Archive - 26 May 2010

Hearing on ex Immigration director-general for bribery charges involving Bangladeshi work visas not going smoothly.

The Shah Alam MP says issuing gambling licenses, exchange of KTM land in Singapore and surrendering of oil-rich blocks to Brunei is proof.

Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad says that this is contrary to their previous hardline stance against the use of ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims.

A few others will hold a press conference tomorrow to force the MIC supremo to resign.

About 10,000 people are expected at the launching of GAS at PWTC this Sunday.

It plans to freeze all premises that conduct sport betting within its municipality in protest against the move by Putrajaya.

He is demanding full disclosure on Sime Darby's losses to the public who are the ultimate shareholders of the government linked company.

UPDATED 9.05PM Sister of fatal shooting victim says that there is no such parang and that he could not have run cops over.

UPDATED 7.05PM While the Home Minister claims that the topic was not broached by Cabinet today, a news wire claims the opposite.

It intends to minimise the embarrassment by enforcing a comprehensive guideline for members going for election glory.

UPDATED 5.55PM The move comes just days before the committee sits to hear charges against state-owned sand mining company.

The government is discussing politically unpopular changes to the country's subsidy regime for petrol, natural gas, food and road tolls.

ANALYSIS Government officials have told Reuters that any subsidy cuts are likely to be phased in over five years.

A memorandum will be presented to the premier when he closes the Bumiputera Economic Congress on Saturday.

Anwar will have to win over Malay voters without sacrificing his party's Chinese support. Can he perform this miracle? [VIDEO INSIDE]

An oil slick from a tanker damaged in a collision off eastern Singapore has been contained by emergency response teams, the vessel's operator and port officials said today.

This is despite an appeal to return the money to avoid the taint of bribery associated with vote-buying.

DAP strategist Liew Chin Tong explains that the party had to convince Sibu Chinese to vote against their politically-linked employers.

UTM will be using case studies from the Harvard Business School in all its academic programmes beginning with the July this year.

Other members of the public who are also against gambling - including non-Muslims - are welcome to participate.

Based on the Child Act, the Emergency Ordinance cannot be used on minors, argued the father of a teen detained in January under the law.

Fomca sec-gen Muhd Shaani Abdullah says the money saved from these subsidies could be channelled to more useful projects for the peopel's benefit.

He seeks to pacify Vell Paari and dispel claims that he was involved in the anti-Samy Vellu movement.

COMMENT A reflection on the late Dr Goh Keng Swee’s advice on corruption nearly three decades ago. 

SPECIAL REPORT A loophole allows the EC to correct its registration errors without informing affected voters, although it informs political parties.

MACC director Mustafar Ali said his officers would probe the extent of the losses and investment decisions at the conglomerate.

Turbulent markets may prevent an immediate launch, though investors are showing significant interest in the proposed sukuk sale.

Oil spill off the Singapore coast, the MACC's probe into Sime Darby's losses and DPM calling Vel Paari "biadab" make headlines.

COMMENT Ten years after activist Bruno Manser vanished, human rights abuses against the Penans and destructive logging practices still go on.

She sang till the very end on a stage she could never call her own. That is how people in this provincial city describe the performances that Wanida Pimdeed gave in Bangkok, some 450 kilometres away, for weeks.

UPDATED 3.01PM This will see 26 families being compensated for their land after a 15-year legal tussle. [VIDEO INSIDE]

What the BN regime would do without its commissions.

UN peacekeeping troops responded to a rock-throwing demonstration by university students Monday with a barrage of tear gas and rubber bullets in the area around Haiti's National Palace, sending displaced masses running out of tent camps into the streets.

COMMENT On the anniversary of this tragedy, we must take the opportunity to look at ethnic and religious pluralism - toleration for a diversity of different groups and cultures - within Indonesian society today.

Microsoft sought to convince Malaysia of the benefits of cloud computing for running governments, as the company seeks a trail-blazing partnership with the nation.

free 'I appreciate what Bala's lawyers are trying to do. But who's footing the bill? Let's see what excuse the MACC gives.'

free 'This is MIC's business and should be resolved by the members. Do you really need Umno and the PM to intervene?'