Archive - 5 December 2009

On the leak of the report in the Internet, Shaziman said his Works Ministry has already lodged a police report on Dec 2.

Najib scorches rumours of a major cabinet reshuffle anytime soon as his team is no more than seven months old.

The report was made for police to investigate the article that alleged that Nik Aziz received sponsorship from the businessman of RM65,000.

But the state government is undertaking preventive measures in the affected areas with its limited resources, thereby sneakily exposing the map.

There is a new coalition formed to campaign for oil royalty to be paid to Kelantan and Terengganu.

The former Perlis mufti intends to shift his religious lectures to entertainment outlets nationwide.

MACC chief Ahmad Said Hamdan has denied that his early retirement from the post was due to pressure from politicians.

There is palpable fear that its curtains for vernacular languages, yet another sign of the 1Malaysia concept being empty of substance.

The trio will be charged on Monday for allegedly vandalising university property, including a graffiti which reads 'bini puaka ' (evil wife).

Malaysians seem to be pretty inward looking in their worldview due perhaps to their immersion within the sea of their domestic issues of race and religion.

It contends that there have been too many cases of the defence being deliberately crippled by a Bench pressured to speed up trials.

Thailand's revered king called on the politically divided nation to unite during a brief public excursion from hospital to mark his 82nd birthday.

Sabah lawyers are not satisfied with the amendments to the Sabah Land Ordinance, which was passed by the state assembly at its Nov 19 sitting.

Ivory tower dwellers living in splendid isolation have no idea about the brutal realities of daily life among lesser mortals.

The move is to quell a rebellion by the region's ruling clan accused of being behind the massacre of 57 people.

The remark was never directed at any one person, and anyway God has his own way of punishing offenders, says Kelantan MB Nik Aziz's political secretary.

Abu Kassim Mohamed has vowed to restore the credibility of the agency when he takes over the reins starting Jan 1.

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The ousted Perak MB vows to dissolve the legislative assembly and call for fresh polls if the Federal Court’s decision in the ‘MB v MB’ case favours Pakatan.

Fed up with officialdom's insensitivity and politicians cheap talk about river pollution, an environment society is going it "alone".

American Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering and sexually assaulting her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007.

free 'Sarawak, Sabah, and other oil-producing states, take note of this precedent because you're next.'

free 'MACC has been reduced to the point of being totally ridiculous. Just imagine the main anti-corruption agency of the country asking a complainant to do the work for them.'