Archive - 1 July 2009

The developer is determined to flatten Kampung Buah Pala at the end of the one-month grace period on Aug 2 to make way for a high-end residential estate.

PKFZ turnkey contractor decides to sue alleging that the PwC report is libellous and damaging to its reputation and name.

He said that the proposed talks will take place after the by-election when ‘the chemistry between Umno and PAS' is better. [VIDEO INSIDE]

A visibly vexed Perak MB Zambry Abdul Kadir denied his state government is deliberately ignoring people-friendly policies of former the PR state government and took DAP's Nga to task for his claims

He showed a photo of his wife, then 25, taken when she was detained. With the number 331 pinned to her black shirt, she looks directly at the camera with a worried, pleading expression.

UPDATED 8.10PM Trouble is brewing in Kedah for Pakatan Rakyat after the state DAP, in a dramatic move, announces that it is pulling out of the year-old coalition.

A source claims that two ex-transport ministers and a serving deputy minister are in the Public Accounts Committee’s sights, as its probe into the scandal continues.

Hadi says liberalisation measures will curtail growth of bumiputeras and increase the socio-economic racial divide in the country.

The PAS spiritual leader's firm stand in opposing the unity talks with rival Umno has done wonders for his image.

The National Service camp has witnessed separate incidents of alleged molest and a ‘racial clash’, says PKR parliamentarian Fuziah Salleh.

Penang CM Lim Guan Eng slams Hindraf over the Kampung Buah Pala controversy and claims that the movement has been infiltrated by BN collaborators.

The filter, called Green Dam Youth Escort, was to have been required from today, but the government said computer makers needed more time.

UPDATED 4.10pm The Kampung Buah Pala villagers who are facing imminent eviction make clear their displeasure with the CM for having failed to help them.

UPDATED 3.20PM They came in the form of two SMSes last night and reminded the PKR man about the hit job done on former Lunas state rep Joe Fernandez in 2000. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 2.35PM Economists and politicians laud the latest measures toward liberalisation, but call for close watch on implementation to ensure effectiveness and transparency.

'Pakatan will continue to defend the rights of the people and challenge the government, gaining strength from any conviction made against me.'

UPDATED 8.55PM with PAS Youth statement While PAS senior leaders have rejected holding unity talks with Umno, the party's Youth wing today started afresh by announcing 'intellectual discussions' with Umno Youth. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak says Malaysia does not want to incur a fiscal deficit which is too high.

UPDATED 5.35PM The Court of Appeal will decide tomorrow on Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim's appeal to have his sodomy trial transferred back to the Sessions Court from the High Court.

free ‘It was during his tenure that the land was sold. It would be a good idea for Koh and Gerakan to launch a 'Save Kg Buah Pala Fund' and use proceeds to acquire the land.’

The Kapit MP bemoans the lack of infrastructure development in the town and is still waiting for BN to fulfil its pledge to deliver the Kapit-Sibu trunk road so vital to its economy.

The easing of investment regulations announced by Prime Minister and Finance Minister Najib Abdul Razak hogs the headlines of most newspapers today.

Kampung Buah Pala residents dispute the Penang chief minister’s version of an offer purportedly made by the developer that wants to evicts them from the site of the village.

She was seen swimming in choppy waters in the middle of bodies and plane debris.

Race relations in Sarawak – and Sabah too – are less tortured than in Peninsular Malaysia.

Some 4,000 people were entertained by a host of A-list Pakatan leaders who tore into BN's policies and rubbished the 1Malaysia concept. [VIDEO INSIDE]