Archive - 16 November 2009

The family of G Guakanthan has asked police to investigate his death due to drowning in Sungai Udang in Nibong Tebal as they believe that criminal elements are involved.

A Selangor state assemblyperson from PKR today lambasted his colleague from the DAP in the Selangor government for alleging that the state government had failed to meet the needs of the Indian community in the state.

A parliamentarian questions the motives of the police and AG in not taking action against the private investigator despite him making even more damaging allegations against the prime minister and wife.

The coalition’s four-man committee tasked with probing the cause of the disaster says there was no certificate of compliance and completion issued for the bridge.

Selangor government is facing multi-million ringgit losses due to failed housing development projects in Bukit Botak, Selayang.

A paper on the procedural system and internal controls in the spending of the allocations of members of parliament and state assemblypersons will be tabled by the MACC to a special panel on Nov 24.

He said investigations had been conducted on his accounts previously but they came up with nothing.

While most Malaysians think that corruption is dragging the nation down into the dumps, more than half however feel that it does not affect them, reveals a study.

A fresh election will be held for the Kota Siputeh state seat in Kedah after it was declared vacant by the Kuala Lumpur High Court today. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Two BN reps find it hard to believe that former Selangor menteri besar Muhammad Muhd Taib has heaped praise on the state's Pakatan Rakyat government.

Having made the claim during a ceramah, KS Nallakaruppan must now submit evidence to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Nazir Razak, CIMB chief executive, said the IPO in the Thai market will further boost the bank's expansion in the region.

UPDATED 7PM MCA's extraordinary general meeting on Nov 28 would be held as scheduled despite attempts to derail it, said its Youth chief Wee Ka Siong.

It should be unshackled from legal restrictions so as to play a more effective role in the combat against graft, survey shows.

If the Bandar Kuching MP had his way, minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop could have lost RM10 from his pay packet.

US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and political freedoms as he starred in a live streaming webcast from China on the first day of his visit to the Asian giant.

"He is a good speaker but not about economics. If you want to bankrupt Selangor, that's the good advisor," says former PM

COMMENT The time has come for our highest court to put things right. This is a rare opportunity for our judiciary to redeem its tattered image and for the judges to shine with their judicial integrity.

However the state government has encouraged traders to exercise control on the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas where the majority of the population was Muslim.

COMMENT Merdeka Centre's report shows that Pakatan Rakyat needs to get back on track and soon.

UPDATED 5.50PM The Penang state government will declassify the official minutes on the conversion of 3.5 acres seafront land in George Town from leasehold to freehold status.

UPDATED 4.10PM A 22-year-old man charged with the murder of his mother was found dead in his cell at the Air Molek prison in Johor.

Thirteen eyewitnesses relate the events leading up the to tragedy which claimed the lives of three young students on Oct 26.

The PAS spiritual leader said he would perform the Haj in the next season with or without sponsorship after having cancelled a sponsored trip this year.

Political analysts and party insiders say indications are strong that things are moving in that direction because efforts have been taken to push for direct elections.

The former works minister was appointed as the chairperson of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad replacing Lim Ah Lek effective Oct 1.

Institutional reforms are required before a two-party system can evolve, says a NGO activist.

Some of the highlights include the outcome of MCA's recent closed-door dialogue whilst Najib stressed for a study of a regional free trade pact with the US.

Ansari Abdullah, although not named as the person involved, dismisses all allegations against him, while the complainant concedes receiving part-payment.

'Sorry that as children you were taken from your families and placed in institutions where so often you were abused.'

'Najib, please dissolve the Perak state assembly and hold fresh elections. It will be a perfect chance to evaluate your so-called excellent, visionary leadership.'

free 'Tell us what you want to do for Selangor from an economic point of view. Not party politics. Developmental, socio-economic, micro and macro levels, wages and so on. Put it on paper.'

Questions over the reliability of the electrical grid are now being asked alongside others over the ability of authorities to stamp down on ever-present street violence in the host city of Rio.

Four people, including a child, were hurt when men on a motorbike threw a firecracker into the rally in central Bangkok, an organiser said.