Archive - 19 May 2010

Former MIC educational arm MIED boss alleged that a politician was the reason for preventing her from leaving the country.

Passengers were heard in the cockpit of the plane of Polish president Lech Kaczynski shortly before it crashed in Russia, officials said Wednesday, raising fresh questions about the tragedy's cause.

A special team was formed to monitor illegal betting during the World Cup, apart from other like illegal betting activities.

Sarawak's oldest newspaper, Sarawak Tribune, returned to the newsstand today after a four-year hiatus, selling RM1 per copy.

A hawker, described as a serial rapist by police, was sentenced to 50 years' jail and ordered to be given 24 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to 15 charges, including six for rape.

Khalid Ibrahim will encourage anyone to make a police report to protect the state's property or fight abuse of power.

V Mugilan will be referred to MIC's disciplinary committee for allegedly working against the party during the run up to the Hulu Selangor by-election.

Huge fires swept through major buildings in central Bangkok on Wednesday as looting and arson gripped the Thai capital after a deadly army crackdown on anti-government protesters. Plumes of black smoke billowed across the skyline in the aftermath of the military operation against the protesters' fortified camp which left at least five people dead.

The Defence Ministry has revealed that its controversial procurement of 12 Eurocopter Cougar EC 725 in March cost RM1.542 billion.

PSM leader M Saraswathy says the present procedures for compensation are cumbersome, restrictive and worker-unfriendly.

Police have reclassified the shooting of a Kelantan palace guard as murder following the guard's death today, 19 days after the incident.

The PKR supremo tells his hometown crowd that their children must be encouraged to thirst for knowledge and sensibility.

The DAP lists five complaints, four of which relate to discrepancies in postal votes and the delay in announcing the results last Sunday. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday said Malaysia will issue its first Islamic dollar bonds, or sukuk, in eight years, with analysts suggesting it is aiming to raise up to a billion dollars.

COMMENT Norah Abdul Rahman, his cousin, is favoured for the PBB party leader post, although quite a few are quietly eyeing it too.

Starting next year, female Kelantan government servants will get 90 days maternity leave, compared with 60 days now.

The man who posted the alleged threat on Saiful Bukhari's facebook page is shaken by the ordeal. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Maradong rep Ting Tze Fui has been referred to the privileges committee over a remark made last November.

UPDATED 6.26PM Amidst claims of a 'trigger-happy' police, another report was lodged today by a gunshot victim.

Kelantan palace comptroller Abdul Halim Hamad said the Regent hoped that police had found the leads to solving the case soon.

UPDATED 4.15PM The Selangor government has filed an application to enable Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand to testify via video-conferencing.

Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) is not panicking of its candidate's defeat at the Sibu parliamentary by-election on May 16.

LDP was chided for its criticism, with Sabah Umno Youth chief Azman Ruslan saying it could invite negative perception among the people.

Its Perak leaders have conveyed this assurance to representatives of 18 churches in the Kinta Valley.

The assessment would involve the quality of service provided, number of programmes held, number of new voters registered and public feedback.

ANALYSIS If Pakatan's currency in election campaigns is ideals, then BN's is cold hard cash.

The by-election point to swings among voters of all the different ethnic communities towards Pakatan.

UPDATED 2.10PM A media freedom group demands that RTM practises norms of professionalism and fairness. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Most newspapers today focuses on Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to resolve issues.

And an alternative list of ‘honours’

The controversy over Arizona's new immigration law heated up further Monday when a powerful coalition of civil rights and immigration advocates asked a U.S. federal court to find the new law unconstitutional and issue an injunction against its taking effect.

Today, after weeks of unadulterated violence and sporadic negotiations, both sides are far apart with diametrically opposed positions that seemingly make talks impossible. The biggest question is whether Thaksin Shinawatra, whose ouster eventually developed into the crisis that faces Thailand, is still in charge.

COMMENT He just has to tackle corruption and deliver better roads, schools, health services, electricity and clean water.

UPDATED 2.50PM The sentence serves as a reminder to those who 'take polygamy lightly'. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Hishammuddin Hussein said the Home Ministry would extend its cooperation and assistance to the royal institution.

Thai armoured vehicles began smashing down the anti-government protesters' main barricade near the business district in Bangkok.

UPDATED 10.54AM Ramli Mohamad was shot earlier this month by unknown assailants.

While my prediction of a 500-vote majority was not too far off the mark, not all my pre-polling assumptions were correct.

free 'I fail to see how we can make the country better by celebrating an unjust punishment for a hypocrite as it only diminishes the courts further.'

free 'Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud's kangaroo court, helmed by SUPP leaders like Wong Soon Koh is taking revenge on the opposition win in Sibu.'