
Issuing 'support letters' can be an offence
MACC explains that the issue of a support letter with noble intention without any offer of or demand for a bribe does not constitute an offence.








The appellate court disallows the prosecutor's appeal and upholds the acquittal of Abdul Aziz Mohamed of CBT by the High Court in 2008.




'I don't think so, if they had done that I'm not aware. As far as I know, we paid for the construction of that building. We borrowed money, yes, but we paid.'














A rancid odour emanating from an air-conditioning unit brought a premature end to the meeting on the theft of two jet engines.



The Home Ministry’s permit covers all three pullouts in addition to the main edition, reasons its editor.
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Republicans won a stunning upset in Massachusetts's Senate election, dealing a potentially fatal blow to US President Barack Obama's health care reforms.


The High Court here today fixed Feb 19 to hear the private summon case of the alleged seduction of celebrity television presenter Daphne Iking.

The Malay electorate, particularly in rural areas, is becoming disenchanted with the coalition, concedes ousted Perak MB Nizar.
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The Federal Court will deliver its judgment on Jan 29 relating to Anwar's appeal to obtain more documentation and evidence, thus delaying the sodomy trial by one week.



China's top Internet search engine Baidu said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit in the United States against the firm that manages its US domain registration following a hacking attack last week.



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Umno is extremist, backward-looking, unsophisticated and is now occupying the fringe position that PAS once did.

Everybody is calling it a miracle: an elderly woman on Tuesday was pulled alive and singing from the rubble of Haiti's Roman Catholic cathedral, one full week after a killer quake tore the building to the ground.


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Karpal accepts apology
He apologised over an insensitive remark made by a MACC lawyer regarding the wheelchair-bound MP.


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'When a police report is lodged against an opposition politician, the speed of the response is breathtakingly fast. When a report is made against any BN politician, the response is breathtakingly slow.'

A group of democracy activists expected to go on trial in Vietnam on Wednesday could face the death penalty, in a case that has sparked international concern.

Three days of Muslim-Christian clashes in the Nigerian city of Jos have left around 300 people dead, clerics and a paramedic said Tuesday, as troops were deployed to control the unrest.

Iran on Tuesday welcomed what it called the West's newfound "realism" on Tehran's controversial atomic programme after world powers failed to decide on new sanctions.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday his country would end a freeze in ties with Ukraine, a move that follows the election defeat of the ex-Soviet republic's pro-Western president.