek Urai Tuan Aziz Tuan Mat fancies his chances in the by-election and tackles claims in cyberspace about abuse of power and corruption

Now that the Temerloh High Court has granted them leave to pursue the issue, the Orang Asli villagers hope they can establish ownership rights over the land.

UPDATED 7PM Amendments to laws pertaining to conversions will have to be shelved for now pending feedback from state religious authorities, ordered the Malay rulers.

Tensions rise as the battle between the party boss and his deputy spills into division levels with each side refusing to attend AGMs aligned to the other.

The family of Michael Jackson has gone on the offensive, vowing to fight for control of the superstar's children and estate and once again voicing concerns over the circumstances of his death.

Liew Chin Nam, who has been ordered to vacate his rented site, has applied to the Ipoh High Court for an injunction to stop the eviction order from being enforced on Wednesday.

In a move that is set to put the state PKR committee and the chief minister on the warpath, the DAP-led state government has removed Johari as a MPSP councillor.

Fed up with the Penang DAP-led government's inaction on the controversial issue, Hindraf will hold demos outside all DAP HQs across the country tomorrow.

At least five journalists were stopped from entering Parliament House for want of the government-issued media tag. Those who were admitted found the electricity sockets sealed in the lobby.

Are blood analyses tests offered by healthcare service providers a scam and a gimmick to sell nutritional products? An experienced medical practitioner sheds light on the matter.

The Shah Alam High Court is set to examine issues in an originating summons filed by two apex co-operative bodies, which are unhappy with three legal provisions that took effect last year.

Merit-based PSD scholarship award comes under fire from Kit Siang who says that unless there is 'mind-set change', the status quo will remain.

The police have arrested 36 Afghans and six Pakistanis after detaining two boats trying to smuggle them to Australia via Indonesia near Port Klang.

The solution to fill the vacuum left by a recent Indonesian ban on domestic helpers is to allow Filipino Muslims to work here, reported an English daily today.

Residents of several villages caught in the Baram dam project want the authorities to stop work immediately, claiming they will be displaced and dislodged from their traditional way of life.

UPDATED 3.50PM PAS is assured of victory on July 14 despite an active smear campaign by BN, especially against PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz, claims the Opposition Leader.

All's not well between Pakatan Rakyat and the Sabah Progressive Party in their talks to work out an electoral pact because of the latter's uncompromising stand, says a Sabah DAP chief.

The three dead included a man seen placing one of the devices in a garbage bin at a coffee shop near the town of Datu Saudi Ampatuan earlier today.

A British news outlet has released footage of a police interview with a Pakistani man on trial over last year's Mumbai attacks, in which he admitted working for militant group Laskhar-e-Taiba.

This is particularly true on issues involving land, and the many recent disputes over who has the right of ownership and residence, says PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim.

The grieving family is considering a series of simultaneous memorials around the world to reflect the huge appeal of the late 'King of Pop'.