Archive - 2 October 2009

How to innoculate M'sia against racial politics

Veteran politician Razaleigh Hamzah traces the country’s ills to over politicisation of ethnicity.

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Nik Aziz: I'll stay as long as they want me

The Kelantan MB says there is no power transition period for him for as long as the party did not ask him to step down from his post.

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Nomination day: Supporters told to come early

The mood is a merry one for the Bagan Pinang by-election with party workers and supporters busy making last-minute preparations for nominations in the Port Dickson Municipal Council Hall tomorrow morning.

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Jerantut hit by rare hailstorm

The hailstorm raining ice chunks the size of cups in Jerantut, Pahang on Monday is not an ordinary phenomenon for an equatorial country.

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Round Two: Dr M vs the Muslim clergy

Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad is doing it again, locking horns with the Muslim clergy.

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Kugan's case: Cops ordered to produce specimens

The High Court ordered the police to produce DNA specimens and items seized from a UMMC forensic pathologist.

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Syabas has no plan to build dam in Ampang

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EGM will not distract MCA's campaign in by-election

The MCA's election machinery for the Bagan Pinang by-election on Oct 11 will not be affected by the decisions made at the party's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Oct 10.

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ICAC gets report on alleged Sabah money laundering

PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin went ahead as pledged and lodged a report in Hong Kong today on a case of alleged money laundering involving several Sabah personalities.

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Whipping case: Muslim NGOs lodge police report

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Green light for psychiatrists to interview Teoh's family

Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas who is handling the Teoh Beng Hock death inquest today allowed his (Teoh's) family members to be interviewed by two psychiatrists to determine his state of mind prior to his death.

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Be a 'friend' of the MCA chief

MCA president Ong Tee Keat has opened a Facebook account to invite the public to communicate with him, via the social networking page.

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Seeds of confusion await Indian electorate, says DAP

The importance of the Bagan Pinang by-election can be judged by the intensity of the campaign process with the Indian vote taking on a critical role.

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Chua Soi Lek not the only tainted leader in MCA

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Where have all the civil servants gone to?

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Can there ever be justice for Kugan?

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Is Samy Vellu's exit the only cure?

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Policewoman menace at Midvalley

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Election Commission staffed by the ignorant

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Native women group: Penan 'no rape' report is false

The Sarawak Native Women's Association expected the Penan woman's police report denying that she was raped, saying that she was probably coerced.

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Bagan Pinang: PKR man quits, goes independent

UPDATED 6.55PM Shahruddin Abdul Hamid has quit PKR and will contest in the Oct 11 by-election.

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PAS Youth slams SIS, JAG, calls for boycott

By challenging the Syariah court's decision to uphold its sentence on Kartika, they have insulted the court and belittled the laws, says PAS Youth

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Lim ready to debate Koh, even at Gerakan HQ

Penang CM Lim reiterated his readiness to a televised debate with his predecessor 'anytime, anywhere'.

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70% postal voters are ex-servicemen, claims PAS

UPDATED 3:40PM PAS girdling for battle in Bagan Pinang armed with perennial national issues.

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Philippines looks to God as super typhoon looms

Typhoon Parma, packing gusts of 230km an hour, was forecast to hit rural areas in the north of the Philippines' main island of Luzon before dawn tomorrow.

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Miraculous escape for M'sian businessman in Padang

A Malaysian businessman could not believe his good fortune when he was tossed into the swimming pool of a hotel which was completely during the earthquake in Padang

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Ong vs Tiong lawsuit - case management on Nov 4

The High Court here today fixed Nov 4 for case management in a RM500 million defamation suit brought by Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat against Bintulu member of parliament Tiong King Sing.

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Gerakan VP: Guan Eng's CAT a whiner

The Penang Gerakan chief says the DAP-led government should change its CAT slogan to 'complaining, accusing and twisting'.

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Time running out for quake victims

Indonesia appealed for foreign aid today as the stench of decomposing bodies hung over wrecked buildings where overwhelmed rescuers were searching for survivors.

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Don't be complacent over less H1N1 cases

Health Ministry reminds people that the spread of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus is still prevalent eventhough there has been a reduction of cases recently.

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Suhakam urges action on custody deaths

It called for better health conditions in immigration detention centres nationwide as 18 detainees die each month from disease.

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M'sian students in Padang flown home

Efforts to evacuate Malaysian students affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake which struck Padang in Indonesia two days ago have been successful.

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MIED case: Samy irked by slow response

'How long do we have to wait?' asks the MIC boss when complaining about the lack of progress made in the case involving missing millions from the institute's coffer.

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PAS and DAP to meet over S'gor spat

UPDATED 4.30PM A powwow to iron out creases in the Pakatan Rakyat coalition after the Selcat debacle will be held on Oct 7 to ensure smoother relations

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Ban lifted, ex-ISA detainee Mano off to Tanzania

All travel restrictions have been lifted to allow Mano to be at Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference.

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Headlines online: Oct 2

The 7.6-magnitude earthquake which devastated the town of Padang in Sumatra dominated the front pages of most major dailies.

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Ex-MCA boss: I've nothing to do with third force

Ka Ting aide says his boss has no intention of fishing in troubled waters; culprits could be the ones with ulterior motives.

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Kimma's destiny in BN's hands, says president

The Indian Muslim Malaysian Congress, Kimma, hopes its 6th application to join the coalition will be successful.

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DNA: One known, other still a mystery

UPDATED 5.15PM One of the mystery DNA samples detected on Teoh's blazer and belt belong to a road accident victim.

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Noordin to be buried today: family rep

Slain Islamist militant leader Noordin Mohammed Top will be buried in his childhood village today, next to the remains of his elder brother.

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The great Penang debate

free 'There should be no condition attached for a debate to proceed. Koh, be a man! Just go for the debate and let people judge who is the ultimate winner, loser or liar.'

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Murder he wrote, now it's 'grievous hurt'

free 'Kugan's death was a murder. It was classified as such by the attorney-general himself.'

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Pakatan will not fall apart, vows Anwar

‘It is conveniently forgotten that there is not only wide disarray in BN’s ranks, there is reason to believe it could also split asunder.’

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