Archive - 14 January 2010

S'gor MB turns screw on Proverty Eradication Foundation

He says the foundation's financial audit reports were not put for public display on its website since 1999.

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Liow leaves it to Ong and Chua

MCA vice president Liow Tiong Lai says he will now leave the matter to the crisis-ridden party's top two leaders.

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Karpal warns police to lay off Guan Eng

The veteran lawyer says that Lim was within his rights in requesting for the police report lodged against him for alleged sedition.

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Malaysian Gurdwara Council: No law prohibiting use of 'Allah' for non-Muslims

The prohibition is aimed at only those who propogate other religions to those belonging to the Islamic faith.

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MACC gag order may backfire

Legal experts say that the Criminal Procedure Code does not ban "disseminating" information of a police complaint to outsiders.

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Uthaya's trial: CID witness talks about Hindraf rally

Former deputy director of the CID Acryl Sani testifies in Uthayakumar's sedition trial on how the police dispersed the crowd during the 2007 rally.

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NGO knocks the BBC for its 'blunders'

Deforestation Watch, a pro-palm oil industry NGO, hits out at the BBC for grossly misrepresenting facts about Malaysia's palm oil cultivation.

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'Tom, Dick and Harry' as JPs: review needed

The alarming number of Justices of the Peace (JP) in Sabah, 300 in all at the last count years back, is being queried again.

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Fence sitters as kingmakers in the next polls

They are a discerning and demanding lot and need convincing from both sides before making up their minds.

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'If only we Christians would not use Allah', friends tell DPM

Muhyiddin's non-Muslim friends in Sabah and Sarawak tell him that some Christians feel the current crisis could have been avoided, "if we, the Christians would not just use the word Allah".

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Nazrin wants Muslims to nip controversial issues in the bud

The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah has called on Muslims to strive to remove controversial matters at the early stage so that they will not spread and cause confrontation.

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Open public interfaith dialogue a no-no

The reason being, according a deputy minister, such discussions will lead to tension and will not solve anything.

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At what cost, the plunder of Sarawak

While our administration seems to be content with its control over the current unrest and 'Allah' ruling issue, another matter seems to have slipped under the radar, or at least away from public attention.

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'Police plant' claim: Vasanthakumar files suit

Former Hindraf treasurer K Vasanthakumar has filed a defamation suit against an Hindraf leader who accused him of being 'planted' by the police in the movement.

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Gov't to mull minimum wage for private sector

The government hopes that a good wage cap will attract the locals to take up these jobs and minimise dependence on foreign workers.

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Blessed are the peacemakers

The culture of terrorism includes violence, vandalism, bombing, arson and brutality. Until recent years terrorism was widespread in certain areas of the Middle East, certain countries in Africa (i.e. Sudan), Southeast Asia, Afghanistan, Philippines and Thailand.

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Ashamed of Kedah Pakatan

I am a strong supporter of Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor.

When I read Malaysiakini 's article No to pricey water in Kedah today by Athi Shankar, I feel ashamed of Pakatan in Kedah.

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Not enough done about 'No Plastic Bag' day

There was a second 'No Plastic Bag Day' held just last weekend for 2010. But we only see the positive side of the campaign.

We seem to be only targeting urban areas - what about those in rural areas?

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'Green' NGOs focus too narrow

Green Monitor condemns Western activists for ignoring the warning at Copenhagen that any effort to impose environmental regulations that obstruct efforts to reduce poverty will fail.

Instead of listening to the developing world, bickering has begun among various NGOs such as Wetlands International, World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), and Global Environment Centre.

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ISA: Give Najib a chance

As a senior citizen, I find the Anti-ISA rally or march not necessary, as most of the ISA detainees have been released since Najib took over as prime minister.

Besides, he has promised to review the ISA Act.

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The patriot game

These plaintive yet stirring lines from an old Irish republican song also inspired Bob Dylan's "With God on our side". As we hear of more Malaysians emigrating...

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Dengue cases continue to rise with two more deaths

The two deaths reported last week were both women, involving a 37 year-old from Selangor while the second woman was a 29-year-old from Cheras.

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Nik Sapeia gets 6 months' jail for pepper spray on Dr M

UPDATED 4.09PM Nik Sapeia, 56, who was calm when Azman read out the sentence, smiled after the court allowed the stay of execution of the sentence.

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PM tells media to be extra careful with opposition

As the 'Allah' controversy rages on, the PM wants the media to be extra cautious when publishing opposition statements.

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The power of differing viewpoints

I refer to the report M'kini barred from GLC opening ceremony .

To a certain extent Malaysiakini publishes negative aspects of current issues. However, this is important to us as readers and the general public as taxpayers and citizens living in this country.

Malaysiakini is one of the few sources brave enough to expose the government's unfairness in policy and implementation, corruption, cover-ups and ugly missions.

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Church in Johor splashed with red paint

UPDATED 5.15PM The number of places of worship attacked rises to 11 with this latest incident affecting a Catholic church in Kota Tinggi. [MORE PHOTOS INSIDE]

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Prince vs wife: 'I've become a laughing stock'

UPDATED 1.23PM The court sets Feb 24 to hear submissions from Tengku Fakhry in his case against his estranged wife Manohara . [VIDEO INSIDE]

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Headlines online: Jan 14, 2010

Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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Embrace pluralism

In light of recent attacks on places of worship in Malaysia, the best way forward for the country is to embrace pluralism.

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US to take lead role in southern Afghanistan: report

United States forces are to take over the main role in southern Afghanistan from the British in a shake-up of the region's command structure, a newspaper reported Thursday.

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Clinton, Gates cancel Asia trips to tackle Haiti quake

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was canceling the remainder of a trip to Asia to deal with the crisis afflicting Haiti.

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Herald lawyer's office targeted in break-in

NONE UPDATED 10.55PM The Petaling Jaya office of lawyer Derek Fernandez was broken into this morning. [VIDEO INSIDE]

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Do you (really) believe in Allah?

COMMENT It was the Malays themselves who sabotaged their own culture and religion by allowing 'Bahasa Melayu' to be named 'Bahasa Malaysia'.

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An open letter to Najib Abdul Razak

COMMENT Playing with fire when blinded by ulterior motives can lead to unexpected consequences, including burning the whole house down.

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Blackouts leave Venezuelans confused, angry

Venezuelans have reacted with anger and confusion as the government's power-saving campaign kicked in, turning off electricity across wide swathes of Caracas and the country, amid a drought-driven energy crisis.

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White House backs 'free Internet' in Google-China row

The White House said that it backs the "right to a free Internet" and confirmed it has held talks with Google which is threatening to pull out of China over censorship.

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Home Ministry still mulling sale of Dr M book

Although it has completed a preliminary read, it has not decided if the book can be sold.

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Cops trawl the Net in search for church arsonists

The police are monitoring blogs and social networking sites to source for credible information on several cases of arson at churches in the country.

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'Now the MACC wants to muzzle the media'

free 'Can he please tell us how long we'll have to wait before we can release the details to the press? This provision looks like the Official Secrets Act.'

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'Everything still under control, Hisham?'

free 'Are things still under control? Let me guess, these are ‘isolated events' or the ‘work of naughty boys'?'

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100,000 feared dead in horrific Haiti quake

More than 100,000 people were feared dead in Haiti after a calamitous earthquake razed homes, hotels, and hospitals, leaving the capital in ruins and bodies strewn in the streets.

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Fresh snowfalls heap more woe on shivering Europe

Fresh heavy snowfalls brought new winter woe to parts of Europe on Wednesday, disrupting transport links and delaying a humanitarian flight to earthquake-stricken Haiti.

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Iran speaker accuses Obama of state terrorism

Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator, on Wednesday accused US President Barack Obama of state terrorism over the killing in Tehran of a leading atomic scientist.

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