Archive - 30 September 2009

UPDATED 8.55PM AG Gani Patail said a police officer will be charged tomorrow for the death of 23-year-old detainee A Kugan.

The Selangor Islamic Religious Council has reacted to 'encroachment' into its authority by Selangor PAS commissioner Hasan Ali.

Two livestock farmers involved in last Monday's protest are on illegally occupied land, says Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim.

The odds are stacked against bookies as the MCA sec-gen comes down hard on betting over the EGM results.

UPDATED 8.05PM The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has cancelled a tsunami alert issued this evening following a powerful earthquake in central Sumatra.

The DAP chairperson has hit out at a PKR MP for suggesting that the Chief Minister's post be rotated among Pakatan Rakyat partners.

There was no new Influenza A (H1N1) death reported since Sept 19, with the death toll remaining at 77.

'Well, he is the party nominee, I support. My personal feelings does not count,' he said when asked whether he was disappointed by the nomination of Isa.

The ex-communist leader's suit against the government was struck out as the high court felt it was ‘unsustainable'.

The High Court will rule on the Puchong MP’s application for a judicial review to nullify his 12-month ban from Parliament.

Telok Kemang PKR committee member Shahruddin Abd Hamid will contest as an independent candidate.

DAP's Kulasegaran says the Makkal Sakti party can never steal the spirit of people's power and the Indian community will not fall for this gimmick.

As the battle for the party gets underway, some rules of engagement have been laid down...

Empty pledges will no longer cut muster with Indian Malaysians, says PSM, ahead of the Bagan Pinang by-election.

‘If these parties are not contesting, they are not paying any election deposit; why then should they put up their campaign materials?’

COMMENT The ISA has been used as a political terror tool of the ruling class to bridle the will of the masses...

Will it be Pakatan's Mohammad Nizar or BN's Zambry? The Federal Court is set to make a ruling on which of the two is the rightful menteri besar.

The coalition is miffed that the Kuantan Syariah appellate court has upheld whipping for Kartika without considering other views. [VIDEO INSIDE]

EXCLUSIVE Mansor Othman has been in the DCM seat for 100 days. He speaks to Malaysiakini about the trying times...

Indonesia's president is pressing the country's 234 million people to wear batik clothes to celebrate a triumph over Malaysia in a poisonous feud over cultural heritage.

The tenders comprise RM1 billion worth of infrastructure projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan and another RM1 billion worth of other infrastructure and construction projects.

The joint venture is expected to actively make investments in the renewable energy sector.

The Muslim extremist Abu Sayyaf group is believed to have placed a roadside bomb that killed two US soldiers in the southern Philippines.

It's a possibility, given all that she has done to convince the police and a ministerial task force that she had been raped.

Typhoon Ketsana left a trail of destruction across Southeast Asia, killing at least 49 people in Vietnam and Cambodia and churning towards Laos.

The nomination of Mohd Isa Abdul Samad as BN candidate for the Bagan Pinang by-election is the prime news item today.

A former senator and independence fighter Abdullah Salleh died of old age at his home in Taman Fauziah in Kangar last night.

The air quality in this Sabah town has been deteriorating since yesterday - from being moderate at 88 to the unhealthy 101 today.

Najib will be making an announcement on a major capital investment from the Middle East into Malaysia later today.

The Sabah NRD's refusal to acknowledge a recognised native group once again brings into focus ambiguous interpretations of the law.

Buildings were toppled and thousands of people fled to higher ground after the offshore quake struck in the early morning, followed by giant waves.

free 'Unlike Hasan Ali, you (Khalid Samad) know the gravity of sins committed by the beer drinkers as opposed to corrupt officers.'

free 'Politicians in this country - no matter how badly tainted they are - can still come back to win in elections.'

In four previous Umno vs PAS battles - Kuala Terengganu, Bukit Gantang, Manek Urai and Permatang Pasir - the opposition party has won all of them. [VIDEO INSIDE]