Archive - 24 May 2010

Any of them found to be involved in such a gathering would be referred to the party's disciplinary committee, says the Youth head.

This because campaigns by non-governmental organisations like Green Peace and Friends of the Earth have been so successful.

The court was told that its decision on the case had far-reaching consequences and that the trial judge should act without fear or favour.

He has always been prepared to meet MACC to give his statement on the Altantuya case, according to his lawyer.

‘We are confused as to what Umno's stand is. Is it for the minority of rich Malays or for the majority of poor Malays?' asks a socialist leader.

The Independent MP has apparently not been seen in his constituency since his sacking.

UPDATED 8.33PM CWC members KP Samy and G Kumar Amaan have also been sacked for 'working against the party's interest'.

Sacked leader V Mugilan is assessing support for his move to get the MIC head out sooner rather than later.

Shareholders want the newspaper to feature more investigative stories, fair coverage on politics and less on government and private sector bigwigs.

‘Say everything that should be said' is the party's new approach to politics, reveals president Dr Chua Soi Lek.

Both countries are to redevelop prime chunks of real estate in the city-state as part of efforts to settle issues dating back to their separation.

The Home Ministry claims that the paper lacks a permit. Its top editor, however, says the permit number is stated clearly on its front page.

The government does not have a specific timeframe to transform GLCs into fully commercial companies in the process of transition.

The housing ministry sked the Selangor government to investigate irregularities in the allocation of low-cost flats by housing developers in the state.

Umno Kalabakan now wants the Merotai state seat 'loaned' to LDP be handed back to them.

The students, who face disciplinary proceedings, claim that the university has denied them access to lawyers.

Another researcher from USM, meanwhile, has managed to come up with a way to make noodles from green bananas.

A woman in Johor is calling for an independent commission be set up to investigate the fatal shooting of her son by police last year.

UPDATED 5.35PM The petition focuses on PM Najib's pledges, amounting to millions of ringgit, for a Chinese school and Felda settlers. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Johor state executive councillor Abd Aziz Kaprawi, who underwent a by-pass surgery yesterday, is reported to be stable and conscious.

Health minister said this should not happen, especially among those in the high risk category, since H1N1 was still an epidemic.

The court has set July 1 for case management of the MP's suit against Utusan Melayu over an article regarding his comments on Islam.

SPECIAL REPORT Its directives are strangling the efforts of opposition parties and NGOs to register eligible voters.

MCA president is among three new faces from the party chosen to be in the Perak BN coordinating committee to prepare for the 13th general election.

Wildlife authorities had rescued an endangered Borneo Pygmy elephant calf that had been separated from its mother and found dying in a plantation.

UPDATED 7.51PM Three key figures in Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd did not seek re-election to their respective posts during the company’s AGM today.

UPDATED 5.15PM The MACC complaints committee has conducted a domestic probe on the commission's handling of Teoh Beng Hock as a witness.

Removal of government subsidies and the MACC make the English papers, while opposition woes occupy the vernacular press.

There is no good reason to legalise sports betting.

RPK's warm response the envy of any Malaysian minister.

The plaintiff is unhappy with the KL High Court's decision not to hear testimony from witnesses in the suit for alleged breach of contract.

UPDATED 3.38PM PAS is urging the Council of Rulers to intervene against the federal government's decision to legalise sports gambling. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.46PM The Federal Court affirms that V Sivakumar had no right to declare state sssembly seats vacant. [VIDEO INSIDE]

 

Amidst ethno-religious tensions and dubious political practices, ordinary Malaysians must press for change for the better.

COMMENT Reading the opinion of the appellate court in rejecting a stay of proceedings in Sodomy II induced a sense of deja vu.

Britain's Duchess of York apologised for a "serious lapse in judgment" after she was caught in a newspaper sting apparently offering access to ex-husband Prince Andrew in exchange for cash.

Investigators sifting through the charred wreckage of an Indian passenger plane that plunged into a ravine, killing 158 people on board, found Sunday the cockpit voice recorder.

free 'The participation of non-Muslims in PAS - and by Muslims in DAP - will be a catalytic process which can bring unity and better understanding.'

free 'It is very clear that what PM said is not corruption as the promise made was not in his personal capacity but as a leader of the ruling government.'

Somalia's Islamist insurgents launched a deadly attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu even as the embattled president sought to drum up support at an international conference in Turkey.