Archive - 27 October 2009

The Perak state secretariat will once again be a no-go zone tomorrow as the police obtain a court order to prevent anyone from gathering within 50 metres of the building.

Parliament Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department says parliament’s dissolution unlikely to happen soon although the prime minister has made the war cry to ‘win back Selangor’.

BN-appointed speaker R Ganesan moves to circumvent attempts by Pakatan to take control of the state assembly sitting tomorrow.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said today the party had closed the door to talks to form a unity government with Umno.

UPDATED 10.03PM Attempts by his emissary to pacify Jeffrey Kitingan and accept Ahmad Thamrin as Sabah PKR chief have hit a snag.

UPDATED 9.24PM But sources say he has already sent a strongly-worded letter of resignation.

She said the committee set up to investigate allegations of sexual abuse of Penan girls and women had concluded that such abuse was true.

Lecturer cautions of possible defections of PAS leaders to form a new, non-aligned Islamist party.

A former sec-gen of a ministry was arrested today and is expected to face corruption charges tomorrow over alleged RM10 million kickbacks.

A special seminar on the formation of school boards for Tamil schools is being organised to ensure that they are run more efficiently.

A 35-year-old man and his wife have been arrested over the death of their Indonesian maid, says a top cop.

Terengganu High Court today acquitted and discharged former National Service (NS) Training Programme coach, Zuki Mohd from a charge of raping a NS trainee in 2004.

Party president Abdul Hadi Awang ticks off Dr Mahathir Mohamad for saying that Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has been a PAS leader 'for too long'.

The home minister says the police will wrap up their investigations soon so that stern action can be taken against the culprits.

EXCLUSIVE The controversial independent Pasir Mas MP Ibrahim Ali addresses the all-important question: Will he or won't rejoin Umno? [VIDEO INSIDE]

The home minister has reminded the police not to use excessive force when the Perak state assembly convenes tomorrow.

An exclusive story from July 2003 on how the Pahang government had awarded a logging concession to the state Umno, both headed by the same person.

UPDATED 5.05PM They want an exhumation so that a second post-mortem can be carried out by renowned Thai pathologist Pornthip Rojanasunand.

UPDATED 11.11PM Ex-Ong loyalists Liow, Wee and Chew say the peace plan was not discussed at the CC level and want a meeting to be held.

The High Court today dismissed lawyer P Uthayakumar's application to transfer his sedition trial from the Sessions Court to the High Court.

UPDATED 3.35PM Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein revealed that he has received a letter over the ROS' decision not to intervene in the MCA crisis.

Between 30 and 50 pupils were on a newly built suspension bridge when it collapsed last night into the swift-flowing Kampar River.

UPDATED 2.20PM M Kulasegaran and Lee Boon Chye are also calling for the 1Malaysia camping programmes to be suspended pending a probe.

National astronaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar failed in his bid to quash a suit filed by a businesswoman against him.

PAS' special meeting tomorrow and the Negri Sembilan royal installation dominated front pages of major dailies.

Ousted Pakatan speaker V Sivakumar wants the secretary to testify on the alleged breach of professional rules by BN-appointed speaker R Ganesan.

An online survey by the Home Ministry reveals that most respondents are angered by the mere presence of the police.

So says a former detainee on the 22nd anniversary of the infamous Operation Lalang in 1987 where over 100 people were arrested.

Politics in Malaysia is less about truth and more about alliances seeking to stay on in power.

UPDATED 7.45PM One pupil drowned and two others missing after a newly-built suspension bridge collapsed.

Perak's rival speakers have both called for a state assembly sitting tomorrow. Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin explains the Pakatan case. [VIDEO INSIDE]

free 'Ong Tee Keat's about-turn in not resigning highlights the disease that plagues all head honchos of political parties - greed, corruption and power-abuse.'

free ' He started the trend of giving out contracts without tenders because by doing so he was able to give the contracts to his cronies at extremely inflated prices and siphon off taxpayers' money.'