Archive - 19 August 2009

Penang Umno Youth today handed over proof of phantom voters in the Permatang Pasir state constituency to the EC.

The court said that the prosecution's application to have the tape accepted as an exhibit was not premature.

He hopes Abu Hassan Sarif will be retained as the state rep because he has a valid excuse for not attending the Kedah State Assembly sitting recently.

It has re-opened an investigation into an alleged corruption case involving Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin.

This has put to rest talks that the long-term party leader would step down some time next year to allow his deputy to take over.

Selangor PKR has 'no information' that its Pelabuhan Kelang assemblyperson Badrul Hisham Abdullah would be defecting as reported by a Chinese daily this evening.

The proposed relocation of the Sri Mariamman temple from Section 19 to Section 23 in Shah Alam would go ahead, despite Umno’s attempts at filing an injunction.

UPDATED 10.48PM Muhyiddin said the BN candidate will make a statutory declaration, if necessary, to clear his name from allegations pertaining to his disbarment.

Muhyiddin says the federal government has so far not intervened as it wants to see whether the Penang government is capable of resolving the issue.

An increase in hotspot activities can continue to be expected in the fire-prone areas in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sarawak.

After all, the PAS spiritual leader is able to determine whether an individual would go to heaven or hell after death.

BREAKING NEWS Surgical masks have been declared a controlled item temporarily with immediate effect, with the price ranging from seven sen to RM6 per unit based on quality.

PAC chief Azmi Khalid said many of the decisions made by PKFZ were just accepted by the PKA board members without much questioning.

An NGO comprising doctors says the issue of nuclear energy is too big for just a few to decide on, and that the power to decide must be put in the people's hands.

UPDATED 7.07PM Amendments to the Internal Security Act and the Police Act will be tabled in the next Parliament sitting and if possible approved by December.

Adding a culinary twist, the Sarawak politician says the trial by media was akin to char koay teow , a colloquial term for cooking up a small issue.

Former Bar Council president and senior counsel Raja Aziz Addruse takes over from Sulaiman Abdullah, who is ill, in leading Anwar Ibrahim’s defence against a sodomy charge.

UPDATED 5.51PM The letter, the contents of which were not revealed, has been given to the police for investigations. Inquest to resume on Monday.

The Kedah state speaker has sent a letter to the Election Commission, stating the seat has become vacant following the incumbent Umno rep's failure to attend two sittings in a row.

The oil tanker, which was involved in a collision with a cargo ship late yesterday in the Strait of Malacca - leaving nine crewmen missing - was carrying 58,000 tonnes of naphtha.

Some 200 families in Ipoh have waited 30 years for new homes, only to find out that these will be in Papan - just 2km from a former dump site for radioactive waste.

He calls on Umno's Rohaizat to withdraw from the Permatang Pasir by-election and avoid further embarrassment to his already tainted candidature.

Parents in a savvy Subang Jaya school question why it was not closed after a teacher was said to have died from the A(H1N1) flu. The school claims there is no such fatality.

Selangor sultan wants the zakat collected to be used only for the welfare of Muslims and not for development of the state as suggested by the MB.

The Umno veteran says that by fielding a disbarred lawyer, today's Umno is projecting the image that it lives by a different moral code from the rest of Malaysia.

A loaded Taiwanese oil tanker was on fire and nine crew members were missing after a collision with a Greek-managed bulk carrier in the Malacca Strait.

Both parties have settled the matter out of court, but decline to reveal the terms of settlement.

The recent murder of a senior Filipino social welfare attache in KL once again exposes Malaysia's ugly reputation as a destination for human trafficking.

The H1N1 flu is still the flavour of the day with the New Straits Times leading with Health DG Ismail Merican saying that a curfew would be enforced only as a last resort.

The Federal Court will decide on whether to allow or dismiss the application by a senior resident M Ayamah which could determine the future of the villagers.

Party's info chief Ahmad Maslan said Rohaizat was a victim of circumstances, having had to bear the burden of resolving problems arising from a problematic land transaction.

Scientists have uncovered fresh evidence that life could exist beyond Earth, with research published showing that comet dust contained traces of a compound vital to human existence.

The Borneo Heritage Foundation gave the thumbs-up to the government's new language policy approach for schools and universities come 2012

The apparent lack of money for Penan language translators is hampering efforts to investigate allegations of rape by Penan women in the Baram district of Sarawak.

A tanker caught fire after colliding with a bulk carrier in the Malacca Strait, about 20 nautical miles off Port Dickson last night.

free 'Any Malaysian with enough common sense will not even be so reckless as to openly harass even an ordinary police officer,' says a Malaysiakini reader.

free ‘It appears that there are companies in existence not for profit but to channel favours to our ministers. I think a while ago Korean conglomerate Hyundai had one such scandal exposed.’

Hindraf activist V Ganabatirau has accused leader P Waythamoorthy of using money collected for a law suit against the British government to finance his stay in London.