Archive - 20 October 2009

Weaknesses in corporate governance must be addressed urgently, including those concerning the quality of the board of directors and management team.

Prime Minister Najib Razak has assured his Australian counterpart that M'sia will consider a request to tighten immigration controls.

More than 300 vegetable farmers in Cameron Highlands will continue to dump round cabbages in front of Fama as a sign of protest over the commodity's low price.

The Home Ministry has described as far-fetched a poll than shows only one percent of Malaysians feel safe since Musa Hassan was appointed as the Inspector-General of Police three years ago.

Three more members of the Selangor government were called in for psychiatric interviews in connection with investigations into the mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock.

Despite reports of a rift among its top leaders, opposition honcho Anwar Ibrahim says they are committed to strengthening the coalition.

Parliament Although the original timeline for the switching of language from English back to Bahasa Malaysia is in 2012, Muhyiddin thinks an early start is possible.

The ‘good news' is, Malaysia improved a notch from 132 to 131, in the annual Reporters sans Frontieres press freedom rankings.

UPDATED 7PM The move is seen by some as the president getting even with those who 'betrayed' him at the Oct 10 EGM and the CC meeting.

The Sri Lankan high commission has rubbished a claim that its officials assaulted a group of its nationals at a detention camp in Johor.

According to Tony Pua, development allocation in BN states goes directly to the MPs while in Pakatan Rakyat states it is channelled via the Finance Ministry. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Universiti Malaya today denied right of representation to eight students hauled up for breaching regulations

The budget on Friday is expected to include incentives to attract foreign direct investment, says Mukhriz.

COMMENT Declaring a national holiday on the date will remain an empty gesture unless its significance is highlighted to all Malaysians.

M'sia needs a long hard look at its current policies before it can finally realise 1Malaysia.

Some political leaders are revisiting the pledges made in 1963, in particular on autonomy for Sabah and Sarawak.

US authorities arrested a leading American scientist who had worked for the White House and NASA and charged him with attempted spying for Israel.

Gerakan is all for a revamp of the police force to make it more effective in law enforcement in the country, saying positive changes are needed.

UPDATED 5.10PM The Court of Appeal struck out Anwar Ibrahim's appeal on a RM100 million defamation suit against the former premier on a technical round - the appeal wasn't filed in Bahasa Malaysia.

Auditor-General's Report While the management of potable water quality in the state was satisfactory, the management of raw water quality had to be stepped up.

In May 2000, our exclusive report revealed the findings of Bowman investigations on a holiday trip undertaken by the then CJ Eusoff Chin with lawyer VK Lingam.

UPDATED 5.15PM DPM Muhyiddin said the only way the ruling coalition will step in to solve the party's crisis is if it receives an invitation to do so.

The Bank Negara governor says fiscal stimulus is still necessary for both this year and next year to support the Malaysian economy.

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president today after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform.

Pakatan Rakyat parliamentarians met yesterday to gear up for Budget 2010 which will be tabled by the finance minister on Friday.

The blue-blooded politician sees red after an English daily publishes an article about his supposed retirement.

Auditor-General's Report This has led to river pollution, erosion, landslides and destruction of flora and fauna in Kelantan, Pahang, Johor and Sarawak.

Auditor-General's Report An audit check revealed 24 cases of filling up of fuel in a period of less than five minutes involving five vehicles of the Pahang state secretariat.

Headlines are dominated by the declaration of a public holiday on Sept 16 from next year.

‘It is a reactive move. No doubt about it. The 'opposition' has been calling for a holiday on Sept 16 for quite sometime. Now, the BN has hijacked that proposal.’

Baru Bian, a lawyer espousing Dayak land rights is shaping up as popular choice to lead PKR in Sarawak.

‘Yes, Ong Tee Keat must tell us the ‘truth’. If the ‘truth’ is so powerful, it is Ong’s duty to let the Chinese community know. He must tell us all. Tell the ‘truth’ for all to hear.’

The premier has a poor score after 200 days in office, based on a report issued by watchdog Suaram.