Archive - 7 July 2009

Najib said that the government would prevent the flow of illegal immigrants to Australia and certainly we do not want Malaysia to be known as a transit point for smuggling.

The ruler acted in the best interest of the people and the state, rules the last Appeals Court judge.

Something is fundamentally and foundationally wrong in this nation when the descendents who have lived in a place for more than 200 years have no right to their ‘ancestral home grounds' and are chased away under the force of the local government officials and the police based on a whimsical Federal Court ruling.

Some 43 families living at Kampung KTM Sungai Siput are alleging that the land office has reneged on a promise made both the BN and Pakatan state gov't to relocate them.

T Vasanthakumar is perplexed as to why he has been summoned by the police special branch to attend an 'interview' session tomorrow.

A migrant workers group claims that Malaysia and Indonesia have failed to address the root issues and end up singing the same old tune.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng wants Johari Kassim to make a public apology for his personal attacks on him before he reinstates the PKR man as a Seberang Perai municipal councillor

The former de facto law minster gets a right royal dressing down on a wide range of issues including judicial reforms and oil royalty for Kelantan.

Sekinchan state rep Ng Suee Lim is taking up Dr Mohd Khir Toyo’s challenge - to turn property agent and sell the Balinese-theme mansion at RM24 million.

‘If an election were to be held in Kedah now, I believe there will be big swing away from the ‘moon’ because the pork-consuming rakyat would equate the move to ‘lunacy’ (related to the Greek word for ‘moon’).’

Ousted MB Nizar Jamaluddin dimisses a Chinese daily's report that two of the three independent assemblypersons, whose actions plunged Perak into a crisis, are wanting to return to the opposition

As the campaign trail heats up, it is a political slug fest as accusations and counter accusations, familiar at all by-elections, make their treacherous rounds.

The former Umno leader hits the campaign trail in Manek Urai as a PKR man. In his maiden ceramah, he touches on several pricky issues.

Citizen journalist video A group of volunteers is providing hope, temporary shelter and food for the down-and-out three times a week but hope that with donations and help, they can make it a 24/7 service.

PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohammad Akin said he was aiming to gather 5,000 supporters for a march to the court complex, despite warnings from the government against creating a disturbance.

free ‘From the size of the bungalow and the plot of land on which it is built, it is hard to believe that it costs only RM3.5 million. If it is true, Khir Toyo should put his bungalow on the market...'

UPDATED 4.20PM Hindraf advises Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to carefully listen to the woes of the residents of Kampung Buah Pala when he meets them tomorrow.

comment Malaysians will not tolerate shallow opinions and bigoted politicians anymore. Playing the race card in the BN may still make sense but in a non-sectarian coalition like PR, it could potentially be fatal

comment The formula used by so-called experts to analyse the debate within PAS (as with other Islamic movements) is far from scientific.

UPDATED 8.15pm Stopping short of calling it nonsense, the MIC president wants an assurance that an Indian will continue to head Universiti Malaya's Indian Studies department.

International concern also mounted over the carnage in Xinjiang, which China said left at least 156 people dead and 1,080 injured.

A miffed Sarawak PKR chief hits out at the state tourism minister Michael Manyin for saying that basic rights would be eroded under a Pakatan Rakyat-led government

Robert McNamara, the US secretary of defense whose broad career was overshadowed by his role as key architect of the Vietnam War, died at his home in Washington.

UPDATED 6.50PM At least six people have been killed and more than 40 people wounded in a bomb attack blamed on Al-Qaeda-linked militants in the southern Philippines island of Jolo.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin wants the July 14 by-election to mark the reversal of Barisan Nasional and Umno's electoral fortunes.

The home minister wants the party to 'stay within the law' if members gather at the KL High Court to support de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, whose sodomy trial begins tomorrow.

Most newspapers led with Najib declining assistance on the High Chapparal issue, saying it was a state matter.