Archive - 1 August 2009

UPDATED 12.20AM Almost 600 people were arrested as part of a massive police crackdown on an anti-Internal Security Act rally today in the city centre.

After more than decade, the chants of reformasi once again reverbated in Sogo, this time urging the government to repeal the ISA.

Opposition parliamentarian Dr Hatta Ramli had his t-shirt badly ripped when he was manhandled by the police outside Masjid Negara. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that there was a better chance of the preventive law of being amended or even renamed to suit the present time.

Kuala Selangor registered an unhealthy Air Pollution Index (API) reading of a 100 today with Port Klang coming close with 91.

UPDATED 5.27PM Riot police cracked down at three key rallying points - Masjid Negara, Masjid Jamek and Sogo. [VIDEO INSIDE]

As you read this, tens of thousands of Malaysians are marching the streets against the ISA. Such public demonstrations would be unthinkable 30 years ago.

Was Teoh Beng Hock really allowed to leave the Selangor MACC office? An advisor to the commission said no official records exist.

Tengku Razaleigh said that under the Petroleum Development Act, Petronas must pay the five percent oil royalty to Kelantan.

LIVE REPORTS At least 75 rounds of tear gas were fired in the vicinity of the Sogo shopping complex alone. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 10.50AM Istana Negara has been cordoned off with riot police trucks replacing the usual scenes of tourist buses. [VIDEO INSIDE]

‘My generation, Tengku, is hopeful that we are at the threshold of a New Malaysia. Crossing it will be the greatest challenge of our lifetime, but we know in our hearts that this is necessary...’

BREAKING NEWS Former Philippine leader Corazon Aquino, 76, died today following a cardiac arrest after battling colon cancer for more than a year.