Archive - 27 December 2009

The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research says double-decker buses are more suited for town use than long-distance travel.

The body of a newborn baby girl was found today in a plastic bag on the concrete platform of the Jalan Jelatek LRT station near Sungai Klang.

The 20-pack of cigarettes will be sold at RM6.40 when the Health Ministry enforced the minimum cigarette price.

Selangor police have identified two private clinics suspected of being linked to a syndicate selling babies.

Penang recorded 3,786 street crime cases this year compared with 3,523 cases last year.

US investigators today tried to piece together terrorism connections of a Nigerian man who has been charged with attempting to blow up a US jetliner.

Selangor exco Ean Yong Hian Wah's press statement yesterday is seen as an attempt to intimidate the police.

Penang police chief Ayub Yaakob said he had recalled to duty all his police officers and personnel on leave.

A group of people claiming to be supporters of PAS in Selangor today urged the party to withdraw from the Pakatan.

COMMENT History shows that Mahathir’s positing of a dichotomy between Indian and Muslim identities is false.

Air travellers worldwide faced tightened security today as authorities ramped up efforts to prevent attacks in the wake of a failed bid to blow up an airplane over the US.

Family members of a British man due to be executed this week for drug trafficking are expected to arrive in China today in a last ditch attempt to plead for his life.

He stressed that it was the duty of every party leader, ‘right from the president to the branch chairmen’, to maintain a close and cordial relationship with the Indian masses.

But even before the turbines of the Bakun dam begin to turn, activists have sounded the alarm over plans for 12 more mega-dams.

The Malaysian courts scene witnessed drama after drama in 2009 with a number of High Court decisions on high-profile cases overruled.

In my ageing years, I have finally succeeded in learning to enjoy my own company.

free 'He has the same level of credibility as Robert Mugabe claiming he has conducted 'free and fair elections' in Zimbabwe.'

free 'Solving the case of the missing RM100 million jet fighter engines (already taken two years) and investigating the former Selangor MB's ill-gotten gains (also taken two years) have to take the back seat.'