Archive - 16 January 2010

A just and impartial judicial system can only be created if the people are confident that no one has the privilege to dictate and influence the decisions of judges.

A special committee will be set up next month to conduct a research on the proposal to enact a political party act to combat corruption among politicians.

'We will not politicise this issue because this is not a political issue. This is about peace and harmony in the country.'

The former MIC deputy president said the ‘inaugural’ AGM cannot proceed until the authorities complete their probe into the controversy-prone organisation.

Alain Robert aka Spiderman, 47, has set his sights on his next project - Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.

On the contrary, the state government would rake in profit by selling retail spaces at the complex.

It was the boss who disallowed legal representation for five lawyers detained over their refusal to heed police warning to disperse from an allegedly illegal assembly.

The Cabinet Committee on Indian Affairs has asked the government to reserve about 10 percent of work in government projects for Indian contractors.

'We know that this Batu constituency is represented by an MP who has been convicted in court. We don't know what will happen but we won't discriminate the people.'

Contradictory statements from political top guns over the issue making people scratch their heads in bewilderment.

He also chided Malaysians who belittled those who were not savvy of the Facebook and Twitter culture.

Brickbats then, an accommodating spirit now between the Bench and the Bar Council over the KPI.

BREAKING NEWS The morning incident in Kota Samarahan is the first against a mosque after a spate of attacks on churches.

DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh will lodge police reports in Ipoh tomorrow against two top law enforcement officers.

The ‘Allah’ debate rages on, this time over the government’s decision to restrict the Christian use of the term to East Malaysia.

The time has come to wake up to realities and embark on practical moves to enlist the help of Malaysians abroad for economic success.

In the wake of the acts of arson and break-ins over the ‘Allah’ controversy, Amnesty International has called the government to take ‘decisive steps’ to protect the lawyers and judges involved.

An opposition MP and an environmental NGO president heatedly fence over earth works and land reclamation. 

The authorities have full control over security in Sabah, said a government official after the US embassy warned of attacks against foreigners.

DAP National Convention For the first time, it has too much to lose and much to gain as well.

Yet another house of worship was hit yesterday by an act of sacrilege which resulted in a side-glass of a church in Rasah, Seremban, being shattered.

The massive earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday has produced a steady stream of bodies, with estimates of the death toll well into the tens of thousands.

Author Barry Wain tries to piece together how a debt-ridden and crisis-stricken Umno financed the contruction of the building in the 80s.

How can a notorious surveillance state such as Malaysia lose 39,000 foreigners and not know until now?

free 'A person who really has bad intentions would not advertise on Facebook for the world to see. This guy is just immature and stupid, and should be let off with stern warning.'

free 'With the new ruling, East Malaysians need to own two Bibles: one for East Malaysia and another for use in West Malaysia.'

The bomb went off outside the Greek secretariat for information shortly before midnight, after private television stations Alter and Antenna had received anonymous warnings by telephone that an explosion was imminent.

Five Afghan civilians were shot and wounded by US and Afghan troops outside a military base in a restive area of the war-torn country, NATO said yesterday, also reporting the death of an American soldier.

Two US drone missile attacks killed at least 11 militants in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border on Friday, destroying their compounds, Pakistani officials said.

Beijing police blocked China's first gay pageant on Friday shortly before it was to start, stopping an event billed as heralding a new Chinese openness about homosexuality.