Archive - 30 July 2009

A blind masseur was among some 100 people who protested against Maika Holdings Bhd demanding that they be reimbursed for their investments.

A land lease document issued by the land office prevents the Kampung Buah Pala land from being ‘transferred, mortgaged, pawned, sub-let or used as a business instrument,' says a lawyer. [VIDEO INSIDE]

There has been a surprising new twist today in the MCA disciplinary board’s action against outspoken party deputy president Chua Soi Lek, who is at odds with his boss.

Puchong MP and lawyer, Gobind Singh Deo rubbished reports that two witnesses in Teoh Beng Huat's inquest refused requests for their DNA

Pakatan's Rights and Privileges Committee found BN speaker Ganesan guilty of wrongly assuming the post of the speaker which was held by DAP's Sivakumar.

'We say it openly - the police killed Kugan. We have no doubt about it. If it is not true, they can charge us for criminal defamation...,’ said lawyer N Surendran. [VIDEO INSIDE]

If you are under quarantine because of the A(H1N1) flu, then you should be in your house and not at some cinema or eating out, warned the Health Ministry DG Dr Ismail Merican.

The High Court has yet to reach a decision on the striking out application by Umno, which is being sued for RM218 million for allegedly non-payment of GE’s campaign material.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today granted an application to withdraw the winding up of Rakyat Corporation

Doctors at KL Hospital fall under suspicion of lacking in-depth knowledge on pandemic flu.

UPDATED 11.35PM MIC president S Samy Vellu says the opposition alliance made sweet promises during the 2008 polls but these have now 'gone with the wind'.

Unlike the last time, when Chua resigned from his ministerial office meekly, he is now all ruffled up, prepared to take the fight to its bitter end.

The government's plans to deploy personnel from a notorious volunteer task force to help enforce a crackdown on crime triggered criticism from human rights campaigners.

The DAP has refuted allegations by P Uthayakumar that the opposition coalition has done little or nothing for the Indian community in Perak.

PAS MP Khalid Samad claims Perak's Pakatan government before its ouster was the prototype of successful governance by an opposition coalition.

Rep from Kg. Buah Pala meets Unesco heritage specialist and conveys predicament of villagers at the international level.

UPDATED 11PM Pandemonium erupts outside the MIC HQ when two groups trade barbs and in some instances, even blows. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Outspoken Selangor Pakatan Rakyat executive councillor claimed that he has turned into dart board for his many detractors to repeatedly undermine him.

Two women claiming to be ‘princesses' from a non-existent Sunda kingdom, will now face the real jail of a sovereign nation.

The Save MCA Committee which pressured former president Ong Ka Ting to quit, today filed a complaint against Ong Tee Kiat for having sullied the party's image

Yahoo! and Microsoft unveiled a long-awaited Web search partnership that would unite the two companies against market leader Google.

English dailies focussed on the Teoh Beng Hock inquest while the Malay and Tamil papers dealt with the economic woes and the Kampung Buah Pala issue respectively.

free ‘He can say Guan Eng can settle the Kg Buah Pala issue with the stroke of a pen but as MIC president, he could not settle the Maika shares issue all these years.’