Archive - 13 November 2009

Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim today refuted DAP assemblyperson M Manoharan's charge that Indians are being marginalised

This was in connection with its decision to set up a tribunal to investigate a complaint against him over an alleged vacation to New Zealand with former chief justice Mohd Eusoff Chin in 1994.

Three MIC Youth members suffered injuries when they were set upon by a group of men, who were alleged to be PKR members.

A Malaysian woman was 'dressed to kill' when she arrived at the Perth International Airport on Tuesday.

Declassified state documents reveal the shocking evoporation of RM800 million in projected revenues from re-forestation projects.

PKR supremo moves from peripheral to insider role in Selangor, where its governance will be a showcase of opposition coalition's ability to govern the nation.

The government will not tolerate the milking racial issues for political advantage, as those days are gone now.

The Coalition for Good Governance (CGG) today decried Selangor executive councillor Ronnie Liu's remarks that local council elections were not possible unless the federal government chose to amend laws.

Teresa Kok denied claims that investments in Selangor dropped after the change of state government in the last general election.

A Bank Negara probe revealed that Mohamad Hassan could have broken laws by using a money changer to transfer the cash to London.

UPDATED 5.35PM The MACC will also be having their own foreign expert - Prof Dr Peter Vanezis from the Cameron Centre for Forensic Medical Sciences in the UK - to observe the post-mortem on Nov 22.

PKR rep accused of owing RM144,000 in questionable land deals.

Seri Kembangan state rep threatens to demolish ‘illegal' buildings unless MCA voluntarily gives them up.

Though the party regards the vow as degrading women, no action will be taken against Khalid Samad as the issue is now between him and God.

Dr S Subramaniam feels that it is high time the police review its operational procedures in order to avoid negative public perception.

Official insists it was all a misunderstanding, that the letter to The Herald was misinterpreted.

Pakatan Rakyat menteri besar's legal counsel says that the Perak ruler should have referred Perak assembly issues to the Federal Court.

EXCLUSIVE The infamous private eye who went missing was able to enter the country on several occasions since going into exile in July last year.

Selangor Islamic Department (Jais) will have zero tolerance towards Khatibs or sermon-givers who do not follow approved scripts.

Both Gobind Singh and Charles Santiago call for various reforms to put an end to the continuing spates of police shootings.

The coalition which espouses reforms is in dire need of reforms itself or risks being punished by voters, warns Zaid Ibrahim.

Prime Minister Najib Razak and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's commitment to respect the laws of each other's countries was frontpaged in English dailies.

Even if they may qualify for Malaysian citizenship, there is still a test of loyalty to pass. Yet loyalty is something so subjective that it almost always amounts to nothing but one more excuse for the powers-that-be to exercise their discretion arbitrarily.

UPDATED 1PM The fugitive blogger has been granted yet another discharge not amounting to an acquittal in three criminal defamation cases.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said today that he wants five percent growth next year, higher than an official 3 percent forecast.

COMMENT Lingam getting off scot-free is a clear miscarriage of justice, one that cannot be ignored by neither the rakyat nor the government.

Native villagers were spooked when a flying doctor service helicopter 'crash-landed' in their village in Ulu Baram after an overnight fishing trip last month.

The ex-premier used his new advisory role to hit out at the Thai government during a lecture in Phnom Penh.

Penang state assembly speaker Abdul Halim Hussain is tasked with coming out with report cards by year's end

Political analyst Aziz Bari talks about what's important for the survival of political parties in an increasingly dominant framework of ‘New Politics' post-2008.

free 'Normally in a gunfight, there will be casualties on both sides. But in our local police gunfights, the casualties are all on the other side.'

free 'We must identify who designed and supervised the construction of the bridge. If the failure is not to be found there, then it becomes...'

Author Janet Steele, who spent weeks in Malaysiakini office in Bangsar Utama last year, finds out what makes journalists in this online daily tick. This is her third of a five-part series.

The Alavi Foundation is accused of providing "numerous services" and illegally funneling funds to the Iranian government through money laundering.

Up to 70 million people in the southern half of Brazil suddenly found themselves without power in the blackout late Tuesday.