Archive - 24 July 2009

Pressure continues to pile on the Selangor government with the emergence of a blog which claims that state executive councillor Ronnie Liu was siphoning off state funds in 2008.

BN's R Ganesan accuses Pakatan's V Sivakumar of illegally using the speaker's official letterhead twice to communicate with him.

UPDATED 9PM Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said that the police investigation into the matter will be wrapped by soon so that the inquest can proceed.

updated with Vell Paari's reaction The MIC should be making an offer to buy back Kg Buah Pala to Koperasi Pegawai Pegawai Kanan Kerajaan Pulau Pinang and not the state government, says Penang DAP socialist youth

Several undergraduates from local universities have alleged that their rights were trampled on by the police after allegedly committing several offences. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 6.22PM Mirza Mohammad Taiyab was acquitted from a corruption charge without being called to enter his defence at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.

In a largely Han Chinese market, a lady was kind enough to warn me against visiting Uyghur places, for "the unruly youths always carry a dagger". I was not bemused, for I had just purchased one as a souvenir from a nearby shop and, looking at the jobless Uyghur men loitering around and the widening income gap between the Han and the Uyghur, I knew why it was so.

The large presence of police personnel outside his apartment had set off alarm bells, leaving the Hindraf leader wondering if this was ISA round two.

Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers said they are fully prepared to present their final arguments later today, when a date will also be set for a verdict.

One tells how a son died while in police custody while the other tells of a husband detained under the ISA for the last seven years.

Political aide Teoh Beng Hock's death continues to haunt the government with the Bar Council also pitching in for a properly constituted RCI.

Anniversaries are usually reserved for happy occasions, but not in the case of Utusan Malaysia branch of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ Utusan).

Despite nationwide outrage at the death of Teoh Beng Hock, his fiancee Shoh Sher Wei's simple message to a crowd of 3,000 struck home that the loss is still deeply a personal one. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'We know that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission reports directly to PM Najib. We want to know what role the prime minister played in this witch-hunt.'

When it comes to the environment, it seems that politicians from both BN and Pakatan are equally disinterested in environmental issues, going by the attendance at a recent seminar.

Will the inquest to look into Teoh's death start next week? At least one English daily thinks so.

COMMENT If Malaysia is to succeed, the leadership must learn to embrace wholesome, inclusive values as illustrious sons of the nation did

The setting up of the royal commision of inquiry is now being seen as nothing more than a device to divert public attention from the truth surrounding Teoh's sudden death.

It has become a culture for some people in the state, according to the electricity board chief that "happiness only comes when one steals."

UPDATED 2PM The three-day inquiry seeks to determine if there were any human rights and legal violations in the arrest and detention of five lawyers who were doing their duty in May.

UPDATED 1.23PM High Court allows a stay application by the prosecution against handing over documents to Anwar's lawyers pending an appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Two opposing groups on the Internal Security Act are on a collision course as they embark on mass processions towards the Palace next Saturday.