Archive - 25 September 2009

Organisers declined to give details of the new dress-code agreement, but said the concert would likely silence critics.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department T Murugiah said he was still awaiting decision on his appeal to the Registrar of Society's (ROS) against his dismissal from the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

The government holds no equity in the project, either directly or indirectly, through any of the government-linked companies.

All is not well in the Kelantan palace with two key officials in the royal household sued by their prince for defamation.

The Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) should know whom to refer in the matter relating to the wrong figures report, says Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

The law firm representing the estranged wife of the Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra, and her mother in the RM105 million defamation suit brought against them by the prince has applied to discharge itself.

The Sarawak Women and Family Council has proposed several pre-emptive measures to the state cabinet to prevent sexual exploitation of the Penan women and girls.

The ruling coalition's chiefs are so caught up in the survival game that they have no time to consider the possibility of scoring own goal.

The palace is the last resort for Kugan's mother because action over his death seems to have come to a halt.

UPDATED 6.55PM Pressure is mounting on Selangor's Selcat as two BN members are reviewing their position in the committee. Meanwhile MB Khalid is intervening to solve the issue.

The new Makkal Sakti Party is openly endorsing BN's bid to retain the Bagan Pinang state seat in the upcoming by-election.

The Magistrate's Court here today fixed Oct 22 for judgment on Batu MP Tian Chua Chang on a charge of causing hurt to a policeman two years ago.

Both Gerakan Youth and Hindraf are clamouring for a debate with the Penang CM over the village's demolition.

State assembly right forum to put forward grievances against Selcat, ventilating them in public is <br />not right and proper.

24 hours after urging Transparency International (Malaysia) to substantiate its corruption claims against his company, Tiong says he is ready to sue.

Titiwangsa MP Dr Lo' Lo' Ghazali, who is recovering from surgery for acute gastro enteritis , has clarified that she is receiving visitors during the Aidilfitri season but is not giving interviews.

Residents want errors in the Penang Structure Plan to be rectified to avoid further environmental degradation.

The government has sought to put a positive spin on the capital flight, which has hit the electronics and metal products industries hardest.

Indonesian police have decided to hand Noordin's body over to his first wife in Malaysia, Rahmah Rusdi, with whom he had three children.

From next year, the government will spend RM150 million a year to vaccinate 300,000 girls with three doses of HPV vaccine.

For decades business have been playing the role of supplier corrupt payment for a wide-range of those well-connected inside and outside the government.

The global press freedom movement said the online news website was right to resist the censorship the government was trying to impose.

However 135 new cases with influenza-like illness (ILI) were warded in hospitals nationwide.

The Harvard Business School will undertake a case study on PM Najib’s 'courageous and bold' initiatives.

UPDATED 4PM The port authority claims that Kuala Dimensi had conspired against it in the PKFZ project. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

The demand for migrant children and women to be made workers and also for the flesh trade is on the rise.

In about a week, on Oct 1, China will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the birth of this new Chinese nation-state.

If we step back and forget that Hasan Ali is the one chiding Selcat, there may be some truth to his criticisms beneath all the fanfare.

The crowd broke windows at Boston Market and KFC fast-food restaurants, a BMW dealership and a bank in Pittsburgh.

The UN Security Council vowed to work to stop the spread of atomic weapons and rid the planet of all nuclear arms.

A minimum wage structure is essential for the workforce to be efficient and be given a fair deal says the party's VP M Kulasegaran.

free 'How can there be suicide bombers in Islam when suicide itself is a great sin, if not the greatest sin - regardless of the excuse.'

free 'If he has the public servants' interests at heart, does it mean it's okay to embarrass Selcat in public?'

What lessons can the opposition parties in Malaysia glean from the experience of their counterparts in Japan?

Yukio Hatoyama of DPJ was inaugurated as PM in Tokyo last Wednesday.