Archive - 8 April 2010

Car theft suspect A Kugan, who died in police custody, might have been held by someone while he was assaulted, the Sessions Court heard today.

A plane from budget carrier AirAsia made an emergency landing today at Penang airport in the north of the country after experiencing engine problems.

He said the allegation of Israeli inflitration had been investigated and that the computer company had been barred from entering Bukit Aman.

'If under the NEP, we had aimed at a 30% equity for bumiputera, the NEM should be capable of of pushing the Malays' economy up to 50%.'

The Home Ministry is still mulling whether to ban ‘Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times’.

As the by-election draws closer, BN and Pakatan have a tug-of-war over community halls.

The police should be given more time to investigate the reports from various parties following the exposure of Anwar Ibrahim's plan to take over the government on Sept 16, 2008.

The NEM must prove to be more than a pretty theory and must help the lower income group in practice, says the Perak Consumers Association.

This is despite swirling rumours that he could be dropped for Hulu Selangor.

Opposition MPs remain unconvinced that Apco Worldwide will give up its hold on Malaysia even if its contract is not renewed.

A member of the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ), Izzuddin Che Din, pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court today to two counts of blackmail and a charge of spreading the nude photograph of a woman secretary.

M Kulasegaran claimed Tajuddin Abdul Rahman had threatened to assault him at the Parliament lobby for having allegedly tarnished his name.

MIC vice-president Dr S Subramaniam is fully behind the party's leadership in endorsing deputy president G Palanivel as BN's Hulu Selangor candidate.

The parliamentary opposition leader says royal help has been sought to ensure that the role of the allegedly Israeli-linked consultants is cut short. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.40PM Selangor Umno deputy chief Noh Omar today apologised over his thorny keynote address at the Selangor BN convention yesterday.

The actor is detained at Bukit Jalil remand centre under the Dangerous Drugs Act.

Apco is to face the axe to reduce pressure on the BN government for hiring the international image consultancy firm.

Members of the advisory panel have no authority to discuss case investigations openly, especially those cases which are still being investigated.

UPDATED 4.20PM She stepped down as MCA Wanita chief, senator and deputy minister in protest against Chua's election. [VIDEO INSIDE]

He claims his report was against corruption within the police department and had nothing to do whatsoever with our air force. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.08PM The two BN-friendly independents will be following the PM on his visit to the US.

MACC's 'name and shame' list and former political PKR secretary Ezam Mohd Nor's apology to the public, were the focus of the headlines today.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 4.48PM The PAS MP escaped from a date with the powerful Rights and Privileges Committee after intervention by the speaker.

UPDATED 2.08PM He said the main shareholder of a company which received more than RM53.4 million worth of government contracts is only 23. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Sabah political pot continues to simmer as two brothers on opposing sides add spice to speculation.

We do not have a safety net to address the problems faced by the poor.

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Time appears ripe for the parliamentary mace to be returned its original role of whacking unruly members of an assembly.

Harris Salleh doesn't see the need a new probe into the 1976 plane crash which killed chief minister Donald Mohd Fuad Stephens and others.

Opponents of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev took control of Kyrgyzstan after a day of deadly violence that ended with the leader fleeing the capital of the strategic Central Asian state.

free 'So if Malaysiakini was 'controlled' or better still 'closed down', then all the political, economic and social problems that this country is plagued with will be solved forever...'

free 'Indians and Chinese should be grateful to the Malays for granting them citizenship? Is this what they call 1Malaysia?'

Bangkok was under a state of emergency on Thursday after anti-government protesters stormed the Thai parliament, but the demonstrators remained defiant and said they were ready for "war".

Benjamin Netanyahu said he doubts the sanctions being mulled against Iran would be tough enough to rein in the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions.

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake which hit Sinabang, Aceh, in Sumatra early today injured 21 people on Simeulue Island, four of them badly.

The Health Ministry has urged the people not to panic over the influenza-like illness (ILI) scare, instead they should be alert and take precautionary measures.