Archive - 4 August 2009

The MCA disciplinary board kicks off its hearing into the sex scandal of its deputy president. The charge is that the scandal has tarnished the party's image. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Passengers on a MAS fight to Perth on Sunday had thought that the worst was over after their plane slammed its brakes to a sudden halt on the KLIA runway...

A lorry driver from Seberang Perai alleges that anti-ISA rally organisers took his teenage son without his consent, to attend Saturday’s demonstration in Kuala Lumpur.

Pakatan leaders say the authorities should not pin the blame on protesters for the financial losses incurred during Saturday's anti-ISA rally. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The human rights commission says crowd-dispersal tactics should be based on ‘proportionate and non-violent’ methods’, not the use of teargas and chemical-laced water.

Lawyers have acted to quash a certificate issued by the prosecution which claims there are 'no favourable facts' in Anwar Ibrahim's defence. [VIDEO INSIDE]

If near-daily press coverage isn’t enough, Malaysians can now keep track of first lady Rosmah Mansor through her official website set up by the Prime Minister's Office.

Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin had alleged that Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing and Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat are closer in private than they let on in public.

'The police will be calling in those believed to be responsible for the demonstration,' said deputy police chief Ismail Omar.

Text messages and emails are making the rounds claiming that a fuzzy 5-minute online video depicts the assault of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

The opposition rally against the Internal Security Act was aimed at provoking the police into invoking the law, says Muhyiddin Yassin.

Representatives of the human rights group outline ‘violation of civil rights’ by the police during the anti-ISA rally last Saturday. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Like the plot in Shakespeare's ‘Hamlet’, the debacle in Perak is playing out before an audience that is aware of both the real imposter and travesty of justice.

UPDATED 6PM Selangor PAS wants the Pakatan state government to implement a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol in all Muslim-majority areas.

UPDATED 7PM The DPM defends the health minister against criticism that Liow is more interested in MCA matters than battling the lethal flu outbreak in the country.

UPDATED 5.55PM The trip apparently aimed at negotiating the release of two American journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labour.

UPDATED 3.45PM The commission set up to probe case of political aide Teoh Beng Hock will also look into the findings of the inquest on his death.

UPDATED 5.45PM Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin presents credentials to the ambassador-designate to the US Jamaluddin Jarjis at Istana Negara.

UPDATED 7.25PM Houses in Kg Buah Pala came within a whisker of being demolished by a team armed with sledgehammers and iron rods. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The reports continue to highlight reactions and investigations into the anti-ISA rally last Saturday.

UPDATED 5.35PM Kugan Anathan's mother suffers a setback today when the High Court allowed a preliminary objection by the police against returning seized post-mortem samples.

Hussein could have claimed immunity as a UN worker but she refused that option at a hearing last week, saying she wanted to change the country's laws.

UPDATED 5.45PM The men are accused of plotting to attack a military barracks with automatic weapons.

free ‘The police must be independent and protect the rights of all citizens regardless of political affiliations. After all, they are paid by the public not the government.’