Archive - 30 September 2010

Sultan Muhammad V has ordered for the brother to be stripped of the royal title "Tengku Temenggong".

UPDATED 8.50PM The Home Ministry secretary-general says the book is ‘not suitable for general reading’.

Suhakam chief Hasmy Agam and a number of the commissioners made a courtesy call to Malaysiakini today.

When asked by reporters to quantify it, Taib Mahmud said, "count the bumiputera-majority seats."

SPECIAL REPORT With little access to news, the natives find it hard to make informed decisions.

NEWS ANALYSIS The ex-finance minister has been more than critical of his party of late.

UPDATED 7.25PM However, the judge is worried over how they will spend the money. [VIDEO INSIDE]

A potential tussle between Umno's top two leaders, and its drive to stay in power, are the biggest threats to political stability in Malaysia.

 

 

Party veep Lee Boon Chye also told the deputy president hopeful to stop playing the victim card.

Journalists’ union is awakening to fight for the liberalisation of the media as it did before, says Hata Watari. [VIDEO INSIDE]

DAP Party supremo Lim Kit Siang says the concept will only be a pipe dream unless the nation's citizens regard themselves as Malaysians first.

A case of the pot calling the kettle black when the former was the one that had initiated the whole dang thing about four decades ago.

Its election director Abdul Fatah Haron said Razaleigh's presence would have big impact and bring victory to BN.

EC will be holding a press conference after their meeting to announce the nomination and polling dates for the by-election.

The Pemandu chief states that no state has been left behind, pointing out that many of the entry point projects are in Penang and Selangor.

UPDATED 8.00PM But some of its students are protesting that they want the rapper's show to go on.

 

Don’t only shout ‘racist’ when it’s religious bigotry too.

Two years have rolled by since he lodged the report but the foot dragging by the MACC is not bothering the state assemblyperson.

The court heard that several policemen, some of whom were witnesses in the trial, had lied and stolen some 40 kilograms of the drugs.

Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat tabled the proposal for the amendments, and was seconded by his deputy.

Chaos rules, but there will be a happy ending.

The EGM will be the final nail in Gerakan’s coffin.

The minister denies he is leading a bid to persuade Christians to drop using ‘Allah' in their publications.

The cabinet’s order to probe the National Civics Bureau assistant director for allegedly making racist remarks made headlines today.

UPDATED 4.57PM After chairing an MIC meeting, he announces that deputy president G Palanivel will take over.

It was fixed for decision today but unprepared MACC get postponement in case against lawyer accused of not fully disclosing his assets.

 

Defence lawyers said that they needed time to study the documents as they were technical in nature.

He has 90 nominations in the bag. The question is: will Zaid, who trails with 33, be able to hit 50 this weekend?

The vehicle goes missing as he was having a meal in the heart of town, and he sends out a twitter plea to finders.

Anwar's lawyer says withdrawing the charge is the only way to remove the 'thorn' that is damaging the country's reputation.

The schools in are sad disrepair with the crime rate going up, in addition to teachers allegedly abusing students, not exactly a pretty picture.

UPDATED 11.59AM They are Muslims who suspect the money, given as part of Penang's senior citizens appreciation programme, is from gambling sources.

He levels charges of thuggery and creation of an hostile environment to fix the voting in the division, the most divisive in the PKR polls.

COMMENT The reigning public ethos should require that perpetrators of racist epithets quit or be dismissed as anything else is prevarication.

FREE 'Sorry Perkasa, where in the constitution that says that developers must give 5 percent discount for bumiputera purchasers?'

FREE 'Can someone enlighten me as to who is actually disrupting racial harmony here? If candlelight vigils are...'