Archive - 24 August 2009

The matter has been fixed for case management at the Shah Alam High Court.

INQUEST Mohd Anuar said that as the key witness and not a suspect, Teoh was not detained and allowed to go home after investigation was completed at 3.45am but the latter wanted to rest.

EC chief said they have checked the list submitted by Umno Youth and discovered that they were legitimate voters. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Under the authority granted to them two weeks ago, these officials must hand over offenders to the police or religious enforcement officers after making the arrest.

The SMK USJ 12 teacher who died last week was today confirmed to have succumbed to the influenza A(H1N1), bringing the total number of deaths to 69.

About 100 hardcore poor families living around Sungai Siput, who were supposed to have been relocated under BN's economic improvement programme, have been left high and dry for the past three years.

Kedah MB Azizan Abdul Razak today submitted a letter to the sultan asking him to remove Mohd Radzhi Salleh as a state exco

UPDATED 6.24PM A police probe has revealed that allegations of a senior MACC officer being involved in Teoh's case were unsubstantiated, the inquest was told today.

Youth wing condemns cabinet approval of a concert by Danish group Michael Learns to Rock during fasting month.

PAS' election director Mahfuz Omar made a modest prediction that the party will win the Permatang Pasir by-election by a one-vote majority

Subra loyalist KP Samy withdraws from MIC vice presidential race, to give others the opportunity to serve the party and the community.

Tomorrow the people of this semi-rural constituency will be casting their votes to elect their most favourable state assembly representative.

Samy Vellu also said that he would fix the date and time for a debate with his former deputy ‘when the time comes'.

'I am fighting for real and Ong Tee Keat never fakes his fights. As long as I have this breath, I will carry on this task,' he told party members.

Citing several misdeeds of the elected rep, the party urged the defected assemblyperson to step down as Lunas assemblyman.

Men who drink beer or liquor on a regular basis may face a heightened risk of several different types of cancer, according to a Canadian study.

Hindraf head plans legal suit against three Indian DAP leaders for alleging that he misappropriated funds running into the millions.

A colleague belatedly emailed me an alert to a Kosmo article on the late Yasmin Ahmad. I have watched a few of her films. Sepet is my favourite.

Several roads near the IKBN vote-tallying centre will be closed from 5.30pm tomorrow to allow ballot boxes to reach it without any hassle.

UPDATED 2.04PM Ong filed a RM500 million defamation suit against Tiong over his claim of giving RM10 million to the MCA boss. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 7.08PM It is only a temporary reprieve as she will be caned after the fasting month, revealed a state exco member.

Lunas state assemblyperson Mohd Radzhi Salleh's resignation from PKR grabbed the headlines of leading English and Malay newspapers.

It's unprecedented that Umno leaders continue to ignore constant attacks directed at MCA boss Ong, the head of the second largest BN party.

The veteran president reveals his reasons for backing Palanivel for the deputy's post and three elected MIC MPs for the veep posts.

The party's de facto leader Anwar says a more stringent filtering process was needed to weed out unsavoury characters from PKR. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Fatigue from by-elections in their parliamentary constituency is not expected to stop voters to heed the call by their favourite leader to vote for PAS. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Scotland's first minister has defended his government's decision to free the Lockerbie bomber after a blistering attack from the FBI chief.

A leading contender for the Afghan presidency alleged widespread rigging as authorities said they were probing 225 claims of abuses.

In the heat of campaigning, Muhyiddin coincidently performed the tarawih prayers together with Anwar at the Bukit Indera Muda Jamek Mosque late last night.

free ‘It is clear that Najib and Umno-BN can no longer win any open and fair election in Malaysia, and so they have fallen back on the same rotten formula used to engineer the illegal coup d'etat in Perak.’

All the attention on embattled Umno candidate Rohaizat Othman has diverted attention away from two trends which have been observed since the tri-elections on April 7.