Archive - 7 August 2009

Malaysiakini talks to some politicians, experts and multimedia industry players to get their reaction on the possibility of such censorship taking place.

A five-member MACC team raided the office of Selangor exco member Rodziah Ismail from PKR at the state secretariat building in Shah Alam.

Nesa Cooperative which is embroiled in a legal tussle with Maika Holdings says the injunction over Maika's sale of its cash cow was not politically motivated.

The PKR leader reminds Pakatan Rakyat leaders and members that self-imposed restraints are preferable to legislated ones.

A coalition of Muslim consumers, bumiputera traders and ISA supporters has vowed to sue organisers of last Saturday’s rally for damages. [VIDEO INSIDE]

INQUEST At least two stains, which look like blood, were uncovered by the coroner and several legal teams at the Selangor MACC office.

Since his foray into the world of politics, Anwar has frequently 'used' people to further his personal cause through street demonstrations, said Mahathir.

INQUEST The window which was visited is widely theorised to be the one through which Teoh plunged to his death on the fifth floor landing. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Selvarasa Pathmanathan took over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam following the killing of its supreme leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran.

UPDATED 6PM However Khalid Ibrahim urges convenience stores such as 7-11 outlets to practise self-regulation in beer sales.

UPDATED 7.21PM The minister confirms a government plan to impose Internet censorship but adds that the move was not targeted at bloggers. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 6.55PM Malacca is the only area with ‘unhealthy’ levels of air pollution in the Peninsular. The situation has however worsened in Sarawak.

All government and private health clinics to be supplied with the drug Tamiflu to battle Influenza A(H1N1) which has thus far claimed 14 lives.

COMMENT How can the public help? First learn and acquire good personal hygiene. If sick, please be responsible and stay at home, and where possible, wear a face mask.

It will defer delivery of eight Airbus A320 aircraft by four years to 2014 due to "infrastructural constraints" at Kuala Lumpur's airport.

COMMENT While PAS' call on ban might seem drastic but this view must not be seen from an Islamic perspective but an opportunity to recognize the problems associated with alcohol abuse.

Former Sabah CM Chong Kah Kiat said that the Court of Appeal's decision was telling, more for what it did not say, when it threw out two of his suits against the current CM.

A fact-finding team sent to eastern DR Congo to look into allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers found no evidence that such offenses took place.

free 'Why is incest more endemic in Muslim families? It is a more serious ill, and it does not involve religious sensitivities, therefore it would be ‘easier’ to combat.'