Archive - 4 May 2010

Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen said Malaysia moved up to ninth from 11th in the 2008 rankings.

Bank Negara is seeking public feedback on the new basic motor insurance coverage for third-party bodily injury and death.

Nik Aziz asked the PM to retract his recent statement that he had insulted the Selangor sultan in regard to political speeches in mosques. 

Premier Najib Abdul Razak urged Malay leaders to start engaging other races to win support for BN, particularly with the Chinese community.

Anwar Ibrahim "has a history of Jew-baiting when expediency calls for it," says Rachel Motte, writing in 'The New Ledger'.

Taiwan arrested five Malaysians on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling 2.5 million dollars' (RM8 million) worth of drugs to the island in one of the largest busts this year, police said.

Four government departments were approached but none of them want to take responsibility.

Malaysia announced today it aims to build its first nuclear power plant by 2021, saying it is the only solution to the country's growing energy needs.

UPDATED 4.40PM The family lawyer of slain teenager Aminulrasyid wants the police personnel involved to be charged for murder. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Penang opposition continue to criticise CM Lim Guan Eng over the appointment of a Japanese company to run the Bukit Jambul Country Club.

Opposition leaders also claim the handover to Brunei has breached the federal constitution.

Police have left it to the Home Ministry to decide whether RCI  should be set up to investigate the death of Amirulrasyid Amzah.

Sarawak deputy CM wants speculation that he would be the likely successor to the CM Abdul Taib to be stopped immediately.

EXCLUSIVE TV programmes can be killed without explanation. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The electricity supplier has been issuing bills every two months, which enables a higher tariff to be imposed.

UPDATED 7.20PM The motion was rejected by senate president Abu Zahar Ujang on grounds that the investigations are already on-going.

"The voters or candidates need not worry. We have done 12 general elections and more than 300 by-elections..."

EXCLUSIVE Joseph Breham claims there is enough ‘prima facie' evidence to proceed with a French probe.

Returning Officer Wong See Meng says one set of nomination papers was taken by the BN candidate while another was taken by an Independent.

UPDATED 7.40PM PAS sec-gen Mustafa Ali said there is no record of RM4 million ever being paid to blogger Syed Azidi Syed Aziz.

The KL sessions court judge rules that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against them.

UPDATED 5.21PM The prosecution in Anwar's sodomy trial told the court today the presence of semen from the victim's anus was proof of penetration.

Azamuddin Omar's eyewitness account of events leading to Aminulrasyid Amzah being shot dead by the police, dominated the news.

Why didn’t he just apologise for the teen’s death?

UPDATED 3.10pm Home Ministry's special panel can recommend changes to operating procedures involving firearms.

Penang's Speakers' Square has its official launch but megaphones are not allowed.

'It's unlikely that the companies would be willing to sell their toll assets unless the price is too good to turn down,' says OSK Investment Bank.

A law scholar explains the pathetic status of ‘freedom’ of expression in Malaysia.

Newspapers threatened with lawsuits, journalists feeling lost as they seek redress in cases where the state is less than impartial in investigating the killings of journalists. Media is caught in attempts to use religion to curtail room for public debate.

UPDATED 12.57PM A three-member Federal Court panel dismissed Anwar’s appeal to strike out his second sodomy charge in 10 years. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blasted the United States at a UN conference for threatening to use nuclear arms, triggering a sharp American response and a walkout by several delegations.

free 'Apart from coming out of the woodwork to attack Anwar whenever a by-election comes around, a lot of us are not really sure what other currency Ezam has to his name.'

Thailand's Red Shirt protest movement was on Tuesday to consider Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's proposal to hold elections in mid November as a way of ending the country's political crisis.

free 'I think one of the changes to the Road Transport (Amendment) Bill is to add ‘Speed, and you will be shot. Now our children are not even safe with the police roaming the streets.'