Archive - 15 November 2009

It is one blow after another for the Rampathy family. First his son was shot dead by the police, then his daughter attempted suicide with her children and now his son-in-law is arrested.

The Najib factor would allow BN to fare better than the last general election if the 13th general election is held today, says Merdeka Centre director Ibrahim Suffian.

He recalled a conversation with a former Umno MB who admitted it would be hard to recapture the state if Pakatan continues with what it was doing.

UPDATED 7.55PM Embattled vice-president Liow said he did not attend the briefing given by MCA deputy president Dr Chua as he was tied up with an official duty and that of an elected rep.

The majority at the grassroots dialogue indicated that they would not attend the Nov 28 EGM called by vice-president Liow's faction to seek fresh party elections.

The PKR advisor said an investigation into the allegation was carried out in 1998 when Azmin was detained and later released.

Anwar says that from now on, all poorly performing elected reps will be sacked immediately if they don't respond to show cause letters within two weeks.

A cousin to the Kelantan prince testified that the coupl's relations could be regarded as good and affectionate.

Malaysia failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup Hockey Finals after losing 1-2 to New Zealand in the qualifiers final in Invercargill, New Zealand.

They had been renting rooms for RM300 to RM400 per month from the owner who now faces legal actions.

He says that his appointment as the state economic advisor was an avenue to give him the foothold in the state to defend it from being toppled by the BN, as promised by Najib.

Government officials in a meeting on Friday said the paper's permit would be approved, but rejected its request to publish a supplement in Kadazandusun language.

Learn the lesson from the BN as championing the cause of just one race will bring about a slow demise, warned party leader Anwar Ibrahim

The leaders will back off a pledge to halve their greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2050, officials said following a round of haggling on the summit's first day on Saturday.

The state hopes to increase its tourists from 500,000 to 3.5 million next year by promoting 10 tourist attractions in the state.

They will declare that it is too early to end massive stimulus packages implemented to ward off a deeper economic crisis.

EXCLUSIVE The MCA president firmly believes that his former trusted ally is being pressured by some leaders in the party to challenge him for the top post.

MIC was determined to "reinvent and re-energize' the party to remain relevant and wrest back the six parliamentary and 12 state seats it lost in the last general election.

The anguished father of one of the schoolgirls who drowned, tells a Pakatan Rakyat inquiry that his daughter would still be alive if not for this camp.

free 'When Noah was building his ark, everyone laughed and mocked. But when the rains and the floods came, I bet they all wanted to jump right into that ark.'

free 'Tell me something, son of Abdul Razak, is the culture of plunder going to stop under your watch? If not, stop enticing us into coming back.'

free 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 last of a five-part series.