Archive - 25 August 2009

MIC members are seething with anger over a news report published in an English tabloid yesterday with regards to caste politics in the forthcoming MIC party polls.

The Syariah Courts have their own check and balances and restores faith that it is fair and just in meting out its sentences, says the minister. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The department is in a mess at the moment but it will be maintained at all costs and will not be closed down, assured vice-chancellor Ghauth Jasmon.

Selangor Umno weighs in on Hassan Ali's announcement that mosque officials can arrest Muslims selling, storing or displaying alcoholic drinks.

UPDATED 9.26PM PAS' Mohd Salleh Man has defeated BN's Rohaizat in the Permatang Pasir state seat by-election although the majority has decreased by nearly 900 votes since the last general election.

Two Barisan Nasional supporters were slightly injured after they were allegedly assaulted by a group of suspected PAS supporters.

Sabah PKR strongman Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan is re-thinking his earlier outright rejection, hardly days ago, of his elder brother Joseph Pairin Kitingan's indirect overtures to him to rejoin PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah).

A child is the latest fatality in the ongoing influenza pandemic that has hit 182 countries and health authorities worldwide are equipping themselves with all available resources to fight the deadly disease.

For more than ten years at least, Penan girls have been raped, violated and sexually abused. The Penan women in the community have been at dire risk of various forms of sexual assault and harassment.

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, mother of two young children, was taken to prison to be subjected to six strokes of the rotan, much to the approval of religious authorities around her.

It is a real shame that everywhere in the world (with the exception of some Islamic countries) that caning is still used as a form of punishment.

PKR, the problem child of Pakatan Rakyat, seems to be suffering from one crisis after another. Lest we forget, the party is the weakest link in the opposition front and their state assemblypersons are the cause of the Perak state government's collapse.

The court ruled on the Buah Pala villagers' plight on Aug 21. The Federal Court decided that the residents were trespassers and ordered them to vacate the land.

Education is seen as the natural way of preparing any child for his or her future to ensue that the child, when he or she enter the employment market will and is prepared to face the realities of adulthood.

The former Hindraf ISA detainee is peeved with Uthayakumar's revelations in his book that the movement had been infiltrated by an unnamed police spy and wants his name cleared.

Six party divisions in Perak are calling for their president's suspension until the air is cleared on the RM10 million donation scandal.

Youth movment asks the gov't to assign the royal commission to also include investigating the allegations in the ‘mystery letter' linked to the Teoh Beng Hock case.

MACC investigating officer Mohd Anuar Ismail comes under fire for taking a nap while his witness was giving a statement and for only lodging a police report on the death the next day.

PKR assemblyperson Sim Tze Tzin claimed that Pakatan Rakyat opponents have indulged yet again in dirty tactics and malicious campaigning to win the Permatang Pasir by-elections.

Reported to have rejected appeals once more from families of those massacred despite saying earlier that it would probe the 61-year-old incident.

DPM Muhyiddin Yassin claimed that a wind of change is blowing across the Permatang Pasir constituency on polling day favouring the federal ruling coalition.

PKR MP Zulkifli Noordin urges party members not to make wild allegations and insinuating remarks against Radzhi who quit as Lunas assemblyperson.

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has apparently denied a report that he had a private meeting with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak recently in Putrajaya.

Please do not assume that people are simple and stupid. They all know what is happening. More importantly, they know what is not happening.

Party president S Samy Vellu says the party has launched an investigation following a report in an English tabloid. He also takes the daily to task.

UPDATED 4.05PM The charge - no permit. But its editor claims that the Home Ministry granted a verbal approval.

UPDATED 5.35PM Campaigning on polling day gets a stern warning as both sides try to win support at the very last minute even as voting gets underway. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 8.52PM Prime Minister Najib says instead of accepting the punishment willingly, Kartika should appeal against the caning.

Kg Buah Pala residents hope to negotiate for a small piece of land to retain some part of the 200-year-old heritage.

'Don't say that I am unIslamic and that I am going to hell. I am merely asking'.

The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) comprises of women NGOs who strongly objects to the caning sentence to be carried out on Kartika.

UPDATED 12.10PM The suit over the state circular on the MACC's mode of questioning of state officials is adjourned to allow the state to file its affidavit.

Utusan Malaysia and the New Straits Times headlined the fact that police had found no evidence to substantiate allegations against the MACC or its officers.

After eight days of campaigning, it appears that the odds are stacked against Umno candidate Rohaizat Othman in the by-election.

UPDATED 5.30PM Polling for the Permatang Pasir by-election closed at 5pm today. The final voter turnout stood at 73.1 percent, or translating to about 14,832 out of 20,290 total voters coming out to vote.

free ‘It is easy for the police and the chemist to say there is no evidence to support a claim. But in such an important case, we would want them to prove it...'.

free ‘I think Radzhi's decision is not due to loss of confidence but to money being dangled in front of him. The rainy season is coming and the frogs are happily jumping around.’