Archive - 25 November 2009

Some RM1.97 billion has been withdrawn under the EPF Retirement Withdrawals in the third quarter of 2009.

MACC does not dismiss the possibility of facing constraints in its investigations following a new directive confining interrogation of witnesses to office hours.

Amnesty International's report reveals that many women in Malaysia face dangerous and violent situations, with poverty as a root cause.

PKR lawyer seeks ministerial clarification on conversion of minors under the care of government welfare homes.

The government defends its stand to allow Naza TTDI to build a convention centre on land belonging to Matrade.

DAP parliamentarian Tony Pua is puzzled over the government's action in issuing a guarantee of RM3.685 billion in bonds to Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) turnkey developer Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd.

A Gerakan leader wants the Penang Pakatan Rakyat government to lodge a police report over an alleged conspiracy in the Tang Hak Ju land issue.

A blog which accused a former PAS election candidate of 'conspiring' to topple the Selangor MB claims to have credible witnesses.

The MCA extraordinary general meeting will go on as planned on Nov 28 unless the date for fresh party polls is fixed, says Wanita MCA chief Chew Mei Fun.

ANALYSIS As MCA gears up for fresh polls, Najib will likely have the last say in this three-faction battle for MCA supremacy.

A video clip by Liow Tiong Lai's camp on the upcoming second EGM closely resembles the successful presidential campaign ad by Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou.

Some 3,513 citizenship applications have been approved from April 9-Oct 20 since Hishammuddin Hussein took over the Home Ministry.

UPDATE This followed a court decision that the media giant had defamed Anwar in an article published in NST on March 2, 2002.

The Selangor government, he says, did not release the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide report, but only a ‘general statement' on the contents.

Malaysia has squandered an estimated RM100 billion on financial scandals, according to a new book about the former PM.

A Sri Lankan refugee has revealed how a professional people-smuggler in Malaysia gave him false travel documents that enabled him to get a protection visa after arriving by air in Australia.

High Court rules were violated when case was struck off without a proper hearing, say lawyers in grounds of appeal.

UPDATED 4.30PM The state government bars its civil servants, students and employees from attending programmes by Biro Tatanegara.

Barisan Nasional deputy head Muhyiddin Yassin ticks off journalists for pestering him for an update on his mediation into the party's problems.

EXCLUSIVE 'The facts seem to point to the possibility that they wanted him out of the way and delegated this job to others close to them to execute,' said Americk Singh Sidhu in an interview with Malaysiakini.

Side-tracking from the issue of illegal immigrants holding MyKads, two top Sabah officials stressed on the important role that foreign workers play in the state's economy.

A Japanese woman was charged in court today with trafficking 4.7kg of methamphetamines, and faces the death penalty if convicted.

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah should ‘carefully consider’ heading the opposition-initiated caucus on oil and gas royalties, says the DPM.

Indian politicians who sit in the Dewan Rakyat, Dewan Negara and state assemblies have been urged to form one cross-party political caucus to address issues related to the community.

His failure to clarify is jeorpadising the integrity of the office of menteri besar, says DAP rep Anthony Loke.

Political cartoonist Zunar believes it is high time local cartoonists step away from being ‘neutral' and start addressing current issues.

FREE It was an experiment with Malaysiakini toying with the idea of complementing its news section with video content.

Logging companies are resorting to this to counter wide-ranging criticism of their operations in Sarawak.

Here's to the millions of Malaysiakini readers, subscribers and supporters around the world, especially those who like me are both mad and sad that they couldn't come along to MAD.

Amidst post-funeral rites, they share memories of their daughters who died when a suspension bridge collapsed at a 1Malaysia camp last month.

Residents of Kampung Tanah Lapang in Sentul are on the brink of seeing their houses devoured by bulldozers.

The Court of Appeal decision on the potential Kota Siputeh polls dominates the headlines in newspapers today.

Barack Obama threw the biggest party of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" and pledging to work out a range of thorny issues.

Philippine police on Wednesday named a political ally of President Gloria Arroyo as the prime suspect in an election-linked massacre of 46 people.

Special report 'The blockade is to protect whatever is left of the jungle. My village today is barren. All trees have been logged off.'

The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened with testimony suggesting Washington was gearing up for possible conflict two years before Tony Blair led London to war.

COMMENT The outlawed movement and its political wing, the HRP, remain steadfast in bringing about change for all the poor and marginalised, not just for the Indians

President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

free 'We shall not forget Beng Hock and all those brutalised by this very ‘caring' 1Malaysia BN.'

free 'It is not only this particular information that has gotten BN so uncomfortable. There are thousands of documents in Putrajaya under lock and key that have more damning information.'

An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes.

The Philippines declared a state of emergency in parts of the volatile south on Tuesday as anger spiralled over a savage political massacre that left at least 46 people dead.