Archive - 4 November 2009

Two representatives of Sisters in Islam gave their statements to the police today over a report lodged against SIS on the Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor issue.

Pakatan Rakyat has applied for formal registration, proposing to appoint as its chairman former government minister Zaid Ibrahim

Shahidan Kassim lodges two police reports over a memorandum by the Syariah Lawyers Association statement by a senior Jakim official.

PM lied about Terengganu and distorted facts about oil royalties, charges Kubang Kerian parliamentarian Salahuddin Ayub

A new game plan seems to be on the cards to reverse the gains made by PKR in Sabah over the last five years.

Like the ‘compassionate payment’ to Terengganu when the state was under PAS rule, the money will be controlled by the federal government, not the state government.

Analyst says PAS will need to make tough choices ahead to ensure its survival including dropping some big names from its leadership line-up...

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today reported that the cost of per sq ft of land for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project was RM41.76 which was 67 percent higher than the RM25 fixed by the Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH).

Parents of the three girls who drowned in the Kampar river, as a result of the bridge collapse, have named nine parties in the suit for negligence.

Husam Musa urges the federal government to hand over complete control of the state's share of oil royalties and not the federal-controlled wang ehsan.

Liow Tiong Lai was offered to be part of the "greater unity plan" by MCA president Ong Tee Keat but he rejected the offer, according to party sources.

The Gerakan president defends himself in the wake of a fresh attack by Karpal Singh over his appointment as a minister.

ROS is prepared to go to court if MCA VP Liow Tiong Lai challenges its decision to reinstate Chua Soi Lek as the party No 2. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The seminar will focus on ways to empower the party and strengthen Pakatan Rakyat, said VP Salahuddin Ayub.

UPDATED 7.20PM Legal restrictions bar the Thai pathologist from performing the autopsy but she will be allowed to be present. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 8.05PM The crisis in MCA shows no signs of fizzling out as Liow's faction moved one step closer to initiating legal action to push for an EGM.

PARLIAMENT Lim Kit Siang says the AG must resign if he cannot explain why he failed to act against Chan Kong Choy for his complicity in the PKFZ fiasco. [VIDEOS INSIDE]

COMMENT This case is not about a ruler’s hereditary prerogative powers. It is about how to make sense of three simple provisions in the Perak constitution...

Women's movements have made great strides in advocating self-empowerment but stumbling blocks persist in the political process.

The christian association says the seizures deny Christians their right to read the bible in the national language.

The government has no plans to review or change the postal voting system for police and armed forces said minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz today.

The High Court will set a date to hear an inter-partes injunction application in MCA boss Ong's RM500 million suit against Kuala Dimensi's Tiong for defaming him.

The shake up in MCA and corruption charges on politicians and their aides dominated the headlines of major newspapers.

UPDATED 4.55PM In what can be interpreted as a direct endorsement for Dr Chua Soi Lek, the PM backs the ROS' decision to reinstate him.

Nearly two months later, no arrests have been made, despite continuing pressure from civil society and the international community.

Much speculation abounds on who among the federal court judges will hear Perak Pakatan Rakyat MB Nizar's appeal.

It is federal government policy not to give development funds to opposition politicians directly as BN does not want them to claim for credit or political mileage.

Hafarizam says that once the Pakatan-ruled state gets the freedom of information ball rolling, the PM can pick it up at the federal level.

Of all the ridiculous rhetoric that Khairy Jamaluddin spouted in his speeches to the recent Umno general assembly, surely the most visible was his remark that "We should change from being defensive to being offensive".

UPDATED 4.50PM P Chithirakala has filed law suits against the MIC boss, his wife Indrani and the Tamil Nesan daily . [VIDEO INSIDE]

COMMENT There is state complicity in the inhumane treatment of migrant labour, refugees and asylum seekers.

UPDATED 7.35PM The Public Accounts Committee wants Chan Kong Choy to be hauled up by the police and MACC for criminal breach of trust. [VIDEOS INSIDE]

UPDATED 2.45PM The federal government will give 'compassionate payment' from offshore oil operations to Kelantan beginning next year. [VIDEO INSIDE]

free 'A flip-flop decision by the ROS. At first, he said they could not decide but all of a sudden before the MCA CC meeting, he could decide. This stinks of...'

free 'Is the arrest of Umno MP Abdul Rahman Bakri just a ‘sandiwara'? Do you think the rakyat believe that you are fair? Forget it. If you really want to do your job seriously, then get the big ones'.