Archive - 31 July 2009

Its disciplinary committee is adamant to hear the case involving deputy president Chua Soi Lek despite a key complainant having withdrawn his report.

UPDATED 9.45PM The two ISA demonstrations planned for tomorrow are pointless since the government is already in the process of reviewing the security law, says the PM.

UPDATED 9.25PM Umno will contest in the upcoming Permatang Pasir by-election, a state seat which fell vacant following the death of its PAS incumbent Mohd Hamdan Abdul Rahman. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Each time the Speaker arrives at the State Secretariat to use a meeting room to conduct an inquiry into the May 7 assembly fracas

Malaysiakini launches a Facebook poll to gauge public sentiments on the government proposed royal commission to probe the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

Gary McKinnon, who suffers from a form of autism, could spend life in prison if convicted by a US court of gaining access to 97 computers in 2001 and 2002 in the aftermath of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks.

UPDATED 5.30PM Gerakan Youth failed on palace protocol when they attempted to hand a memo urging the King’s intervention on the use of ISA. [VIDEO INSIDE]

What happened to the nine-million shares which were originally allocated to Maika but eventually redirected to three unknown Samy Vellu-linked companies, asks A Sivanesan.

Boasting 10 billion units, the Amanah Saham 1Malaysia is expected to lift the economy from the doldrums and boost the local stock market.

Anti-graft officers burst sweat glands in getting at the truth and gathering evidence without bias for or prejudice against any party in performing their duty.

UPDATED 10.55PM Dozens of Penan tribespeople have set up roadblocks in Sarawak to stop logging firms from encroaching on their territory.

UPDATED 7.15PM Opposition party PAS has ordered its one million members to take part in an anti-ISA protest in KL tomorrow. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Her lawyer said the verdict was adjourned from being delivered today as the court wanted to consider legal problems.

Ding-dong battle between a gov't minister and an activist over illegal coral sea mining continues.

COMMENT The media appears to have started the blame game. They are angling around the idea that because the flu is fast spreading, then someone must be at fault.

Two-hundered and forty-one workers have been left stranded by HSBC's decision to shut down its local call-centre in Jalan Ampang

Barack Obama sat down for beers with an eminent black scholar and a white police officer, in a White House happy hour designed to quell a countrywide furor over race.

Both the nation's top English dailies focused on the continuing threat of the deadly A(H1N1) virus.

Permatang Pasir state assemblyperson Mohd Hamdan Abdul Rahman from PAS has passed away at IJN this morning.

UPDATED 2PM Police have set up roadblocks at major traffic arteries throughout the Klang Valley towards Kuala Lumpur ahead of two mass rallies planned for tomorrow.

free ‘What's Najib going to do? Ban Malaysians from going out on the streets. That's the usual response of Malaysians to any difficult problems.’