Archive - 16 July 2009

'Why would someone who is slated to get married tomorrow take his own life?' This the question posed by Lim Kit Siang.

It is a mystery as to how Teoh Beng Hock, 30, could have plunged to his death from the MACC building. No one saw the incident, said a top official. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The MACC is investigating all 36 Pakatan representatives in Selangor, including Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim.

MCA president Ong Tee Keat has today claimed that he was threatened by gangsters not to reveal the PKFZ report.

A technical problem is believed to have caused the crash of an Iranian airliner which burst into flames and plunged into farmland, killing all 168 people on board.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz cautions against pointing the finger at the MACC for Teoh's death.

Gerakan's leadership get a clear warning from a disillusioned grassroots to address urgent outstanding issues before it's too late

Bloggers are taking the party to the cleaners with several pro-PAS websites openly expressing their dismay at the Islamist party's poor performance during the recent Manek Urai by-election.

Sabahans are not confident that Prime Minister Najib Razak's pledge to fast track documents will work because the system is unreliable and open to abuse

UPDATED 6.20PM The aide of a Selangor exco plunged to his death from the MACC's Selangor HQ in Shah Alam. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Shallow river and downed phone links cripples rural clinic leaving the ill with little or no medical treatment.

A newly completed pavement along PJ's Jalan Gasing gets the thumbs up from the wheeled-chaired bound as MPPJ walks the extra mile for the disabled. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The underworld is very much a part of the urban landscape everywhere. They fund and run an alternative economy of very lucrative but illicit businesses worth billions of ringgit.

free We are not asking for much. At least go after a few BN politicians too. One that stands out like a sore thumb is former Selangor MB Mohd Khir Toyo.

A news report has named Indonesian billionaire Peter Sondakh as one Najib’s crop of informal advisors, specialising in Indonesian affairs.

The recent liberalisation moves are having little immediate success in reviving the economy, a leading think tank said today as it downgraded its 2009 growth forecast.

BN is making a mockery of voters' democratic right to elect their preferred candidate with its veiled threats, says DAP national vice-chairman M Kula Segaran

UPDATED 6.55PM Anwar won a key ruling in his sodomy trial, forcing the prosecution to hand over evidence including video footage and medical reports. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The MACC is investigating five more assemblypersons in Selangor on allegations of possible funds abuse

A group of landowners is vehemently protesting a recent land agreement that purportedly will deprive them of their Native Customary Rights land.

UPDATED 11.20PM Former MCA vice-president Chua Jui Meng denies that he is defecting to the opposition PKR at a function this weekend.

comment Both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat are all feeling the brunt of entrenched interests, whether they are in the civil service or business circles.